Albondigas

My mom makes THE BEST Albondigas soup! Albondigas is a Mexican meatball soup, very very tasty. It is definitely invite the whole family over kind of meal for us! After many years, I decided to try this myself! Yum!

I didn't have any shallow bowls, so it was very hard to get a great picture, it definitely tastes good! try it!! This batch served 7 adults at about 2 servings each. Tons of food!!

Ingredients

Meatballs

-12 oz ground pork

-12 oz ground beef

-1/2 cup chopped onion

-2 eggs

-1/8 tsp dried oregano

-1/4 cup breadcrumbs

Broth

-12 cups of water

-2 cups of chicken broth

-6 chopped carrots

-6 peels and chopped potatoes

-6 stalks of celery

-2 wax chiles

-2 large cilantro sprigs (leaves)

Extras

-2 chopped garlic gloves

-1/3 cup chopped onion

-2 tbs olive oil

-1lb tomato puree

-8 oz tomato sauce

1. Prepare meatballs.

2. In a large mixing bowl, combine ALL meatball ingredients

3. Form into 1 inch balls and keep aside

4. In a very large pot, combine ALL broth ingredients and heat to a simmer

5. In a nonstick pan, heat olive oil

6. Add garlic and onions and cook for 4 minutes

7. Add tomato puree and sauce, heat for another 5 minutes

8. Add to broth

9. Add meatballs, wax chiles and cilantro to broth, cover and simmer for 1-1 1/2 hours. 

10. Serve with lemons, rice and tortillas!!