Healthy Meatball Soup Recipe
Ingredients
| Lean ground beef | 1/2 Pound | |
| 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, unsifted | ||
| Eggs | 2 | |
| Regular large can | 1 | |
| 3 cans (10 1/2 oz.each) condensed consomme | ||
| Oregano leaves | 1 Teaspoon | |
| 2 medium-size onions, chopped | ||
| 1 large, dry, whole ancho or pasilla chile, seeded and crumbled, or 1 small, dry, whole hot red chile, seeded | ||
| 6 carrots, very thinly sliced | ||
| Rice | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Coriander/ cilantro | 1/3 Cup (16 tbs), chopped | |
| Spinach | 3/4 pound | |
| 2 to 3 limes, cut in wedges | ||
Directions
Combine beef, flour, eggs, and 1/2 cup of the broth.
In an 8-quart kettle bring remaining broth, consomme, oregano, onions, and chile to boil; reduce heat to low.
Quickly shape meat mixture into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter; as shaped, drop into stock.
Simmer meatballs, uncovered, for 5 minutes, then spoon off any fat and foam from surface.
Add carrots, rice, and coriander.
Simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until carrots and rice are tender to bite.
Meanwhile, discard spinach stems; wash leaves well, then cut crosswise into thin shreds.
Add spinach to stock and cook, uncovered, 5 minutes longer.
Ladle into wide soup plates or bowls.
Pass lime to squeeze over all.
In an 8-quart kettle bring remaining broth, consomme, oregano, onions, and chile to boil; reduce heat to low.
Quickly shape meat mixture into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter; as shaped, drop into stock.
Simmer meatballs, uncovered, for 5 minutes, then spoon off any fat and foam from surface.
Add carrots, rice, and coriander.
Simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until carrots and rice are tender to bite.
Meanwhile, discard spinach stems; wash leaves well, then cut crosswise into thin shreds.
Add spinach to stock and cook, uncovered, 5 minutes longer.
Ladle into wide soup plates or bowls.
Pass lime to squeeze over all.
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