How to Make Tasty Caldo De Albondigas/ Meatball Soup

How to Make Tasty Caldo De Albondigas/ Meatball Soup Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Caldo De Albondigas/ Meatball Soup. Caldo de albóndigas (meatball soup) is among Mexico's most widely known and revered comfort foods. This aromatic and restorative soup is filled with fresh flavors from vegetables, has depth in its flavor thanks to the chicken broth, and is filling and chunky thanks to beautiful beef meatballs, which are hearty and thick thanks to the long-grain rice used in making them. Caldo de Albondigas is a meatball and vegetables soup that is commonly boiled in a tomato broth and served with Mexican rice or warm tortillas.

This version of Caldo de Albondigas is nothing like my Mom's original recipe.

It's delicious and has a little bite from the chipotle.

Besides the salt and pepper, all the spices added ar optional, lol!

You can cook Caldo De Albondigas/ Meatball Soup using 20 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Caldo De Albondigas/ Meatball Soup

1. It’s of meatballs.

2. You need 1 lb of ground turkey, lean.

3. You need 1/2 cup of jasmine rice, cooked.

4. Prepare 1 of egg white.

5. It’s 1/3 cup of white onion, finely chopped.

6. You need 1 tsp of cumin.

7. It’s 1 tsp of garlic powder.

8. It’s 1 tsp of salt.

9. You need 1/3 tsp of chipotle powder.

10. It’s 2/3 tsp of smoked spanish paprika.

11. You need of soup.

12. Prepare 1 tbsp of olive oil.

13. Prepare 1/2 cup of white onion, finely diced.

14. Prepare 3/4 cup of carrots, medium diced.

15. You need 3/4 cup of celery, medium diced.

16. Prepare 1 of can fire roasted tomatoes, 14.5 ounce can..

17. It’s 8 cup of chicken broth.

18. Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.

19. You need 2 cup of white rice, use extra rice that you cooked to add to meatballs.

20. Prepare 1/2 cup of freshly chopped cilantro.

Caldo de albóndigas (meatballs in broth) is the perfect food to warm you up in winter.

A hearty and nutritious soup to serve at your family dinner table.

This meatball soup is loaded with vegetables and fully customizable as you can add any veggies you'd like.

Some people will put the accent mark over the wrong syllable, causing confusion on the pronunciation.

Caldo De Albondigas/ Meatball Soup instructions

1. In a large bowl, place all of the meatball ingredients..

2. Mix them up well to thoroughly combine. Set aside..

3. In a large stock pot, set over medium heat, add your olive oil and heat it up..

4. Add in the carrots, celery and onions and cook for four minutes, stirring occasionally..

5. Add the tomatoes and salt. Stir..

6. Place in the chicken broth and bring to a low boil..

7. Once it is starting to come to a boil, start forming your meatballs. These will be large and you wil get about 8-10 meatballs..

8. Gently put meatballs in the broth and lower heat to simmer. Simmer for 45 minutes..

9. Add the rice and simmer for another minute. Add cilantro at last moment into the soup. Then serve..

10. Meatballs cooked in the broth create a beautifully tender, soft meatball. Serve this with cubed avocados and tortilla strips..

11. Recipe by taylor68too..

I know this dish as Caldo de Albondigas.

Some people refer to this dish as "Albondigas en Caldillo." Caldillo: A thick Mexican stew made of meat, potatoes, and sometimes chiles. (c) Robin Grose.

Robin: If there were a Nobel Prize for the dish most likely to take the chill out of the body and heal the wounds of the soul, this hearty Mexican soup would definitely be a finalist.

Albóndigas (Spanish for meatballs, and made here with rice rather than bread crumbs) and vegetables come together in good-for-what-ails-you deliciousness.

Caldo de Albóndigas is a traditional Mexican meatball soup, served in a light and healthy broth full of vegetables.