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Best Albondigas Soup Recipe

This is a very easy and delicious homemade albondigas soup recipe. Also known as "sopa de albondigas" in Spanish, it is a Mexican food recipe.

Albondigas soup is filling, delicious and relatively cheap to make.

If Mexican food is a favorite at your house then give this albondigas soup recipe a try. If on the other hand you have never heard of this hearty soup...read on.

You may be wondering what on earth is albondigas soup? Albondigas - pronounced al-bon-dee-gus - means simply meatballs in Spanish. So in short, albondigas soup is meatball soup.

This soup makes a hearty, meaty and economical meal for the whole family and it can be enjoyed all year long.

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Albondigas Soup: Ingredients

For the meatballs - albondigas:

1/2 pound of ground beef

1/2 pound of ground sausage or uncooked chorizo with the casing removed
I actually used spicy Italian sausage

1 large egg beaten

2 minced garlic cloves

2 minced shallots - optional

1/2 cup of minced cilantro

1/2 cup of grated carrots

1/2 cup of cooked rice - I use Basmati rice

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of ground cumin

For the broth:

6 cups of chicken broth

1/2 cup of yellow or white onion chopped

1 - 16 oz - can of diced tomatoes

1 teaspoon of dried oregano

1/2 cup of chopped cilantro

2 large zucchinis, sliced

Salt and pepper to taste

Optional - 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of chili powder

Optional garnishes:

Sour cream

Grated cheddar cheese

Red onions, chopped

Green onions chopped

Avocado

Guacamole

Albondigas Soup Recipe Directions

For the albondigas:

Combine all the meatball ingredients into a large bowl.

With your hands, form the meat mixture into some meatballs about 1 inch in diameter. You should have about 2 dozen meatballs.

For the broth:

In a large pot, saute the onion in a little bit of oil - I use olive oil. Add the rest of the ingredients - except for the zucchini. Bring to a boil and simmer 10 to 15 minutes.

Gently drop the meatballs in the boiling broth one by one.

Once the soup is boiling once more, let it simmer for another 10 minutes.

Add the zucchini and cook 10 more minutes.

Before serving, make sure the seasoning is to your taste. Adjust if necessary.

Enjoy!