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Albondigas

December 3, 2009 by Lois Britton 1 Comment

My husband loves Albondigas and has it almost every time we’re in a Mexican restaurant.  I feel like it’s not common. I guess because I’d never heard of it until Ed ordered it the first time even though I’ve been eating Sonoran Mexican food my whole life. Apparently, I didn’t pay much attention to the first courses!

I was delighted to see that my food blogging friend, Ferni, had posted her aunt’s recipe.  I followed Ferni’s instructions, only modifying because tomatoes aren’t in season now and I had a larger package of beef and thought I’d just use the whole thing.

Albondigas can become your new specialty! The recipe, which is not spicy at all, just deliciously hearty, is easy to put together. The thing I love about soups is that there is no last minute prep. All of the work is done long before you’re ready to eat.

slightly adapted from: Ferni’s Food (which sadly has disappeared from the blogosphere)

Don’t worry about the meatballs.  The rice and meat will cook in the broth and take on flavor from the broth seasonings.  Enjoy; it’s really tasty!

Provecho!

Lois

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Albondigas

  • Author: Polish Housewife
  • Prep Time: 20 mins
  • Cook Time: 40 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Yield: 8 * 10 1x
  • Category: Soup
  • Cuisine: Mexican
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Description

A hearty soup


Ingredients

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Meatballs:

  • 2 pounds ground beef
  • 1/2 onion, finely diced
  • 3 small cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cilantro, chopped
  • 3 eggs
  • 2/3 cup white rice, uncooked

Broth:

  • 1/2 onion, diced
  • 5 small cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 2 – 8 ounce cans tomato sauce
  • 14.5 ounce can tomatoes, chopped
  • 2 tomato with chicken flavoring bouillon cubes (in Mexican food section of market or Amazon)
  • 2 beef bouillon cubes
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • 10 – 12 cup water, enough to cover meatballs

Instructions

  1. Combine meatball ingredients and shape into golf ball sized meatballs
  2. Set aside
  3. In a dutch oven, saute onion an garlic in oil over medium heat until translucent
  4. Add remaining broth ingredients, (I used the liquid from the canned tomatoes as part of my water.) Bring to a boil
  5. Gently place uncooked meatballs in broth and simmer, uncovered, for 30 – 40 minutes

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Lois Britton

An accountant by trade and a food blogger since 2009, Lois Britton fell in love with Polish cuisine during the years she lived in Poznań, Poland. As the creator of PolishHousewife.com,  she loves connecting readers with traditional Polish recipes. Lois has a graduate certificate in Food Writing and Photography from the University of South Florida. She is the author of The Polish Housewife Cookbook, available on Amazon and on her website.

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  1. Ferni's Food

    December 5, 2009 at 11:54 am

    awww I am so glad you made them from your honey! Aren’t they delicous? I actually just made some last weekend and I sliced up avocado and put the pieces in mmmmm its so was good. You are the first person to try a recipe of mine! I have been so busy I can’t wait to get back to blogging : ) Thank you so much for your sweet comment. It means a lot to me.

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