Nana's Albondigas
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 20
- Yields:
-
3 quarts
ingredients
-
For meatballs
- 1 lb ground meat
- 1 -2 tablespoon chopped mint
- 2 onions, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 bell pepper, chopped
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2⁄3 cup masa harina flour, mixed with water to make wet, like a stiff paste
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For soup
- oil (for frying)
- 2 onions, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 bell pepper, chopped
- 1 large fresh tomatoes or 3 -4 canned tomatoes, cut up
- flour, to thicken
- salt and pepper
- 3 1⁄2 quarts water
- masa harina flour, to thicken
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Garnishes in separate bowls
- 1 bunch cilantro
- 1 bunch green onion, chopped
- fresh salsa
directions
- Mix meat ball ingredients well and make 1 walnut size ball.
- Using a large pan with cover, fry the onion, garlic and green pepper in oil until soft.
- Take a small amount out and add to meat ball mixture.
- Add tomatoes to the pan and fry some more.
- Add flour and stir.
- Add salt, pepper and water.
- Bring to a boil.
- Drop 1 meat ball into the soup.
- If this rises to the top in a few moments, it's perfect.
- If it's too hard, add more wet masa to the meat ball mixture and try again until it's right.
- Form and add all meat balls.
- Simmer in covered pot for 1 to 1 and 1/2 hours.
- At the end, thicken soup with additional moist masa.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Recipe Junkie
Canton, Ohio