Mexican Tortilla Meatball Soup

"I got this out of a Sara Moulton cookbook. I have made this several times especially in the winter when soup is my favorite way to warm up."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
19
Serves:
8

ingredients

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directions

  • Meatballs: Combine the ground beef with the cilantro, garlic, lime juice, cumin, hot sauce and salt and pepper.
  • Form into 1-ounce balls.
  • Heat oil in skillet over moderate heat.
  • Cook until brown on all sides, about 5 minutes.
  • Soup: In a large soup pot, heat 2 tablespoon vegetable oil.
  • Add onions and garlic and cook for 5 minutes over low heat until translucent.
  • Add chiles and cook 2 minutes.
  • Add tomatoes and their juice, chicken stock, chili powder, cumin, and hot sauce.
  • Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
  • In a small bowl, combine flour and chicken stock.
  • Whisk into soup.
  • Bring back to a boil.
  • Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Add meat balls and simmer an additional 5 minutes.
  • Serve soup topped with sour cream, monterey jack cheese or fried tortilla strips.

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Reviews

  1. This soup had great flavor. I followed the recipe exactly except that I substituted 2 TBS corn starch for the flour. The only thing that I think that could be improved is that the meatballs turned out to be a bit firmer than we like. I think that could be changed by either simmering them for a longer period of time or by adding some bread crumbs to the meat mixture. Regardless, this was delicious and I will make it again.
     
  2. Good!
     
  3. My husband is a mexican native and he wanted me to make meatball soup when i saw this recipe it was almost like the one his mama makes, want to have this soup with a little more body try adding 1/2 a head of cabbage finally chopped 2 turnips coarsely grated 2 carrots coarsly grated,use mexican red chili pepper instead of hot sauce to keep it authentic and i also used 1 can of italian tomatoes and then 1 can of tomates with jalapenos to the soup it self and to the meatball add 2 chopped eggs instead of just a simple egg to the mixture, it is not as firm i have found, the soup will have more body and a great flavor.
     
  4. I doubled this recipe.. And baked the meatballs.. The first batch of meatballs was just really bland.. So the second batch, I added dried bread crumbs, chili powder, cayenne powder, more hot sauce, 1/4 cup of cilantro, garlic powder + salt & pepper.. Mucho better!! Ohh and I also added a few soft corn tortillas to the soup to thicken it and also used less flour. Thanks BUNCHES for this awesome recipe!! It's a new favorite soup in my house. We couldn't say enough about it! All the flavors came together very nice. I did make this in my crockpot. YUMMY!!
     
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  1. My husband is a mexican native and he wanted me to make meatball soup when i saw this recipe it was almost like the one his mama makes, want to have this soup with a little more body try adding 1/2 a head of cabbage finally chopped 2 turnips coarsely grated 2 carrots coarsly grated,use mexican red chili pepper instead of hot sauce to keep it authentic and i also used 1 can of italian tomatoes and then 1 can of tomates with jalapenos to the soup it self and to the meatball add 2 chopped eggs instead of just a simple egg to the mixture, it is not as firm i have found, the soup will have more body and a great flavor.
     
  2. This soup had great flavor. I followed the recipe exactly except that I substituted 2 TBS corn starch for the flour. The only thing that I think that could be improved is that the meatballs turned out to be a bit firmer than we like. I think that could be changed by either simmering them for a longer period of time or by adding some bread crumbs to the meat mixture. Regardless, this was delicious and I will make it again.
     

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Since my childhood i have LOVED food and cooking. Anything associated with food and cooking. I have an extensive collection of recipes, numbering around 50,000 from various cookbooks, friends and family members that have passed them along. I spend a lot of time cooking and gardening. I am currently working on starting my own catering business out of my home and love incorporating other families recipes in with my own. Right now my husband is the main taste tester. Our son is too young to try anything, but my husband can't wait until he can help eat things. My husband jokes i will need to give birth to a football team to put away the amount of food i cook for him to try. We live in North Carolina and both work for the same company as Networking Engineers.
 
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