Best Mexican Chicken Meatball Soup Sopa De Albondigas De Pollo Recipes

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MEXICAN CHICKEN MEATBALL SOUP {SOPA DE ALBONDIGAS DE POLLO}



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A classic Mexican soup, made with meatballs (albondigas), is a comforting bowl of goodness. The albondigas are made with ground chicken and cooked rice simmered in a broth made with onion, garlic, celery, peas, carrots and tomato sauce and served with plenty of warm corn tortillas and fresh limes wedges.

Provided by Vianney Rodriguez

Number Of Ingredients 23

For albondigas:
½ cup cooked white Mahatma® Rice
1 lb. ground chicken
1 large egg
2 garlic cloves (finely minced)
1/2 cup cilantro (chopped)
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
For broth:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion (diced)
1 large garlic clove (minced)
2 celery stalks (diced)
2 large carrots (diced)
10 cups of chicken broth
1/2 cup of tomato sauce
1 cup of frozen or fresh peas
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon pepper
To serve:
1/2 cup fresh cilantro (chopped)
Corn tortillas

Steps:

  • In a large mixing bowl, add cooked rice, large egg, ground chicken, garlic, cilantro, cumin, salt and pepper. Using hands mix all ingredients until just combined. Roll ground chicken mixture into small meatballs, place on baking sheet and cover with plastic film. Place in fridge until ready to cook.
  • In a large stock pot or Dutch oven, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion, celery and carrots; sauté until the vegetables have softened and are tender, about 8 minutes. Add garlic, cook an additional minute.
  • Stir in chicken broth and tomato sauce. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to a simmer.
  • Carefully drop in albondigas, one by one. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Add frozen peas and allow to simmer 5 more minutes. Serve.

MEXICAN CHICKEN MEATBALL SOUP (SOPA DE ALBONDIGAS DE POLLO)



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A delicious soup recipe. Ground chicken meatballs are simmered in chicken broth with zucchini and chayote. I like to serve it with fresh spinach, chopped avocado, lemon juice, and chipotle chile.

Provided by gem

Categories     Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes     Soup Recipes     Chicken Soup Recipes

Time 1h10m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 17

4 Roma tomatoes, quartered
½ onion
3 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 ½ quarts chicken stock
2 pounds ground chicken breast
3 Roma tomatoes, seeded and finely chopped
½ onion, finely chopped
1 egg
¼ cup basmati rice
1 tablespoon finely chopped mint leaves
¼ teaspoon dried oregano
salt and ground black pepper to taste
2 large zucchini, cubed
2 chayote squash - peeled, cored, and cubed
2 carrots, peeled and cubed
salt to taste

Steps:

  • Combine 4 tomatoes, 1/2 an onion, and garlic in a blender. Blend until smooth.
  • Heat oil in a soup pot over medium heat. Add the blended tomato mixture; cook until mixture changes color, about 5 minutes. Add chicken stock, reduce heat, and simmer while you prepare the meatballs.
  • Place ground chicken in a bowl. Add 3 chopped tomatoes, chopped onion, egg, rice, mint, oregano, salt, and pepper. Mix well with your hands until mixture is uniform. Take about 1/4 cup of mixture and form into round meatballs using wet hands. Place on a baking sheet. Repeat with remaining chicken mixture.
  • Bring stock mixture to a boil. Place a meatball into a ladle and submerge into the boiling stock. Remove ladle and repeat with remaining meatballs.
  • Place zucchini, chayote, and carrots into the stock. Bring to a boil again. Lower heat, season with salt, and cover. Simmer until meatballs are no longer pink in the center and vegetables are soft, about 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 232.6 calories, Carbohydrate 17.2 g, Cholesterol 90 mg, Fat 4.9 g, Fiber 3.4 g, Protein 30.5 g, SaturatedFat 1.2 g, Sodium 998.2 mg, Sugar 6.2 g

MEXICAN CHICKEN MEATBALL SOUP (SOPA DE ALBONDIGAS DE POLLO)



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This Mexican Chicken Meatball Soup (Sopa de Albondigas de Pollo) Recipe Has Surprisingly Few Steps for a Soup That's so Hearty and Complex in its Flavors.

Provided by Bethany Lim

Categories     Chicken and Rice Recipes, Chicken Dinner Recipes, Chicken Soup Recipes, Dinner Recipes, Easy Chicken Recipes, Easy Chicken Recipes for Dinner for Family, Family Dinner Recipes, Main Dishes, Meatball Recipes, Mexican Main Dishes, Soup Recipes

Time 50m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 16

Chicken Breast 2 lb
Summer squash 2
Carrots 2
Basmati rice 1/4 cup
Plum tomato 4
Plum tomato 3
Onion 1/2
Onion 1/2
Garlic 3 cloves
Olive oil 1 tbsp
Chicken broth 2 1/2 quarts
Eggs 1
Fresh mint 1 tbsp
Dried oregano 1/2 tsp
Salt
Black pepper

Steps:

  • Blend 1/2 an onion, 4 tomatoes and the garlic in a blender until smooth.
  • Place a large pan over a medium heat and add the oil. Pour in the blended tomatoes and cook for about 5 minutes until the mixture darkens.
  • Pour in the chicken broth, lower and heat and keep at a simmer while you make the meatballs.
  • Add the ground chicken, chopped tomatoes, chopped onion, rice, egg, herbs and seasoning to a bowl and combine.
  • Wet your hands. Take a quarter of a cup of the mixture at a time and form into balls using your hands. Repeat until you have used all the mixture.
  • Increase the heat and bring the broth to a boil. Gently add the meatballs to the broth.
  • Add the carrots and zucchini to the broth and bring to the boil again.
  • Add salt to taste, reduce the heat and simmer for about 30 minutes until the vegetables are tender and the meatballs are cooked through.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 233, Fat 4,9g, Carbohydrate 17,2g, Protein 30,5g, Cholesterol 90mg, Sodium 998mg

SOPA DE ALBóNDIGAS (MEXICAN MEATBALL SOUP)



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Ask 10 people for a recipe for a particular dish, and you'll probably get 10 different recipes. Mexican sopa de albóndigas is no exception. Most variations are likely to involve vegetables, rice, a tomato-based broth and, inevitably, meatballs. Wesley Avila, the chef of Guerrilla Tacos in Los Angeles, learned this recipe from his mother, who learned it from her grandmother. His meatballs are hefty in size but light in density, and follow his family's tradition of adding uncooked white rice to the pork-beef mixture before shaping it into balls and cooking: "My mom always told me that when the rice is done, the soup is ready," Mr. Avila said. "She used it almost as a timer." The toppings - piled on as you would atop chili - skew cheffy, but they are entirely optional.

Provided by Alexa Weibel

Categories     dinner, soups and stews, main course

Time 2h

Yield 6 to 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 26

2 pounds ground beef
1 pound ground pork
1/2 cup uncooked long-grain rice
1/3 cup chopped fresh mint
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon kosher salt
1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil or vegetable oil
1 medium yellow onion, peeled and diced (about 1 1/2 cups)
4 medium carrots, peeled and cut on an angle into 1/2-inch slices
3 medium celery stalks, peeled and cut on an angle into 1/2-inch slices
1 large red potato, cut into 1-inch cubes
Kosher salt and black pepper
3 tablespoons tomato paste
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 bay leaves
2 teaspoons dried oregano, preferably Mexican
2 teaspoons ground cumin
8 cups chicken stock (2 quarts)
1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
Crumbled queso fresco, panela or cotija
2 avocados, halved lengthwise, pitted and thinly sliced crosswise or diced
Mini sweet peppers, thinly sliced into rounds
Serrano and habanero chiles, very thinly sliced
Small fresh cilantro sprigs or chopped fresh cilantro
Lime wedges, for squeezing

Steps:

  • Prepare the meatballs: In a large bowl, combine the beef, pork, rice, mint, garlic, salt and pepper. Using your hands, gently mix until well combined. Pinch off 2-ounce portions and gently roll between your palms to form golf ball-size rounds, transferring rounds to a sheet pan. (You should have about 28 meatballs.)
  • In large pot, combine the olive oil, onion, carrots, celery and potato; season with salt and pepper. Cook over medium-high, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste, garlic, bay leaves, oregano and cumin, and cook over medium, stirring frequently, until fragrant and tomato paste starts to caramelize, about 3 minutes. Add the chicken stock and tomato sauce and bring to a simmer over high.
  • Once the stock begins to bubble, reduce the heat to medium-low. Carefully add the meatballs, one by one, distributing them evenly in the pot until they're all submerged. If necessary, reduce the heat to reach a low simmer (this will keep the meatballs tender), and cook until the meatballs and rice are cooked through, about 40 minutes. (Resist the urge to stir for the first 20 minutes, otherwise you risk breaking the meatballs apart before they've firmed up.) Skim any impurities from the surface as the soup simmers.
  • Season to taste with salt. Divide the soup among bowls, about four or five meatballs per portion, and set out bowls of whatever garnishes you like.

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