MY LATEST SOUP OBSESSION | this soup is food for your soul
I'm so excited to share my latest soup obsession with you - this soup is food for the soul! It's a meatball and vegetable soup (very similar to albondigas, which is a Mexican meatball soup).
My meatball soup is packed with homemade, grass-fed meatballs, beef bone broth, cabbage, carrots, zucchini, and lots of delicious spices. I promise you, healthy comfort food has never tasted so good.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:39 Seasoning the ground beef
1:30 Mixing the ground beef and seasonings
2:45 Forming the meatballs
3:10 My favorite soup pot
3:34 Start the soup, olive oil, onions, and salt
3:56 Add the garlic and tomatoes
4:24 Add the bone broth
4:49 Add the meatballs
5:08 Prepare the carrots, cabbage, and zucchini
6:25 Add the veggies and let simmer
7:00 Enjoy!
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MEATBALL & VEGETABLE SOUP RECIPE
MEATBALLS
2 pounds grass-fed ground beef*
2 eggs
1 cup cauliflower rice
1/3 cup cilantro
1 teaspoon sea salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons onion powder
1 teaspoon dried oregano
SOUP
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 cup diced tomatoes
1 teaspoon dried oregano
8 cups beef broth
4 carrots, peeled and sliced into rounds
1 small cabbage, cut into chunks (8-10 cups)
2 zucchini, cut into quarter moons
*optional (but recommended!)
1/4 cup fresh cilantro
1/2 lime, juiced
MEATBALLS
In a large bowl, combine ground beef, eggs, cauliflower rice, cilantro, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and oregano. Add all meatball ingredients to a large bowl and combine well.
Scoop a heaping tablespoon of the mixture into your palms, and roll into 1-2 inch meatballs (I get about 40 meatballs). Set aside.
SOUP
Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven, add in onion with a pinch of salt, and cook for 5-7 minutes or until softened and translucent. Add in garlic and tomatoes, oregano, and another pinch of salt and pepper and cook for another 4-5 minutes.
Add in broth, bring to a boil and reduce back down to a simmer. Carefully add meatballs and simmer for 12-15 minutes. Add in carrots, cabbage, and zucchini and simmer for 30 minutes or until all the veggies are tender.
Adjust seasonings and finish with fresh lime juice and a big handful of fresh chopped cilantro.
NUTRITION ANALYSIS
Serving: 2 cups | Calories: 324kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 21g |Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g |Cholesterol: 97mg | Sodium: 1062mg | Potassium: 805mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g |Vitamin A: 4373IU | Vitamin C: 47mg | Calcium: 102mg | Iron: 3mg
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Chinese Meatball Soup 肉丸子汤
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How to make Chinese Meatball Soup 肉丸子汤
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Ingredients:
1 pound ground pork (or chicken or beef)
1 pound napa cabbage cut into pieces
1 carrot cut into slices
4 shiitake mushroom
4 pieces ginger
1 teaspoon grated ginger
4 scallions finely chopped
2 stems cilantro
1 egg
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons corn starch
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Juicy Beef Meatballs Recipe
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Meatballs are very popular around the world and China is no different. We put it in hot pot, eat it with noodles, BBQ it, etc...- especially people from Chaoshan, China! In Chaoshan, you can find meat balls on every street corner. Chaoshan meatballs are even shipped all over China to little noodle shops. I shared some secrets to ensure your beef balls turns out amazing. You can make lots at one time and freeze some- it will last around a month. If you follow my technique and freeze the beef balls correctly, even after 1 month it will still taste like fresh meat balls- so juicy, soft and bouncy. They are also perfect for a weeknight meal where you don't have so much time =)
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**INGREDIENTS**
- 1 pound [453 grams] of ground beef [453克牛肉末]
- 1 tbsp of corn starch[1汤匙玉米粉]
- 1 tsp of sugar[1茶匙糖]
- 1 tbsp of soy sauce[1汤匙生抽] [Pearl River Bridge Natural Brewed Light Soy Sauce:
- 1.5 tsp of salt or to taste[1.5茶匙盐或者适量]
- 1 tsp of white pepper[1茶匙白胡椒] [Amazon Link:
- 1 tbsp of ground garlic1汤匙蒜蓉]
- 1 tsp of chicken powder[1茶匙鸡精] [Lee Kum Kee Chicken Bouillon :
- 1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine[1汤匙料酒] [Shaohsing Rice Cooking Wine:
- 1/2 cup of minced mushroom [1/2杯蘑菇碎]
- A splash of water if needed
**HOW TO MAKE THE BEEF BALLS**
- Put the ground beef in the freezer for 30 minutes just to lower the temperature so the beef stays fresh.
- Combine all the seasoning together. And put that in the freezer for 10 minutes.
- Take the beef and the sauce out. They are cold but not frozen. Add them into the food processor.
- Blend that for about 6 minutes. If you see the mixture is a little dry, add a splash of water to get the soft and moist texture.
- Transfer that into a big bowl. I like to add 1/2 cup of minced mushroom. If you don’t like mushrooms, you don’t have to put it in.
- Combine the mushroom and meat well. Then start rolling it into balls.
- Once you finish them all. Get a pot of water, bring it to a simmer, not boiling. The temperature should be about 170-190 degrees Fahrenheit.
- On the side here have some ice water ready.
- Add in the beef balls one by one. Keep simmering the water for about 3 minutes. All the beef balls will change color and float to the top.
- Turn the heat to medium and bring this to a boil. The whole process is to make sure your beef balls cook evenly- with this technique, the texture will turn out better.
- Take them out quickly. Put them into the ice water to stop the cooking process immediately. After doing this, the beef balls will turn out a little BOUNCY
- Once your beef balls are completely cooled down, you can do what ever you want to it. But please understand that you can not eat it like this because it is not fully cooked.
- The reason you don't fully cook it through the first time is to make the juicy texture stay longer. If you overcook it all the juicyness will go away. It will taste bad (and frozen if you freeze and save them).
- You can make lots at one time- just put them in the bag, and freeze it. It will last a month. This is actually how the meat balls are sold in china- frozen.
After you defrost it you can cook it like this:
BOIL - Put it in cold water and bring it to a boil. After it's been boiling for 5 minutes you can take it out.
STEAM - 10-15 minutes
Those are the traditional ways. I guess you can try other ways if you want =)
- I usually eat it with noodles. A little bit of sea weed, 1 cup of beef stock, 1/2 tsp of chicken powder, some salt to taste. Boil the noodles and the beef balls. Add it into the soup, serve it with some lettuce, carrot fried garlic and hot chili oil. Awesome! This is a traditional way to eat it.
Hope you enjoy! If you have any questions about the recipes, just post a comment, will help you out as soon as possible!