Excellent Albondigas Soup

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 152.0
  • Total Fat: 5.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 38.0 mg
  • Sodium: 1,238.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 13.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.6 g
  • Protein: 15.0 g

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Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    1 lb 93% ground beef
    1/2 cup long grain rice(the kind that cooks in 20 min)
    2 cloves garlic
    1 tsp cumin
    1/2 tsp salt

    64 oz chicken broth
    4 medium carrots, chopped or sliced
    4 stalks of celery, sliced
    2 medium onions chopped coarsely
    14.5 oz can petite diced tomatoes
    1/2 bunch cilantro, leaves only chopped
    1 clove garlic
    1 tsp cumin
    1 tsp chili powder
    3 cups loosely packed spinach


Directions

Mix the ground beef, rice, cumin, 2 cloves of garlic and salt together and form medium sized meatballs.

Bring chicken broth to boil and turn down to simmer, add the meatballs and gently simmer for 20 minutes.

Add vegetables, cilantro, cumin, garlic, canned tomatoes....everything except the spinach and gently simmer 30 minutes uncovered.

Add spinach leaves and simmer additional 10 minutes.

Garnish with chopped avacado and sprinkle of cheese.

Serving Size: 8 1-cup servings

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JRHUCK.