Soup with meatballs and tomatoes
Description
The meatball soup is easy to prepare. Sauté the vegetables, shape the meatballs, and cook. My meatball soup recipe is "enhanced" with rice and bell pepper. Also, I use a mix of beef and pork ground meat, but you can use only beef or only pork. Serve with fresh herbs and sour cream.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Wash and peel the vegetables: bell pepper, potatoes, carrots, and tomato. You can remove the skin from the tomato by briefly dipping it in boiling water.
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Step 2
2. Cut the potatoes, carrots, and bell pepper into small cubes. Slice the tomato into thin rounds.
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Step 3
3. Peel and finely chop the garlic.
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Step 4
4. Pass the onion through a meat grinder or finely chop it.
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Step 5
5. In a bowl, mix beef and pork mince, onion, garlic, salt, pepper, and egg.
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Step 6
6. Mix all ingredients until a uniform mince is obtained.
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Step 7
7. Shape the meat mixture into meatballs. The size of the meatballs is up to you. Smaller ones will cook faster.
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Step 8
8. Shape all the minced meat into meatballs. Set aside 4-5 pieces for frying—this will add extra flavor and color to the soup.
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Step 9
9. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and lightly fry 4-5 meatballs.
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Step 10
10. If the meatballs are large, break them apart with a wooden spatula and simply fry the meat mixture.
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Step 11
11. Add the tomatoes and sauté, stirring. Make sure the meat and vegetables don't stick to the bottom.
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12. The tomatoes will reach the consistency shown in the illustration.
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Step 13
13. Add potatoes, bell pepper, and carrots to the tomatoes. Mix and sauté for 3-4 minutes.
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Step 14
14. Add the chopped garlic. Mix well.
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Step 15
15. Transfer the vegetables to a pot. I didn't mention it earlier, but you can initially sauté the vegetables in the pot if you trust it. Add boiled (hot or cold) water.
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16. If desired, season the soup with salt and pepper. Mix once more.
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17. Drop meatballs one by one into the boiling soup.
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Step 18
18. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer the soup for 30 minutes.
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19. After half an hour, add the washed rice.
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20. Add bay leaf to the soup as well.
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21. Cook the meatball soup until the rice is done. Then serve immediately.