Meatball Soup, also known as Albondigas, is a tasty and hearty meal idea, warming and filling with a little bit of heat. It is a great way to use ground beef, and you can also use ground turkey or chicken if you prefer. If you have ever wondered how to make meatball soup, I have a recipe for you. I have many memories of eating this since early childhood, at my grandmother’s home.
First, you need to prepare the meatballs, which can be made ahead of time and frozen. If you want to know how to make meatballs, I have included my recipe here.
Easy Meatballs Recipe
1 pound ground beef
1 egg
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1 tablespoon minced onions
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
2 teaspoons fresh cilantro, chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
In mixing bowl, mix together above ingredients. The best way to really combine, is to use your hands. So wash them and get mixing.
Next, add Italian seasoning and cilantro and mix together with your hands.
Then roll them up in balls (about 1 1/2″) and place on a cookie sheet.
Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes. While meatballs are baking you can make the soup.
Easy Meatball Soup Recipe
Meatball Soup (Albondigas)
Ingredients
- 12-14 meatballs (see above for recipe}
- 2 48 ounce boxes chicken broth can use cans if desired
- 1 28 ounce can whole tomatoes
- 1 8 ounce can tomato sauce
- 3 tablespoons onion chopped
- 2 stalks celery chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon basil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
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In a large pot over medium heat, saute onions and celery in hot oil until onions are translucent
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Add remaining ingredients except meatballs and bring to a boil.
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Add meatballs and reduce heat. Simmer 15 minutes and serve
Time-saving Cooking Tip
Make the meatballs ahead of time and freeze in an airtight container once they have cooled. You will be able to make a lot of simple meals with them! If you liked this recipe, please consider sharing it by tweeting, pinning or sharing on Facebook, it would make me sooooo happy!
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Tamara says
February 22, 2016 at 11:13 amI actually pin meatball soup on Pinterest.. about as much as I pin cookies. So you know I love this!
Akaleistar says
February 22, 2016 at 6:27 pmMmm, I love meatballs, and the soup looks very filling!
Ginger Wroot says
February 24, 2016 at 5:47 pmMy mouth is watering from looking at this recipe! Thanks for sharing it…it looks like ti would be a good low-carb dish to try !
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Raquel says
February 24, 2016 at 10:01 pmThank you Ginger! Yes it is low-carb for sure! Thanks so much for stopping by!
Liz Latham says
February 28, 2016 at 11:26 amI don’t think I’ve ever heard of or had meatball soup! I love it! This seems like a good recipes for meatballs in general. Thanks for linking up with the Delicious Dishes Recipe party!
Raquel says
February 28, 2016 at 12:34 pmThank you Liz! It is a tasty low carb soup!
Betsy @ Desserts Required says
January 6, 2017 at 6:24 pmI love that the meatballs can be made ahead of time. It sure does make this a very easy dinner!
Raquel says
January 7, 2017 at 9:48 amThanks Betsy! We love it, especially this time of year!
Donna porter says
March 15, 2018 at 6:04 amMy family loves soups especially when it is so cold here right now. I will make this recipe!
Carmen Rudnick says
March 15, 2018 at 6:57 amThis sounds delicious and I love that I already have the ingredients in my cupboard!
Donna Hufman Warrington says
March 15, 2018 at 10:32 amOMG that looks incredible…thanks for the recipe.
denise low says
March 15, 2018 at 2:29 pmThank you for sharing. This soup looks great. Looks simple to make.
kayla sheehan says
March 15, 2018 at 4:39 pmThis looks really good! thank you for sharing.
Trisha McKee says
March 15, 2018 at 7:10 pmThis looks amazing with ingredients i have right now. I think this might be a weekend meal!