Description
A low calorie, but filling, meatballs and vegetable based soup. This soup is soothing on a cold day, comforting and satisfying.
Ingredients
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For soup:
- 4 medium Carrots (peeled and diced into small pieces)
- 2 medium Parsnips (peeled and diced cubes)
- 1 medium Parsley (peeled and diced cubes)
- 1 medium Potato ( peeled and diced cubes)
- 1/2 small Celery root (or 2 Celery sticks diced cubes)
- 1/2 medium Red, Green, Yellow, Orange Peppers
- 1 medium Yellow Onion (diced)
- 2 tbs olive oil
- 4 l Chicken broth or Water
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
- Parsley and dill
For meatballs:
- 1 lb Ground Chicken or Pork
- 1/2 cup basmati rice
- 1 Egg
- Chopped Parsley and Dill
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
Seasoning :
- Sour Cream (to taste)
- Lemmon Juice (to taste)
Instructions
- First peel and dice into small cubes onion, carrots, parsnip, celery, peppers and potatoes.
- In a large soup pot sauté in oil: onion, carrots, parsnip, parley, celery, peppers and potatoes, about 4-5 minutes.
- Add the chicken stock or water and bring to a simmer and cook for about 20 minutes or until the veggies are tender. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Mix the meatballs ingredients and shape small balls and place them on a tray/large plate.
- Add the meatballs to the boiling soup (medium heat) and cook for 20 more minutes or until rice from the meatballs is tender.
- Remove from heat and sprinkle some parsley and dill into the pot.
- When you’re ready to serve add the soup to your bowl and adjust the seasoning (sour cream and lemon) to taste.
- Bon Appetite!
Notes
- Fresh organic or locally grown veggies are the best ingredients to use in this recipe.
- Do not overmix meatballs ingredients and do not over pack the meatballs. If you mix too much, meatballs will become dense. Mix them until just combined for a tender and juicy meatballs.
- Use a small ice-cream scoop, teaspoon or melon baller to form equal size meatballs.
- Add the fresh herbs for the last minute of cooking.
- This soup makes great leftovers.
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 20
- Category: Lunch
Keywords: romanian meatball soup, ciorba de perisoare