Mexican Tortilla Meatball Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Meatballs: Combine the ground beef with the cilantro, garlic, lime juice, cumin, hot sauce and salt and pepper.
• Form into 1-ounce balls.
• Heat oil in skillet over moderate heat.
• Cook until brown on all sides, about 5 minutes.
• Soup: In a large soup pot, heat 2 tablespoon vegetable oil.
• Add onions and garlic and cook for 5 minutes over low heat until translucent.
• Add chiles and cook 2 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and their juice, chicken stock, chili powder, cumin, and hot sauce.
• Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
• In a small bowl, combine flour and chicken stock.
• Whisk into soup.
• Bring back to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Add meat balls and simmer an additional 5 minutes.
• Serve soup topped with sour cream, monterey jack cheese or fried tortilla strips.

Steps:

• In a heavy large pot, heat the vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes. Cool slightly.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the onion, rice, cilantro, ground meat, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper. Using wet hands, shape the meat mixture into 20 to 22 (1-inch) meatballs.
• Combine the carrots, serrano chile, potato, tomato paste, and vegetable stock in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the meatballs and zucchini and simmer on low heat until the meatballs are cooked through, about 20 minutes. Season the soup with salt and pepper, to taste.

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium high heat.
• Add 1 3/4 cups onions, 2 garlic cloves and bay leaves; saute 5 minutes.
• Add broth, tomatoes with juices, salsa, and cilantro; bring to a boil.
• Cover and simmer 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine ground beef, pork sausage, cornmeal, whole milk, egg, salt, pepper, cumin, remaining 1 cup onions, 2 garlic cloves and 1/4 cup cilantro in a medium bowl.
• Mix well.
• Shape meat mixture by generous tablespoonfuls into 1- 1 1/4" balls.
• Add rice and meat balls to soup and bring to a boil, stirring occasionall.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer until rice and meatballs are tender.
• Stirring occasionally,about 20 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper.