Mexican Meatball Soup from 200 Easy Mexican Recipes (2024)

FAQs

What are Mexican albondigas made of? ›

What Is Albondigas Soup? A simple soup base is made with sautéed onions, garlic, broth, and tomatoes. Into the bubbling soup you drop meatballs made with ground beef or ground turkey and rice. The meat creates its own additional broth.

Sopa de albondigas (meatball soup) (1 cup) contains 16g total carbs, 13.7g net carbs, 8.9g fat, 14.5g protein, and 201 calories.

Albóndigas are thought to have originated as a Berber or Arab dish imported to Spain during the period of Muslim rule. Spanish albóndigas can be served as an appetizer or main course, often in a tomato sauce. Mexican albóndigas are commonly served in a soup with a light broth and vegetables.

Roll your meatballs in flour

Roll the finished meatballs in plain flour before frying. This is, hands down, one of the easiest ways I've discovered to prevent meatballs from falling apart when cooking.

Ground beef can be pink inside after it is safely cooked. The pink color can be due to a reaction between the oven heat and myoglobin, which causes a red or pink color. It can also occur when vegetables containing nitrites are cooked along with the meat.

Meatball Soup, Mexican Style (Sopa De Albondigas) (1 cup) contains 8.8g total carbs, 7.4g net carbs, 10.2g fat, 10g protein, and 166 calories.

Chicken Vegetable Soup With Rice, Mexican Style (Sopa / Caldo De Pollo) (1 cup) contains 25g total carbs, 22.1g net carbs, 3.4g fat, 12.4g protein, and 182 calories.

Form into 1-inch meatballs and drop into broth. Bring soup to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and cook until meatballs are no longer pink in the center and vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.

Albondigas are a classic tapas dish in Spain. Standing at a bar, their hot, smokey flavour goes perfectly with a caña of chilled beer. However, this particular recipe has made quite a path through history.

What country is famous for meatballs? ›

Swedish people are famous for their Swedish meatballs, called köttbullar. They are often served with gravy, along with boiled potatoes and a special lingonberry sauce. ​One of Denmark's most popular foods is a small, pan-fried meatball made of cut pork.

A meat ball dish known as "Mexican Soul Food", it originated in Spain and was taken to Mexico by the conquistadors.

While the true origin of the meatball is a mystery, we do know that it made their way to Mexico from the Middle East by way of Spain (likely sometime after the 6th Century, during Muslim rule in Spain).