Momma Peeps Albondigas

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 2 eggs
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1/4 cup uncooked rice
• salt
• pepper
• 4 sprigs cilantro
• oregano
• 2 onions
• 4 large carrots
• 4 stalks celery
• 4 fresh zucchini
• cooking oil
• 5 quarts water
• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce

Recipe

• 1 chop all of the vegetables (onions, carrots, celery, zucchini) about 3/4" thick. dice 2 clove of garlic.
• 2 boil the 5 qts of water.
• 3 make meatballs --
• 4 for meatballs:.
• 5 dice 2 cloves of garlic.
• 6 dice cilantro.
• 7 combine the ground beef, garlic, eggs, uncooked rice, cilantro and season it with the salt, pepper, and oregano.
• 8 mix well.
• 9 when water starts to boil, make your meatballs and add them to the boiling water one by one.
• 10 set zucchini aside till the end.
• 11 in a pan, add cooking oil and brown vegetables(onions, carrots, celery, garlic). season veggies with salt and pepper and add the tomato sauce to veggies as soon as they brown. simmer for a few minutes.
• 12 add veggies and tomato sauce to the meatballs and water. stir.
• 13 lower heat and let simmer for about 45 minutes.
• 14 with 15 minutes left, add the zucchini to the soup.
• 15 when soap is done, season with salt, pepper, and oregano to taste.