Keto Sopa de Albondigas Recipe ( Keto Meatball Soup)

Keto Mexican Meatball Soup recipe gluten free low carb

Keto Sopa de Albondigas Recipe ( Keto Meatball Soup)

This soup is packed with flavor and will warm you up from the inside out. If you have never had Albondigas (Al-bone-di-goss) then you are in for a treat. This is a tried and true recipe that I have been making for years and it's a hit EVERY SINGLE TIME. I have Ketofied it to be low carb but it's just as delicious as ever! The secret ingredient in the meatballs gives this soup a one of a kind flavor straight from Mexico. Half of the cooking time is passive simmering of deliciousness.

Course dinner, lunch, Soup

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword Keto Albondigas, Keto Meatball Soup, Keto Mexican Meatball Soup.

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 45

Total Time 1 15

Servings Servings

Calories 190kcal

Author Brandy

Equipment

Ingredients

Soup ( Make this first)

2 Tbsp Butter * or olive oil if you don't "do" butter.
½ cup Onion chopped - about ½ of a small onion
4 oz Green Chili *Chopped. Canned is fine. See the post tips about types of green chili if you don't know what to use.
1 Bell Pepper Diced. Green is the traditional choice but I use a mix of colors most often (frozen is fine to save time).
1 Cup Sliced Celery *about 3 ribs celery
2 cloves Garlic Sliced thin
14 oz Canned Tomatoes No added sugar
1 carrot *optional but included in the nutrition.
12 oz Riced Cauliflower *Fresh or frozen is fine.
6 cups Water Some of this will boil off.
1 tbsp Powdered Beef Broth Base *Or replace water with bone broth if preferred.

Meatballs

1 pound Ground Beef
2 tbsp Chia Seeds *about 4 tbsp
¼ cup hemp seeds *about 4 tbsp
2 Eggs
1 tsp Cumin
2 Tbsp Dried Mint leaves *or 6 tablespoons fresh mint finely chopped. To taste. See notes in post about mint before you think it's weird and leave it out. Trust me, you want this in the meat.
1 tsp Black Pepper
1 tsp Salt
½ tsp Garlic Powder Or a fresh clove - minced

Instructions

Soup

Saute all veggies EXCEPT canned tomatoes in a large stock with the butter until onions are slightly translucent. (About 3-5 minutes).
Add canned tomatoes, water, spices and broth base. Bring to a rapid Boil.

Meatballs - Make the meatballs while the soup is boiling.

Add all of the ingredients for the meatballs into a bowl and mix them up with your hands. I like to wear latex gloves when making meatballs.
Roll into 1 inch (small meatballs) and drop them into the boiling water one by one. Don't dawdle too much.
But, do NOT add them all at once. This will drop the temperature of the stock too low and the meatballs will fall apart. You need to keep a steady boil going on.
Boil over medium/high until veggies are soft and meatballs are cooked through. About 35-45 minutes.
******DO NOT STIR UNTIL IT'S DONE and the MEATBALLS ARE FIRM. Your meatballs will fall apart (It still tastes good just in case you couldn't resist stirring the pot).

Serve Hot

You can add toppings like cilantro, cheese or green onions if desired but it awesome right out of the pot.

Notes

The nutritional information is based on making about 12 servings.

Although, it is difficult to predict how many meatballs, tomatoes, onion, etc you will have in each bowl. This is my best estimate of exactly portioned bowls of soup....

Disfruta tu sopa!

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