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Mexican Meatball Soup
Mexican Meatball Soup
There are many different ways and variations to making meatball soup. This particular recipe uses beef meatballs. 85% lean ground beef works the best. It’s not too lean and not too fatty. You can also use half beef/half pork, or all pork. You can add in a variety of vegetables to this in addition to potatoes. Carrots, roasted corn, zucchini, and squash are all suitable. Serve with a side of steamed rice.
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 slice bread
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 large egg
- 4 garlic cloves
- salt and pepper to taste
Meatball Soup
- 1 lb tomatoes
- 1/4 medium white onion
- 6 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 1 lb potatoes peeled and cut into small cubes.
- 1/2 cup cilantro chopped
Garnish
- green onion chopped
- queso fresco
Instructions
- Mix all of the meatball ingredients together.
- Roll the meat into balls a little smaller than golf ball sized. Set aside.
- Dry roast the tomatoes, onions, and garlic in a large pot. This will take 4-5 minutes.
- Add them to a blender or food processor.
- Purée.
- In the same pot, heat up vegetable oil over medium high heat. Pour in the tomato purée. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Pour in the chicken stock. Bring to a boil. Drop in the meatballs. Add in the potatoes.
- Simmer for 15 minutes. The meatballs will float to the top.
- Turn off the heat. Add in the cilantro. Season with salt and pepper.
Tuna Ceviche Tostadas
Tuna Ceviche Toastadas
What makes this snack special is that this isn’t just any canned tuna being used. The tuna in this recipe is yellow fin. It’s a little nicer than regular canned tuna and only costs $1.99. Other then that, the recipe is pretty straight forward. You can use store bought tostada shells or make your own.
Servings: 4 tostadas
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup tomato diced
- 1/4 cup red onion finely chopped
- 1/4 cup cilantro chopped
- 3 green onion finely chopped
- 1 serrano pepper finely chopped
- 1 can yellowfin tuna drainec
- 1 avocado
- 1/2 lime juiced
- salt and pepper to taste
- tostada shells
- queso fresco garnish
Instructions
- Mash the avocado in a bowl with a little lime juice. Set aside.
- In another bowl, mix together the tomatoes, red onion, serrano pepper, green onion, and cilantro.
- Add in the tuna, salt, pepper, and the rest of the lime juice.
- Smear a generous layer of the avocado on the tostada shell. Add a layer of the tuna mixture. Garnish with queso fresco.
Mango Champola
Mango Champola
Champola is a drink of blended fruit and sweetened condensed milk. This drink is drunk all over Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and other Caribbean islands. You can use any type of fruit including berries, guava, melon, or peaches.
Servings: 2
Equipment
- blender
Ingredients
- 2 small mangoes
- 1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1 cup ice
- 1 tsp vanilla
- dash of cinnamon
Instructions
- Blend all of the ingredients together. Split into 2 glasses. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
