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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a dutch oven or other soup pot with tight-fitting lid, saute onion, garlic, celery (optional), and cumin seed in hot oil until onions begin to look clear. | 2. Add broth, tomatoes (with juice), water, tomatillos, and cilantro. | 3. Add salt and pepper to taste. | 4. Bring to a boil. | 5. Reduce to a simmer and add carrots and rice. | 6. Make meatballs: Begin by mixing breadcrumbs, cumin, oregano, and garlic powder. | 7. Knead in ground beef until thoroughly mixed. | 8. Add egg and knead in. | 9. (If needed, add additional breadcrumbs; texture at this point should be slightly firmer than ground beef with nothing added.) Form into small (about 1/2-inch) meatballs. | 10. Bring broth back to a boil. | 11. Add meatballs to hot broth. | 12. Reduce to a simmer and cook for about 30 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
vegetable oil	3	tablespoons		351.69599999999997	0.0	0.0	40.8
onion	1		chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
garlic	3 -5	cloves	minced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
celery	2	stalks	chopped	20.48	3.8016	0.8832	0.2176
cumin seed	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
broth	1 1/2 - 2	cups	low sodium	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
tomato	1	can	peeled diced undrained	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
tomatillo	5 -7		washed diced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
water	3 -4	cups	used	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
cilantro	1	bunch	washed chopped	-	-	-	-
white rice	1/3	cup		225.0833	49.3025	4.3968	0.40700000000000003
carrot	2 -4		peeled sliced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt				-	-	-	-
pepper				-	-	-	-
beef	1		ground lean	530.4012	0.0	104.5842	12.1947
breadcrumb italian	1/3	cup	seasoned	-	-	-	-
cumin	1	teaspoon	ground	7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
garlic powder	1	tablespoon		32.107	7.0548	1.6054	0.0708
oregano	1/4	teaspoon	dried	0.6625	0.1723	0.0225	0.0107
egg	1			71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.