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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 large saucepan cook onion and garlic in hot oil until onion is tender but not brown. | 2. Stir in water, broth and tomato paste. | 3. Bring to a boil; add potatoes and carrots. | 4. Simmer 5 minutes. | 5. Meanwhile combine egg, cilantro or parsley, salt, oregano and pepper. | 6. Add ground beef and rice and mix well. | 7. Form into 1-inch meatballs. | 8. Add, a few at a time, to the simmering soup. | 9. When all meatballs are added, bring soup back to boiling. | 10. Reduce heat and simmer about 30 minutes, or until meatballs and vegetables are done. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
onion	1/2	cup	chopped	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
garlic	1	clove	minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
cooking oil	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
water	4	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
beef broth	2	cans		60.9	0.348	9.918	1.9140000000000001
tomato paste	1	can		139.4	32.147	7.343999999999999	0.799
potato	2		peeled cubed	-	-	-	-
carrot	2		sliced	50.02	11.6876	1.1346	0.2928
egg	1	beaten		-	-	-	-
cilantro	1/4	cup	snipped	0.92	0.1468	0.0852	0.0208
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
oregano	1/2	teaspoon	crushed dried	1.325	0.3446	0.045	0.0214
pepper	1/8	teaspoon		0.7216	0.1839	0.0299	0.0094
beef	1	lb	ground	898.1139999999999	0.0	88.0877	57.7424
grain rice	1/4	cup	uncooked	168.8125	36.9769	3.2976	0.3052

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