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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Meatballs: Combine the ground beef with the cilantro, garlic, lime juice, cumin, hot sauce and salt and pepper. | 2. Form into 1-ounce balls. | 3. Heat oil in skillet over moderate heat. | 4. Cook until brown on all sides, about 5 minutes. | 5. Soup: In a large soup pot, heat 2 tablespoon vegetable oil. | 6. Add onions and garlic and cook for 5 minutes over low heat until translucent. | 7. Add chiles and cook 2 minutes. | 8. Add tomatoes and their juice, chicken stock, chili powder, cumin, and hot sauce. | 9. Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. | 10. In a small bowl, combine flour and chicken stock. | 11. Whisk into soup. | 12. Bring back to a boil. | 13. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. | 14. Add meat balls and simmer an additional 5 minutes. | 15. Serve soup topped with sour cream, monterey jack cheese or fried tortilla strips. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
beef	1 1/2	1/2	ground lean	795.6018	0.0	156.8764	18.292
cilantro	3	tablespoons	chopped	0.69	0.1101	0.0639	0.0156
garlic	1	tablespoon	minced	17.88	3.9672	0.7632	0.06
lime juice	2	teaspoons		2.5208	0.8490000000000001	0.0423	0.0071
cumin	1	teaspoon	ground	7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
sauce	1	teaspoon		9.85	0.27399999999999997	0.5165	0.746
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
onion	2	cups	chopped	128.0	29.888	3.52	0.32
garlic	4	cloves	minced	17.88	3.9672	0.7632	0.06
vegetable oil	4	tablespoons		468.92800000000005	0.0	0.0	54.4
green chilies	2	cans	chopped	179.91	42.5487	8.9955	0.8996
italian tomato	2	cans	stewed chopped	-	-	-	-
chicken stock	8	cups		691.2	67.77600000000001	48.38399999999999	23.04
chili powder	1	tablespoon		22.56	3.9760000000000004	1.0768	1.1424
cumin	2	teaspoons	ground	7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
sauce	1	teaspoon		9.85	0.27399999999999997	0.5165	0.746
purpose flour	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
chicken stock	1	cup		691.2	67.77600000000001	48.38399999999999	23.04
salt pepper				-	-	-	-

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