albondigas (mexican meatball soup)

Ingredients For albondigas (mexican meatball soup)

• 1 lb

  ground chuck
• 1

  egg, beaten
• 2 clove

  garlic, minced
• 1 stalk

  celery, minced
• 1/2

  carrot, minced
• 1/2 c

  cilantro, chopped
• 1/2 tsp

  salt
• 1/4 tsp

  pepper
• 3/4 tsp

  cumin
• 1 Tbsp

  onion, minced
• FOR SOUP:
• 6 c

  chicken broth
• 1/2 c

  onion, chopped
• 1 clove

  garlic, minced
• 3 stalk

  celery, sliced in chunks
• 1 can

  (16 oz.) diced tomatoes
• 2 sm

  zucchini, sliced
• 2 sm

  yellow squash, sliced
• 1

  carrot, sliced
• 1 lg

  can sliced green chiles
• 1 tsp

  cumin
• 1 tsp

  oregano
• 1/2 c

  cilantro, chopped
• 1

  lime, juiced
• 1 can

  rotel diced tomatoes & chiles