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         Title: Albondigas Soup (Mexican Meatball Soup)   
    Categories: Beef, Vegetables, Herbs, Chilies, Rice   
         Yield: 7 servings   
       
         2 tb Extra virgin olive oil   
         1 lg Onion; chopped   
         1 cl Garlic; minced   
         2 qt Chicken or beef stock   
         1 qt Water   
       1/2 c  Tomato sauce   
       1/2 lb Green beans; strings & ends   
              - removed, in 1" pieces   
         2 lg Carrots; peeled, sliced   
       1/3 c  White rice   
         1 lb Ground beef   
       1/4 c  (loose pack) chopped fresh   
              - spearmint leaves   
       1/4 c  (loose pack) chopped fresh   
              - parsley   
     1 1/2 ts Salt; more to taste   
       1/4 ts Fresh ground pepper; more to   
              - taste   
         1 lg Egg   
     1 1/2 c  Frozen or fresh peas   
         1 ts Dried oregano   
              +=OR=+   
         1 tb Fresh chopped oregano   
         1 ds Cayenne   
       1/2 c  Chopped fresh cilantro   
       
     Heat the oil in a large heavy-bottomed pot (5-quart)   
     over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until tender,   
     about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook a minute more.   
        
     Add the stock, water, and tomato sauce. Bring to a boil   
     and reduce the heat to a simmer. Add the green beans and   
     carrots.   
        
     Mix the uncooked rice into the meat on a large bowl,   
     along with the spearmint leaves and parsley, salt, and   
     pepper. Mix in the raw egg.   
        
     Form mixture into 1" meatballs.   
        
     Gently add the meatballs to the simmering soup, one at a   
     time. Cover and let simmer for 1/2 hour.   
        
     Add the peas towards the end of cooking. Add a few   
     pinches of oregano and sprinkle with salt and pepper,   
     and a dash of cayenne, to taste.   
        
     Ladle into bowls and garnish with chopped fresh   
     cilantro.   
        
     Yield: 6 to 8 servings   
        
     Recipe by: Elise Bauer   
        
     RECIPE FROM: http://www.simplyrecipes.com   
        
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