Meatball Rice Soup Recipe
This homemade meatball Rice Soup recipe is so flavorful and easy to make. The soup is loaded with vegetables, meatballs and rice - so light yet so filling. It’s that perfect bowl of soup you can enjoy all year round.
Ingredients
Meatballs-
- 1 lb ground pork
- 1½ tsp salt, or to taste
- ½ tsp ground black pepper, or to taste
- ¾ tsp vegeta
Rice Soup-
- 14 cups water
- 1 1/2 lbs medium potatoes, cubed
- 1/3 cup long grain rice (I use Uncle Ben's)
- 1 medium onion, chopped fine
- 2 carrots, shredded
- 3 Tbsp oil
- 1 medium tomato, shredded
- 3 Tbsp ketchup
- 1 ½ Tbsp sour cream
- 2 tsp salt, or to taste
- 2 tsp Vegeta*
- ½ tsp salt and pepper, to taste
- fresh herbs
Instructions
- In a large pot or Dutch oven, bring the water to a boil.
- Once the water has come to a boil, add in the cubed potates and rice and cook on medium high heat for 15 minutes. Removing anything that floats to the top (white starch from potatoes).
- In a large bowl, combine the ground pork, salt, pepper, and vegeta. Shape 24-28 meatballs. Once shaped add all the meatballs into the Dutch oven and allow to cook for another 10-12 minutes.
- In a skillet, saute the onion and carrots with the oil on medium high heat until the veggies are tender. Add the shredded tomatoes, ketchup, and sour cream to the skillet and mix and cook for another minute.
- Add the vegetable mixture to the pot along with the seasoning and bring the soup to a simmer. Add in chopped herbs and remove from heat.
- Serve and enjoy.