Mexican
Albondigas en Caldillo de Chipotle (Meatballs in Chipotle Tomato Broth)
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Albondigas en Caldillo de Chipotle (Meatballs in Chipotle Tomato Broth) is Mexican home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the soup. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Mix the ground beef with the raw rice, egg, half the onion, and half the salt, then roll into small meatballs.
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Blend the tomato, remaining onion, chipotle peppers, and garlic into a smooth broth base.
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Bring the water to a boil, stir in the blended base and remaining salt, and simmer 10 minutes.
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Drop the meatballs gently into the simmering broth.
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Cook uncovered for 25 minutes, until the meatballs are cooked through and the rice inside is tender, then finish with the cilantro.
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Serve it with
A Mexican dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Albondigas en Caldillo de Chipotle (Meatballs in Chipotle Tomato Broth), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Albondigas en Caldillo de Chipotle (Meatballs in Chipotle Tomato Broth) carries eggs. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Arroz con Pollo |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 380 kcal
- Protein
- 25 g
- Carbs
- 15 g
- Fat
- 24 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 680 mg
- Saturated fat
- 9 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Albondigas en Caldillo de Chipotle (Meatballs in Chipotle Tomato Broth) takes about 50 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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