Soup with meatballs and rice

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to cook soup with meatballs and rice? Prepare the necessary ingredients. You can take any minced meat: pork, beef, mixed, chicken. Rice too, I have a long white one. Wash and dry the vegetables thoroughly. Wash the egg as well.

2. Step 2:

   

   Transfer the minced meat to a suitable bowl. Add the egg, salt and spices to it.

3. Step 3:

   

   Mix the minced meat well with a spoon or with your hands.

4. Step 4:

   

   Plucking off the minced pieces, form small round meatballs. To prevent the meat from sticking to your hands, moisten them with water.

5. Step 5:

   

   Peel the washed vegetables. Cut the potatoes into cubes. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater.

6. Step 6:

   

   In a saucepan with a thick bottom, fry carrots and potatoes in vegetable oil for about 5 minutes, stirring them with a spoon or spatula.

8. Step 7:

   

   Rinse the rice well in five waters. Then add the rice along with the bay leaf to the fried vegetables. Continue frying, stirring, for another 1 minute.

9. Step 8:

   

   Pour 2 liters of hot water into a saucepan, stir.

10. Step 9:

    

    Cook the contents of the pan for about 5 minutes on medium or medium-low heat.

11. Step 10:

    

    Put the meatballs into boiling water one at a time. Be careful not to get burned by splashes of hot water.

12. Step 11:

    

    Cook the soup over medium heat for 15 minutes, periodically removing the foam and stirring from the bottom up. Ready-made meatballs should float on the surface of the soup and, if necessary, add salt and pepper to taste.

13. Step 12:

    

    Let the soup brew under the lid for about 10 minutes and pour on plates, sprinkle with chopped herbs.