Turkey Meatball Soup

A simple, delicious and flavorful dish for a family dinner! Turkey meatball soup is prepared quite simply and quickly. It is very convenient to have ready-made minced meat in stock, and it can be from any type of meat. This is a dietary supplement, so it fits many dietary restrictions.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 33 % 3 g
Fats 22 % 2 g
Carbohydrates 44 % 4 g
44 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 45 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make soup with turkey meatballs? Prepare the necessary ingredients for this. I will use turkey thigh fillet. But you can take the meat from another part, as long as it is boneless. Peel the potatoes in advance and rinse them from dirt. One onion will go into minced meat, the other, directly, into soup.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Cut the meat into pieces and pass it through a meat grinder. If there is no such possibility, then you can buy ready-made minced meat. peel and finely chop the onion. Add the chopped onion to the bowl to the minced meat. Add a little salt and spices to taste. As a spice, you can take ground pepper and some dried aromatic herbs. Mix everything together.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Pour water into a saucepan, put on fire and bring to a boil. From the minced meat, make small balls and lower them into boiling water. Meatballs are convenient to sculpt with wet hands, so they do not stick to your hands.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Cut the peeled potatoes into small pieces and put them in a saucepan after the meatballs. Leave everything to cook for 20-25 minutes.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Peel and chop the onion and carrot. Finely chop the onion, carrots can be cut into rings, cubes or grated on a coarse grater. Onions and carrots can be immediately added to the soup and cook all together.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    I like the flavor of slightly fried vegetables better. Fry the onion and carrot with the addition of vegetable oil, literally, 1-2 minutes. Vegetables will become softer and they will have a pleasant aroma in the soup. Put the vegetables in a saucepan.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    To taste, add salt and spices to the soup and keep on fire for a couple more minutes. Then remove the soup from the heat and leave it to stand under the lid for a while. Pour the finished soup on plates and serve to the table. Bon appetit!

For cooking, it is better to use filtered or bottled water that is neutral to taste. If you use tap water, keep in mind that it can give the dish an unpleasant characteristic taste.

Important! Regardless of whether the amount of water for soup is indicated in the recipe or not, it is best to focus on your own preferences (thick or more liquid soup you like), as well as on the size of your pan and the products taken for cooking. Do not forget that the author has his own view on the amount of meat, potatoes, cereals and other ingredients in the soup, which may not coincide with yours.  In practice, this means that if you are cooking for the first time, you should not cook a whole pot at once. Make a soup for tasting - for one or two people. To do this, reduce the amount of all ingredients according to the recipe to 1-2 servings, and take the amount of water from the calculation: from one cup per serving - if the soup is very thick, to 1.5-2 cups - if more liquid. Do not forget to take into account that part of the liquid will boil off during the cooking process. After tasting a small portion of soup, you can adjust both the amount of liquid and the proportions of ingredients to your taste. In the future, like most experienced housewives, you will be able to pour water for soup and lay the ingredients “by eye". 

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Ripe potatoes - 80   kcal/100g
  • Baked potatoes - 70   kcal/100g
  • Mashed potatoes - 380   kcal/100g
  • Boiled potatoes - 82   kcal/100g
  • Potatoes in uniform - 74   kcal/100g
  • Fried potatoes - 192   kcal/100g
  • Turkey carcass without skin - 161   kcal/100g
  • Turkey II category - 194   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Spices dry - 240   kcal/100g

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