Rice soup with meatballs and broccoli

Bright, colorful, appetizing, just incredible! Rice soup with meatballs and broccoli is prepared very simply and quickly. It can be cooked in chicken broth, or in plain water. In any case, it will turn out very tasty.
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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 15 % 2 g
Fats 31 % 4 g
Carbohydrates 54 % 7 g
72 kcal
GI: 71 / 29 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to cook rice soup with meatballs and broccoli? First of all, prepare all of the above products. Minced meat can be used pork, beef, chicken or mixed. Add a little salt and your favorite dry spices to the minced meat. I used garlic powder, a mixture of ground peppers and a pinch of dried basil. If desired, add half a small onion, chopped as finely as possible. Knead the minced meat well.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Peel potatoes, onions and carrots. Rinse all vegetables in clean water. Roll small balls out of the minced meat.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Cut the potatoes into cubes or cubes. Rinse the rice several times until clean water.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Soup can be cooked in broth or in plain water. So, pour the desired amount of water into a saucepan, bring to a boil. Add potatoes, meatballs and rice. Remove the foam formed with a spoon, reduce the stove to moderate and cook the soup until the potatoes and meatballs are ready, it will take you from 15 to 20 minutes. At this time, prepare the roast. Fry the chopped onions and carrots in a frying pan in vegetable oil.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Divide the broccoli into small inflorescences. Cut the tomatoes into cubes. I used cherry tomatoes for the recipe. They are slightly sweetened, which added a special zest to the finished dish. If necessary, remove the skin from the tomatoes in advance.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Add the roast, broccoli and tomatoes to the pan. Add salt to taste. On high heat, wait for the moment of boiling and turn off the pan after a few seconds. Leave the soup to brew on a hot stove under a lid for about 10-15 minutes. During this time, the broccoli and tomatoes will come to readiness.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    When serving, offer each ground black pepper and herbs. Very tasty with fresh sour cream!

For the specified number of products, I used 1 liter of water and the soup turned out to be of medium density. 

Bon appetit!

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 glass per serving - if the soup is very thick, to 1.5-2 glasses - 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".

How easy is it to peel tomatoes? Wash them, make criss-cross incisions on top with a sharp knife. Put it in boiling water for 1-2 minutes. Remove, cool slightly and remove the skin.

Caloric content of the products possible in the dish

  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • 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
  • Tomatoes - 23   kcal/100g
  • Raw wild rice - 353   kcal/100g
  • Brown raw rice - 360   kcal/100g
  • Boiled brown rice - 119   kcal/100g
  • White fortified raw rice - 363   kcal/100g
  • Fortified boiled white rice - 109   kcal/100g
  • White rice, steamed, with long grains raw - 369   kcal/100g
  • Steamed white rice, boiled with long grains - 106   kcal/100g
  • Instant dry rice - 374   kcal/100g
  • Instant rice, ready to eat - 109   kcal/100g
  • Fig - 344   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Broccoli - 33   kcal/100g
  • Bay leaf - 313   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Mixed minced meat - 351   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Spices dry - 240   kcal/100g

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