Mom's Meatball Soup

Natasha's Kitchen, Natasha Kravchuk, United States.

Not my Mom, Natasha's Mom. This is absolutely delicious! I made this on 26 July 2017, and as I predicted, big hit with the Thai family. Link to the Shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 30

Cook Time 30

Total Time 1

Course Main Dish

Cuisine Russian

Servings servings

Ingredients

For the Soup

15 cups water
1 tablespoon salt
6-8 medium potatoes, cubed
2 large carrots, thinly sliced, halved first if very large
½ cup dry spaghetti, broken into ½ inch pieces
½ onion, finely diced
2 stalks import celery, or a handful of Thai celery, finely diced
3 tablespoons cooking oil
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
½ teaspoon Mrs. Dash Seasoning, Shortcut
¼ teaspoon black pepper

For the Meatballs

1 kilo ground pork, (2 lb)
1 teaspoon Mrs. Dash Seasoning, Shortcut
½ teaspoon black pepper
2 teaspoons salt
1 egg, lightly beaten
½ onion, finely diced

Instructions

Add the water, potatoes, and salt listed for the soup to a large pot on high heat and bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes to soften the potatoes.
Reduce the temp to maintain a medium simmer on the pot, add the carrots and the spaghetti pieces to the pot.
In a large bowl, mix together all the ingredients listed For the Meatballs. Once mixed well, use your hands to roll small meatballs, no need for perfection here, as you make them, add them to the soup. They will cook in the hot water and make the broth for the soup. (I chopped up 3 spring onions and added those as well after the meatballs were added.)
Heat a non stick pan on medium heat and add the 3 tablespoons of cooking oil, your choice of oil. When the oil is hot, add the onion and celery, cook until softened then add this to the soup.
Soup is simmering after the onion and celery were added.
While stirring the soup, pour in the lightly beaten egg. Season with the dill, black pepper, and Mrs. Dash Seasoning. (I also added the chopped tops of the celery.)
Serve with fresh bread.

Notes

Ground pork at Tesco will cost about 100 Baht/kilo, another option is to grind your own pork with the medium plate on your grinder, use pork shoulder for this as fat is needed. Pork shoulder is also about 100 Baht/kilo. For 12 servings, this is about 25 cents per serving, very reasonable.

Shortcut: Mrs. Dash Seasoning.

Variant: 1. Add some chopped spring onions to the soup after the meatballs are in.