Fill the bowl, lots of left overs (if you can hold everyone off from seconds!) and cooked all in one - Yes I heard you! This thermomix mexican meatball soup is all of those plus a beautiful hit of spice to help keep you warm on those cold winter nights! When you use my ThermoFun Taco Seasoning you know you are getting the most delicious mexican hit of flavour!
Now they say that soups are meant to be great for giving your digestive system a break and a little spice also helps with weight loss, so I am going to go all out here and say - this is a great weight loss/healthy meal! :)
Now go fill the bowl and enjoy this little flavour packed soup for dinner!
Mexican Meatball Soup – Week 32, ThermoFun
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- 500g beef or chicken mince
- 3 teaspoon ThermoFun Taco Seasoning
- 1 egg
- 60g white rice
Soup
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1 onion, halved and peeled
- 10g olive oil
- 1 carrot, diced
- 1 stick celery, diced
- 1 large potato, diced
- 500g chicken stock
- 400g boiling water from kettle
- 400g can diced tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon ThermoFun Taco Seasoning
- 1 medium zucchini, diced
- ½ lemon, juice only
- handful fresh chopped parsley or coriander
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
Meatballs
- Place garlic into TM bowl and chop 3 sec / speed 8. Add remaining meatball ingredients and combine 20 sec / speed 3 / Reverse.
- With hands, roll teaspoon amounts of mixture into small bite-size meatballs. Place onto Varoma trays and set aside.
No need to wash TM bowl.
Method - Soup
- Place garlic, onion and oil into TM bowl and chop 3 sec / speed 5.
- Scrape down and sauté 5 mins / Varoma / speed 1.
- Add carrot, celery, potatoes, stock, boiling water, tomatoes and taco seasoning.
- Place assembled Varoma into position onto TM lid and cook 25 mins / Varoma / speed 1 / Reverse.
- Carefully remove Varoma and add zucchini to soup and cook 5 mins / Varoma / speed 1 / Reverse.
- Place meatballs into ThermoServer and carefully pour soup over the top.
- Stir through lemon juice, parsley/coriander, salt and pepper.
Notes
Do not be tempted to add any more vegetables than stated as the TM bowl will be full to capacity.
Recipe suitable for freezing.
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Rebecca says
This recipe was easier than i expected and so delicious. I found the flavour got better the longer i left it in the Thermoserver. I'll let it rest a bit longer next time, i'm looking forward to the flavour tomorrow when i have the leftovers
thermofun says
Thanks Rebecca, I'm pleased to hear you enjoyed it. :)
Natalie Hales says
Made this today for the first time and it was so good ?- really enjoyed it and will be making it lots more in the future- thanks for a great recipe ?
thermofun says
Thanks Natalie. :)