Tomato and meatball soup. Tomato soup with meatballs

Video on how to make meatball soup.

And this article is dedicated to preparing soups with meatballs. We will prepare both simple, light soups and rich, richer ones. Of course, in the future there will be other variations, but for now these are the only recipes.

And at the very end there is a traditional block with notes and tips that will help both diversify the taste of such a dish and solve some problems (for example, not everyone gets meatballs, they fall apart when cooked, etc.).

By the way, how do meatballs differ from the same meatballs? Are they not the same thing? Yes and no. Classic meatballs are literally balls of meat, balls made up of minced meat and spices. There are no eggs, rice or any other cereals in them. The meatballs are also small enough to fit into a spoon and into your mouth in one bite.

Meatballs are made larger; in addition to minced meat, they often contain rice and many, many other ingredients. This dish is usually stewed or baked; soups with meatballs are usually not cooked.

But as practice shows, there are a huge number of options for meatballs that do not fit into these usual frameworks. And this is understandable, because everyone has different preferences.

Below I suggest you check out a few homemade recipes. They are quite popular, proven and very worthy.

Delicious tomato soup with meatballs, recipe with photos, step-by-step recipes

Ingredients

For 2 servings:
Water – 1 liter;
Tomato juice – 500 ml;
Minced pork or chicken – 150 g;
Rice – 20 g;
Salt;
Greenery;
Pepper;
Half an onion.

Kitchen: Author's. Cooking time: 50 min. Number of servings: 2

I cook soups very rarely; I prefer liquid porridges. Today for some reason I felt like it :)

I decided to try something new and chose tomato soup with meatballs and rice for the experiment.

I always associate tomatoes in first courses with Ukrainian borscht. I really love Ukrainian cuisine. Today's tomato soup has a similar taste, the new dish turned out very tasty.

Let's discuss the recipe!

1. Prepare minced meat, roll into small balls.

Delicious tomato soup with meatballs

2. Boil water and add rice. In the meantime, peel and cut into thin strips, fry in vegetable oil. 3. Add tomato juice to the water with rice, wait until the soup boils. 4. Add meat balls (meatballs) and onions. Cook for 10 minutes, then add salt, herbs and pepper. Next, leave the soup for another 10 minutes on low heat and now our soup is ready!

Delicious tomato soup with meatballs

We serve the soup hot or cold, as it turned out it’s very tasty in both versions :) Interesting!

When preparing the dish, I try to use natural tomato juice, which my grandmother makes. This is an indescribable taste, and you won’t find this in the store now. By the way, you can use tomato paste (2-3 tbsp), if there is no juice, in this case add more water.

Delicious tomato soup with meatballs

Tomatoes: healthy or not?

Tomatoes are one of the healthiest vegetables in the world. Although, for example, in Europe tomatoes are considered to be berries. The thing is that from a botanical point of view, tomatoes are the berry of the perennial tomato plant. In the USA, as well as in Russia and Ukraine, tomatoes are considered vegetables.

So what are the benefits of tomatoes?

Ripe tomatoes are rich in vitamin C, starch, organic acids, pectin, fiber, minerals (sodium, calcium, magnesium, chlorine, phosphorus, iodine), lycopene, B vitamins and vitamin K. Tomatoes are useful for gastritis, anemia, hypertension blood pressure.

Tomato fruits reduce blood cholesterol, regulate metabolic processes, and enhance kidney function. In folk medicine, tomatoes are used to improve memory, as well as for intestinal diseases.

This product has virtually no drawbacks. In particular, salted tomatoes are not recommended for consumption if you have kidney disease.

Well, that's all, bon appetit!

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Recipes

Classic recipe for soup with minced meatballs (with rice and potatoes)

Light, but at the same time satisfying and healthy soup made from meatballs with the addition of potatoes and rice cereals. A familiar homemade dish, familiar to many from childhood. “Usual” does not mean mediocre - the soup tastes simply great!

The recipe is not only simple, but also very versatile, variable, and can be easily adapted to personal tastes. For example, rice can be omitted or replaced with noodles, pearl barley or buckwheat.

Ingredients:

Minced meat (beef, pork, chicken) – 690 g.
Onion – 1 head;
Salt – 1-1.5 teaspoons (or to taste);
Black pepper (or a mixture of peppers) – 2 teaspoons;

For the soup:

Potatoes – 4-5 tubers;
Rice (preferably basmati) – 3-4 tbsp. spoons;
Carrots – 1-2 pcs.
Onions – 1 pc.
Soup seasoning (any favorite) – 1 tbsp. spoon;
Vegetable oil – 2-4 tbsp. spoons;
A bunch of fresh parsley (or dill);
Salt and pepper to taste;

Preparation

How to make meatballs for soup from minced meat

We start as expected with meat. As noted above, you can have any minced meat, a mixture of beef and pork, or just chicken, fish, turkey, etc. This will not change the cooking process.

Peel the onion, then pass it through a meat grinder or grind it in a blender until it becomes a paste like this. Place it in a cup with the minced meat.

Add 1-2 teaspoons of salt and pepper thoroughly. If you wish, you can add some more spices. Now knead the minced meat thoroughly with your hands so that it turns out tender and homogeneous.

It is best to do this with gloves (for example, latex). The meat will not stick and the balls will turn out perfect.

Take a little minced meat, then lightly crush it in your hand, and then roll it into an even ball between your two palms. In general, we sculpt as if from plasticine. It turns out like this meat ball.

Do this with the remaining minced meat and place the balls on a tray or baking sheet. If desired, these meatballs can be placed in the refrigerator so that the minced meat thickens a little.

How to cook meatball soup

Let's move on to the soup, but first of all we need to make a standard frying of onions and carrots. Finely chop the onion, grate the carrots or chop into thin strips.

Pour a couple of tablespoons of oil into the pan and heat it up. Place the onions first. Cook and stir until the onion begins to brown. Next, add the carrots, stir and simmer for a few more minutes.

Meanwhile, boil water in a kettle. Pour boiling water into the pan and stir gently. The volume of water depends on the size of the pan, keep in mind that you will need to add other ingredients to it.

Pour pre-washed rice into the pan, add salt, pepper and soup seasoning. Cook and stir occasionally until the rice becomes softer.

Meanwhile, peel and rinse the potatoes, then cut them in any way you like. In this example, the potatoes will be cut into fairly large pieces.

Place the potatoes in the soup, and then carefully transfer the meatballs into the soup. We put one at a time, do not plop it down so that the boiling drops do not fly away.

That's it, now continue to cook the soup over low heat for 30 minutes. During this time, the potatoes and minced meat should be cooked, but if something goes wrong, then increase the time by another 10-15 minutes.

Wash and finely chop a small bunch of parsley or any other aromatic herb. Place the parsley in the soup, stir, cover with a lid and simmer for another 10 minutes.

Actually, that's all! You can try it right now, or you can wait 30 minutes for the soup to brew. Then the taste will be even more intense.

By the way, earlier I posted a wonderful selection of recipes for pea soup with smoked ribs. If you like fragrant smoked meats, be sure to cook this soup.

Tomato soup with meatballs (Turkish)

A bright and very aromatic soup with the addition of meat balls, vegetables, rice and bulgur. This dish belongs to Turkish cuisine. Tasty and original.

The cooking principle is the same as in the previous recipe, but with its own nuances. Let's not waste time, let's move on to the process itself.

Ingredients:

Minced meat - approximately 500 g.
Broken rice – 3 tbsp. spoons;
Bulgur – 3 tbsp. spoons;
Flour – 1 tbsp. spoon;
Carrots – 1 large;
Potatoes – 1-3 tubers;
Onions – 2 pcs.
Sunflower oil – 4 tbsp. spoons;
Tomato – 1 pc.
Tomato paste – 1 tbsp. spoon;
Salt – 1 teaspoon;
Parsley – 10 sprigs;

Ingredients

Chicken fillet – 350 g;
Potatoes – 2 pcs.;
Onions – 1 pc.;
Carrots – 1 pc.;
Boiled rice – 2 tbsp;
Chicken broth – 1.3 l;
Tomato paste – 2 tbsp;
Short vermicelli – 80 g;
Sunflower oil – 20 ml;
Salt - to taste.

How to make tomato soup with meatballs

First you need to prepare the potatoes: peel them, wash them and cut them finely into cubes. Then put it in a saucepan with broth. Place the pan over medium heat and start cooking.

The second step, as always, in the process of preparing first courses, is to deal with carrots and onions. They need to be washed and cleaned. Then these vegetables need to be chopped. As a rule, I prefer to cut carrots into circles, and onions for such dishes as finely as possible. And put them in a frying pan heated with sunflower oil. Lightly simmer the onions and carrots in a frying pan over low heat for 8-9 minutes.

Then place the carrots and onions in the pan with the broth and potatoes.

Prepare the minced meatballs. Wash the chicken fillet and pass through a meat grinder. Add two tablespoons of boiled rice.

Add salt to taste and mix well. I also added some carrots and onions to the minced meat, but this is not necessary.

Form the minced meat into walnut-sized meatballs. Place them in boiling soup. Salt the soup to taste. If children and people for whom spicy food is contraindicated will not eat it, add ground black pepper.

When all the ingredients in the soup are almost ready, add tomato paste to the pan.

Add thin vermicelli.

And also add bay leaf.

Cook the soup for another 5-7 minutes and turn off.

Wonderful, healthy, aromatic and tasty tomato soup with meatballs is ready. Serve as a starter at lunch.

This recipe for tomato soup with meatballs will help you quickly feed your family lunch or dinner. The use of tomatoes and garlic canned in their own juice gives the soup an unforgettable taste and aroma. I suggest you cook tomato soup with me, using this simple recipe with step-by-step photos as a cheat sheet.

Canned tomatoes – 740 gram can. I like to use tomatoes in their own juice because the taste is not very spicy and the vinegar is less noticeable. At the same time, the juice from the tomato can be poured into a glass and drunk as a drink.

We take the tomatoes out of the jar and peel them.

Then grind the tomatoes in a blender until pureed.

Meatballs – 300 grams. I used a previously prepared frozen semi-finished product. If you don’t have ready-made meatballs, making them won’t be difficult. To do this you will need 250 grams of minced meat and 1 large onion. Grind the onion with a meat grinder or blender and mix with minced meat. Form meatballs the size of a quail egg.

Rice – 100 grams. Regular long-grain rice is better for soup; you can also use steamed rice.

Onions and carrots - one each.

Fresh garlic – 2 cloves.

Let's start preparing the meatball soup

Meatballs for soup

The peculiarity of this recipe is that there are non-standard meatballs. We took rice with bulgur just for them. You can say it will turn out to be small meatballs.

Grind the onion to a paste (you can grate it), chop the parsley finely, and rinse the grains a couple of times.

Place greens, rice, onion mixture and bulgur into a bowl with minced meat. Add a few pinches of salt and mix well.

Roll the resulting mixture into small balls and place them on a large bowl lightly sprinkled with flour.

Now sprinkle flour again and gently shake this bowl so that the meat balls are coated on all sides with flour.

Let's start cooking the soup

Finely chop the onion, then fry it in vegetable oil. You can do this either in a frying pan or directly in a saucepan (so as not to dirty the dishes again).

Meanwhile, grate the tomato (or chop it in a blender), chop the carrots and potatoes into cubes. Also put the kettle on to boil.

Once the onion is browned, add grated tomato and tomato paste to it. Stir, cover with a lid and simmer for a few minutes.

Now pour in about 1 liter of boiling water, add chopped carrots. Cook for about 10 minutes covered.

Next add the potatoes. After the potatoes, carefully place all the meatballs. Continue cooking over low heat for 30-40 minutes, covering with a lid. Come back and stir from time to time.

The result is a soup like this. Its wonderful aroma will spread throughout the house! And it’s so delicious – you’ll lick your fingers! Bon appetit!

And for the main course I can recommend you a delicious beef goulash with gravy. There are several options that can be cooked both in a saucepan, frying pan, and in a slow cooker.

Tender creamy soup with meatballs (step-by-step recipe)

For lovers of everything dairy, creamy or cheese, you can cook this delicate spicy soup. In addition to meatballs, this dish also includes wheat grain and chickpeas. No potatoes, no carrots (but you can add them if you want).

The milk base will be represented by natural yogurt. If desired, it can be replaced with cream or light sour cream.

We will need:

Minced beef – 300 g.
Yogurt (unflavored) – 300 ml.
Wheat (cereals) – 120 g (can be replaced with pearl barley);
Boiled chickpeas (or beans) – 120-200 g.
Butter – 2 tbsp. spoons;
Olive oil – 1 tbsp. spoon;
Egg – 1 pc.
Onions – 2 heads;
Flour – 2 tbsp. spoons;
Dried mint – 1 tbsp. spoon (or your own set of herbs);
Black pepper, salt – 5 pinches each;
Water or broth - 2 liters.

Meatball soup preparation process

First of all, pour 2 liters of water into a saucepan, add washed wheat or any other cereal that you like best. Let it cook for 20-30 minutes. Meanwhile, get to the meat.

How to make meatballs for soup

The whole highlight of the recipe lies not in the original set of ingredients, but in the special technique for preparing meatballs. We blind them, and before sending them to the soup, fry them in butter until a crust forms. It’s a trifle, but the taste of the soup changes dramatically!

Finely chop the onion, then add it to the minced meat. Add salt, pepper and mix well.

Wet your hands with water, or even better, wear gloves. You need to make these small meatballs from the minced meat. The principle is the same, take some minced meat and roll it into an even ball.

Next, sprinkle them with flour and gently shake them so that each meatball is covered with a layer of flour.

Heat 1-2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a frying pan, then place the meat balls there. Fry them until the color changes from red to brown.

Back to the soup

While the cereal is cooking, beat the egg yolk with yogurt. Add 1 spoon of flour and stir until the lumps disappear.

Gradually pour this milk mass into the pan (in which the cereal is cooked), while stirring without stopping. Next, add boiled chickpeas (you can boiled or canned beans) and fried meatballs along with the resulting oil.

Let the soup cook in the pan for another 10-15 minutes. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a frying pan, add dried mint and any other fragrant herbs.

Pour this creamy, aromatic mass into the pan, stir and cook over low heat for another 5-10 minutes.

Here are some delicious variations of cauliflower soup. There are recipes both with and without meat.

Soup with buckwheat, cabbage and meatballs

For lovers of cabbage soup and borscht, we can recommend this homemade soup, consisting of a large number of vegetables, supplemented with minced meat balls. Very nourishing, bright, aromatic.

If you wish, you can exclude some ingredients from the composition, but then the soup will not be as rich and will not have such a multifaceted taste.

Ingredients:

Minced meat (beef or chicken) – 500 g.
Potatoes – 3 pcs.
Onions – 2 pcs.
Tomatoes – 2 pcs.
Carrots – 1 large;
Cabbage (white) – 200-300 g.
Buckwheat (cereals) – 0.5 cups;
Garlic – several cloves;
Broth (meat or maggi cube) – approximately 3 liters;
A bunch of fresh herbs (parsley, dill);
Semolina – 1-2 teaspoons;
Salt and pepper – add to taste;
Bay leaf – 1-3 pcs.

Step-by-step preparation

Prepare all vegetables in advance (rinse, peel). Grind the onion (1 small head) to a pulp using a blender, grater or meat grinder. Chop the greens finely. Also grate 1 clove of garlic on a fine grater.
Place minced meat in a large bowl, add grated onion, garlic, herbs and semolina. If your minced meat is runny, you can add 2-3 teaspoons of semolina. Mix everything thoroughly.
Make small balls from the resulting minced meat, then put them in the refrigerator.
We also put a pan of water or broth on the stove and let it boil.
Cut the tomatoes into small cubes and place in a cup. Cut the carrots into strips, chop the cabbage, just finely chop the onion. Cut the potatoes into slices or cubes.
First, fry the onion in a small amount of vegetable oil until golden, then add carrots to it and simmer until half cooked.
Next, you need to put the chopped tomatoes here and mix. Simmer for another 5-10 minutes, and then remove from heat.
Place the potatoes in boiling water, add salt and pepper. As soon as the water boils again, add the pre-washed buckwheat. We also put the meatballs here. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat slightly.
Now you need to put the cabbage in a pan, cook over low heat for 10-15 minutes.
Next, you need to add the previously prepared roast to the soup, as well as a bay leaf. Boil the soup until the cabbage is ready.

In addition to this dish, you can serve jellied cabbage pie with kefir, which is prepared extremely simply and quickly.

Now let’s prepare a similar soup in a slow cooker (video)

Making soups with meatballs in a slow cooker is a real pleasure. And the dishes are clean, everything is prepared quickly, without any hassle. In order not to describe a similar cooking process again, I would rather recommend you watch this video recipe.

Tips and notes

Let's start with common problems. If you don't get meatballs, you may have made some mistakes, or maybe the minced meat is just bad. In this case, take a closer look at the following recommendations, perhaps they will help you.

A common reason why meatballs fall apart is long cooking. Usually they are cooked for about 20-30 minutes (some even less). It also depends on the size, if the balls are very small, then they should be cooked for no more than 15 minutes.
You only need to throw the meatballs into boiling water, then the meat will have time to “grab” from the edges and form a dense shell.
Some people make minced meat in a blender rather than in a meat grinder, but the meat mass obtained in this way is not very suitable for making meatballs, cutlets and the like. The minced meat should be thick and dense, but here it is a liquid mush.
Some people beat an egg into the minced meat to obtain a more viscous consistency. It is believed that the egg holds the minced meat together, but at the same time makes the meatballs more “fluffy” and airy.
If the problem is excess liquid in the minced meat, add a couple of tablespoons of semolina or flour (starch) to it.

Now let’s move on to soups; below are some tips that will help diversify the taste and appearance of this dish. It’s just that many recipes are of the same type and differ only in nuances, which are easier to express in this way.

Add any noodles or horns 15 minutes before the soup is ready. A familiar home combination.
Fry the onions with mushrooms and carrots until soft, add a spoonful of tomato paste or sour cream. Add the resulting dressing to the soup.
You can diversify the taste, appearance and aroma with the help of bell peppers and eggplant pieces.
In addition to white cabbage, you can add Brussels sprouts (it turns out very nice with it) or cauliflower.
Add beans canned in tomato, slices of pickled cucumbers, asparagus (soy).

Step by step

First of all, the meat needs to be washed, dried and passed through a meat grinder. If you want to save time, you can use ready-made minced meat in the recipe for making soup with meatballs and tomato paste. Add 1 onion and garlic if desired.
Beat in the egg, salt and pepper to taste. Wash and dry the greens, chop them and add to the minced meat. Mix everything well.
At the same time, put a pan of water on the fire. After boiling, place the bay leaf there and add a little salt. Roll small meatballs from the resulting minced meat with your hands moistened with water.
While the water is boiling, peel the second onion and chop finely. Grate the carrots. Heat a little vegetable oil in a frying pan and add vegetables there. Fry everything over medium heat, stirring occasionally. You can also add some herbs and garlic (for flavor).
Carefully place the meatballs into boiling water. After boiling again, carefully remove the resulting foam with a slotted spoon and cook the meatballs over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
Then add the fried vegetables to the pan. You can also add other vegetables and spices to your homemade soup with meatballs and tomato paste to taste.
Add tomato paste and a pinch of sugar. At the same stage, for a more saturated color, you can add grated beets to the pan. Leave to simmer over low heat, covered, for about 15 minutes.
Here is an interesting option for making soup with meatballs and tomato paste. Bon appetit!