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Lamb Meatball Soup

Featured Food: Lamb

Makes: 4 servings

lamb meatball soup

Ingredients

  • 6 cups beef or chicken broth
  • ⅓ cup brown rice, uncooked
  • 1 tablespoon oregano
  • 8 ounces ground lamb
  • 1 medium tomato, finely chopped
  • ½ medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups fresh vegetables, chopped (such as carrots, celery, and spinach)

Directions

  1. In a large pot, combine broth, rice, and oregano. Bring to boil over high heat.
  2. Reduce heat to low and simmer.
  3. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, mix ground lamb, tomato, onion, egg, and salt. Form into 12 meatballs.
  4. Add meatballs to broth mixture and simmer for 30 minutes.
  5. Add vegetables. Cook 10-15 minutes or until meatballs are cooked and rice and vegetables are tender.

Recipe from: California Champions for Change Lunch Recipes, California Department of Public Health, Network for a Healthy California; adapted by the USDA Food and Nutrition Administration.