As I understand it, you are here because you have just embarked on the crooked path of cooking, the true path and are learning to cook? And today you are interested in how to make meatballs for soup from minced meat. So? So (having adjusted the glasses on the nose), meatballs in the soup can be prepared from almost all types of minced meat. But each has nuances. Let's take a look at them.

Mince for meatballs

Naturally, the cooking process will begin with minced meat. If you are holding a package of finished products in your hands, just skip the first part and go straight to the second. If you are determined and want to do everything with your own hands from the very beginning, then let's cook minced meat. It can be made purely from pork or beef, you can combine these two types of meat and get mixed, sometimes called "homemade". No less popular are chicken meatballs.

Ingredients

• pork pulp;
• beef pulp;
• chicken fillet (breast, thighs);

The exact amount is not important here, the main thing is to understand the principle and proportions.

Making minced meat

Ground beef meatballs

Despite the fact that this item is called that, I would not recommend cooking purely from beef, except for special cases, such as not eating pork, dieting, or if you are preparing soup for children. It will turn out dry and there is a chance that they will fall apart during cooking. Therefore, it is better to mix beef with pork in a 50/50 ratio. So it will be juicy, and they will keep their shape well.

Mix both types of meat with your hands until a homogeneous consistency.

Minced pork meatballs

Blinded from pork, they easily roll into balls and perfectly retain their shape. So with the stuffing itself, you don’t need to be smarter anymore. Perhaps just add spices or seasonings for a better taste.

Minced chicken meatballs

You can take any fillet, both breast and thighs without skin and bones. In the same way, pass through a meat grinder with the addition of onions.

But unlike the two previous options, minced chicken is very tender and, as a result, sticky. Rolling balls by hand will not work. Therefore, it is better to take two tablespoons and, scooping up the mass of one, throw the other directly into the broth. Unfortunately, a perfectly round shape will not work.

How to make delicious meatballs for soup

Now let's see step by step not how to prepare the minced meat, but how to cook the meat balls themselves.

The simplest option is Fig. You can add both raw rice washed with water, and already boiled, ready.

Of course, greens. Traditionally - dill, parsley. Less traditional, but also interesting - mint, cilantro.

For taste, you can add, in addition to the usual salt and black pepper, mustard. Approximately 1 tbsp. for 500 gr minced meat.

Knead and stick balls ranging in size from 2 cm to 4 cm in diameter. Usually, the smaller the meatballs, the prettier they look in the soup.

During heat treatment in the soup, the bitterness of the mustard will disappear, but the aroma will remain.

You can put a cube of cheese inside the meatballs.

For splendor, you can add breadcrumbs. And for taste, hard cheese grated on a fine grater.

Meat balls can even be pre-baked in the oven. A crust will form on them, they will become more appetizing, and the soup as a whole will acquire a richer taste.

How to cook meatballs in soup

On culinary sites on the Internet, you can find recipes according to which meatballs are placed in water at the very beginning. Perhaps in order to make the broth in the soup more rich. But I think it's redundant. The stuffing cooks quickly. It takes 3 to 7 minutes for meatballs to fully cook. So I put them in the pot towards the end of the soup.

When we put them in a pot of soup, the boil stops, as the meatballs are cold and cool the soup. Therefore, we increase the heat and when we see that the soup has begun to boil again, reduce it to moderate. So that the meatballs do not fall apart, the boil should not be too violent. For the same reason, mixing them with a spoon at first is not recommended.

Ready, they will float to the surface. That's when you can mix the soup. After surfacing, to be sure, you can cook for a few more minutes and turn it off. But again, you need to focus on.

As you can see, meatballs for soup are easy. Any novice cook can cook them. The main thing is to understand the principle of how to make, try, and then experiment with tastes.