Ingredients for - Beet and vegetable soup with meatballs
How to cook deliciously - Beet and vegetable soup with meatballs
1. Stage
I took ready-made ground beef. I very finely chopped onion, salted and peppered it, beat an egg and thoroughly combined everything. Formed meatballs.
2. Stage
Put a pot of water on the fire. When the water boils, put the rice. Prepare the products for the soup. In the soup, I will take 1 pc of potatoes, because I will put in it zucchini. After 10 minutes of boiling rice, put the potatoes, cut into small cubes.
3. Stage
At the same time in a frying pan or in a sauté pot we cook the vegetables. I poured oil into a saucepan, heated it up and put garlic cloves, cut lengthwise into two pieces. I fried the cloves for a minute to give their flavor to the oil. You can throw them out. I kept them; I'll take them out a little later.
4. Stage
Put finely chopped onion. Fry just a little, until soft.
5. Stage
Put the beets, finely chopped. It can be grated. Stir everything and stew the beets for about 15 minutes, until they are ready. You can pour a couple of spoons of broth from the pot, where the rice and potatoes are boiling.
6. Stage
Zucchini and bell peppers are next. I didn't cut them too coarsely either. My zucchini's skin is soft and I didn't take it off.
7. Stage
The spices I will use for the soup. I removed the seeds from the chili pepper.
8. Stage
Braise the vegetables completely until cooked, before putting the tomato sauce. This is about, after the beets, another 10 minutes. Put tomato sauce, chili pepper rings, oregano, basil and 3 peppercorns in the saucepan. Stir everything and stew for 5 minutes more. The soup dressing is ready.
9. Stage
The potatoes and rice in my pot are also cooked. I put the dressing on them. I brought it to a boil and put meatballs in the soup. Boil more soup for about 5 minutes. Salt to taste, pour balsamic and put sugar. We mix, taste the soup, and if anything, we correct it to our taste. Put a bay leaf. Cook the soup for another 2-3 minutes.
10. Stage
Eat and enjoy this flavorful and rich soup!