{"id":901,"date":"2012-01-24T23:56:45","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T23:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=901"},"modified":"2017-12-02T23:21:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T06:21:25","slug":"mexican-meatball-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/mexican-meatball-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Meatball Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Studded with zucchini, corn, and tomatoes, this hearty soup is comforting, especially on chilly evenings. Oregano flavors both the liquid and the meatballs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INGREDIENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/meatball-2\/\">choice of 12 meatballs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1 TBL cooking oil<\/li>\n<li>1 small sweet onion, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 jalapeno pepper, seeds and ribs removed, chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 medium zucchini &#8211; cut into 1\/2-inch dice<\/li>\n<li>2 1\/4 tsp dried oregano, or 1 TBL chopped fresh oregano<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp ground cumin<\/li>\n<li>1 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels<\/li>\n<li>1 TBL lime juice<\/li>\n<li>1 QT chicken broth or homemade stock<\/li>\n<li>2 C water<\/li>\n<li>1-1\/2 C drained canned diced tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 tsp fresh-ground black pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>STEP BY STEP<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Start oil heating in a large pot.<\/li>\n<li>Add the onion and half the jalapenos and saute about 5 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add the zucchini, half of the oregano, and the cumin<\/li>\n<li>Cook about 3 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, make your meatballs.<\/li>\n<li>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/meatball-2\/\">Grandpa&#8217;s Meatball Recipes<\/a> and choose which meatball you want to create.<br \/>\nOur preferred meatball for this recipe is a Mexican Meatball.<\/li>\n<li>Add the broth, water, tomatoes, salt, and pepper<\/li>\n<li>Bring to a simmer, and simmer for 15 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add the meatballs and corn to the soup and simmer until the meatballs are just done, about 5 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in the lime juice and the remaining oregano.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studded with zucchini, corn, and tomatoes, this hearty soup is comforting, especially on chilly evenings. Oregano flavors both the liquid and the meatballs. INGREDIENTS Your choice of 12 meatballs 1 TBL cooking oil 1 small sweet onion, chopped 1 jalapeno pepper, seeds and ribs removed, chopped 1 medium zucchini &#8211; cut into 1\/2-inch dice 2 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/mexican-meatball-soup\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mexican Meatball Soup&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,157,171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meat-to-eat","category-stews","category-world-cuisine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11577,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901\/revisions\/11577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}