Chicken Vegetable Soup With Ginger Meatballs

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 3 carrots, diced
• 2 teaspoons mashed fresh ginger
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 stalks celery, diced
• 2 scallions, chopped
• 8 cups chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon parsley
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 cup peas
• 1 lb ground chicken
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup rice, uncooked

Recipe

• 1 heat olive oil in stock pot; add onions and carrots.
• 2 add ginger and cloves; add celery; add scallions; saute a bit.
• 3 add chicken stock, parsley and bay leaf.
• 4 bring to a boil then simmer for 20 minutes.
• 5 bring back to boil.
• 6 combine all meatball ingredients.
• 7 form 1 inch meatballs.
• 8 drop into boiling stock.
• 9 cook 30 more minutes, covered, on a low simmer. add peas last 5 minutes of cooking.