Bulgarian Meatball Soup Ii

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb ground beef
• 6 tablespoons rice
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon dried savory
• to taste salt and pepper
• to taste flour
• 6 cups water
• 2 beef bouillon cubes
• 1/2 bunch green onion, sliced
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 2 carrots, peeled, sliced thin
• 3 tomatoes, peeled & chopped
• 1 small yellow chile, split *
• 1/2 bunch parsley, minced
• 1 egg
• 1 lemon (juice only)

Recipe

• 1 *note: remove most of the seeds from the chiles.
• 2 combine beef, rice, paprika and savory.
• 3 season to taste with salt and pepper.
• 4 mix lightly but thoroughly.
• 5 form into 1-inch balls, then roll in flour.
• 6 combine water, bouillon cubes, 1 tablespoon salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, green onions, green pepper, carrots and tomatoes in large kettle. cover, bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes.
• 7 add meatballs, cover and bring to boil again.
• 8 reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.
• 9 add chiles and simmer, covered, 40 minutes or until rice is cooked.
• 10 add parsley during last 5 minutes of cooking time. taste and add more salt and pepper, if needed.
• 11 just before serving, beat egg with lemon juice. stir 1 to 2 tablespoons hot soup into egg mixture, then stir egg mixture into soup.
• 12 heat and stir until soup is thickened slightly, but do not allow to boil.