Colombian Meatball Soup Recipe

This Sancocho de Albóndigas, is a comforting soup made with meatballs, potatoes, yuca, plantain, corn, onions, peppers, other vegetables, herbs and spices. Sunday afternoons growing up in Colombia would be commonly spent with my uncles, crowded around the television watching soccer, my aunts busy in the kitchen talking and cooking with Mamita, while us kids

📝 Ingredients

• 1/2 pound ground pork
• 1/2 pound ground beef
• 1/4 cup Colombian aliños
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup precooked cornmeal or masarepa
• 1/2 warm water
• 1 cup Colombian aliños sauce
• 3 ears fresh corn (cut into 2 or 3 pieces)
• 12 cups of water or more if necessary
• 2 green plantains (peeled and cut crosswise into 2 inch pieces)
• 4 medium white potatoes (peeled and cut in half)
• 1 pound frozen or fresh yuca cut into big pieces
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1--- To make the meatballs: ---
2. 2In a large bowl, combine the beef, pork, aliños, salt, cornmeal and water. Knead with your hands until well mixed. Shape the mixture into 8 meatballs, set them on a plate.
3. 3--- To make the soup: ---
4. 4In a large pot, place the water, aliños, meatballs, corn, salt and green plantain. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce the heat to medium and cook for about 45 minutes.
5. 5Add the potatoes and yuca. Continue cooking for 30 more minutes or until the vegetables are fork tender. Stir in the cilantro.
6. 6Taste and adjust the seasoning. Serve in large soup bowls, dividing the meatballs and vegetables evenly.