If you’re looking for Mexican comfort food ideas, you might like to give this recipe a whirl. Albondigas con fideos means meatballs with noodles, but if you’re more used to the Italian version of spaghetti and meatballs, you won’t find many similarities with this dish.
The main ingredients in this dish are ground beef, rice, onion and tomato, along with egg, and then you also have added flavor from the garlic, cumin, chiles, and bay leaves. As you can imagine, this is a highly flavorful recipe and it offers a distinctive and special flavor profile.
Another ingredient is epazote and this might be hard to find depending where you live. Epazote is a herb. If you’re not able to find it you can substitute cilantro or oregano. These don’t taste the same but they will still work with the recipe.
Ingredients needed:
- Garlic cloves
- Ground beef
- White rice
- Onion
- Egg
- Ground cumin
- Chile guajillo
- Epazote
- Roma tomatoes
- Bay leaves
- Cloves of garlic
- Fideos
Why You’ll Love the Recipe
This flavorful recipe is so simple to prepare and it offers so much flavor in every spoonful. This soup is suitable for any season or occasion.
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How to Serve It
Serve it hot, along with bread or tortillas, or just as it is.
Can You Make It Ahead?
Prepare the meatballs in advance if you want. Just keep them covered and refrigerated until you’re ready to cook the dish. They’ll be fine for up to 24 hours. You can also freeze them for up to 3 months and thaw overnight.
Storage Instructions
Leftovers will keep for up to 3 days in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Variations and Substitutions
You can swap the ground beef for another type of ground meat or the fideos for another kind of pasta (maybe small shells or short macaroni) as long as you keep in mind different shapes have slightly different cooking times. Feel free to throw in any extra vegetables you want.
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Albondigas Con Fideos
Ingredients
- 3 Garlic cloves
- 1 lb. Ground beef
- 1 C. White rice
- ¼ Onion
- 1 Large egg
- 2 Tbsp. Ground cumin
- 2 Chile guajillo
- Epazote
- 3 Roma tomatoes
- 2 Bay leaves
- 2 Cloves of garlic
- Fideos
Instructions
- Gather a molcajete, and add 3 cloves of garlic, 2 Tbsp of cumin and a teaspoon of salt to it.
- Grind the mixture, and then work it into the ground beef with a cup of white rice.
- Deseed the chile guajillo and add them to a pot of hot water. Cover and boil for 5 minutes.
- Add in the tomatoes, and boil.
- Place the chiles guajillo and their water, the tomatoes, 2 cloves of garlic, bay leaves and onion into a blender, and pulse.
- Add the fideos to a pot with heated oil until golden brown.
- Stir the chile garlic sauce into the pot with the fideos.
- Form the meat mixture into meatballs, and add to the pot after 5 minutes.
- Continue to cook over medium heat until completely cooked through.
- Add salt to taste before serving.
