Albondigas Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef
1 egg
salt (to taste)
pepper (to taste)
1 (6 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
rice, uncooked
1 (10 1/2 ounce) can chicken broth
water
2 -3 stalks celery, chopped
2 -3 carrots, chopped

Preparation

In large bowl, mix ground beef, salt, pepper, tomato sauce, onion, garlic, uncooked rice, and egg.
Shape into 1\" balls. Set aside.
Meanwhile, bring water, chicken broth, tomato sauce, celery and carrots to a full rolling boil.
Drop meatballs carefully into soup. Cook until center of meatballs are no longer pink and vegetables are tender.