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Classic Matzo Ball Soup
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Classic Matzo Ball Soup

Soft matzo balls in a clear chicken soup. Chilling the mixture before rolling is what keeps them airy.

⏱ 1 hr 20 min🍽 6 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

To assemble

  1. 1
    In a bowl, mix the eggs, oil, water and salt, add the matzo meal and chill 30 minutes.
    BowlRefrigerator
  2. 2
    In a large pot, bring the stock to a boil with the carrot.
    StoveLarge pot
  3. 3
    With wet palms, roll firm balls the size of walnut.
  4. 4
    Drop the matzo balls into the boiling soup. Turn down to low, cover and simmer 30 minutes.
    ⚙ SimmeringStoveLid
    💡Drop the matzo balls in gently, and cook them in a covered pot over a low flame, at a gentle bubble, not a boil.
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  5. 5
    Ladle the hot soup into bowls, with the carrot and the matzo balls.
  6. 6
    Sprinkle the chopped dill on top.
232calories
7 gprotein
22 gcarbs
13 gfat
● protein 12%● carbs 38%● fat 50%

Per serving (336 g), of 6 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Large pot · Also works: Pot (Cook in two batches)
  • Lid · Also works: Aluminum foil (tight aluminum foil) · Plate (an upside-down plate)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

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