Meatball Tortellini Stew

Name: Meatball Tortellini Stew
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb extra lean ground beef; 1/2 cup dry bread crumbs; 1 egg; 1 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp pepper; 1/4 tsp parsley; 2 tbsp oil; 1 onion chopped; 4 cups beef broth. I added an extra cup of water; 1 can (16 oz) diced tomatoes; 1 can (16 oz) kidney beans; 1/2 tsp dried oregano leaves; 1/2 tsp dried basil leaves; 1 cup finely diced carrots; 1 cup finely diced celery; 1 pkg (9 oz) tortellini with cheese filling

ChristineNMN @christine52

Bakersfield, Ca

Found this at Great American Recipes

ChristineNMN @christine52

Bakersfield, Ca

Found this at Great American Recipes

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Ingredients

40 mins

8 servings

1 lbextra lean ground beef
1/2 cupdry bread crumbs
1egg
1 tspsalt
1/4 tsppepper
1/4 tspparsley
2 tbspoil
1onion chopped
4 cupsbeef broth. I added an extra cup of water
1 can (16 oz)diced tomatoes
1 can (16 oz)kidney beans
1/2 tspdried oregano leaves
1/2 tspdried basil leaves
1 cupfinely diced carrots
1 cupfinely diced celery
1 pkg (9 oz)tortellini with cheese filling

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Steps

40 mins

1

Combine the beef, bread crumbs, egg, salt, pepper and parsley. Shape into 1 inch meatballs.
2

Heat oil in soup pot. Add meatballs. Brown on all sides, rolling them around. Remove and reserve
3

Add onion to pot. Cook. Stirring until soft. Stir in need broth, tomatoes with liquid, oregano, basil, carrots and celery.
4

Cover. Bring to a boil. Then simmer about 15 minutes or until vegetables are about done.
5

Add the kidney beans and the tortellini. Cook for about 6 minutes
6

Return meatballs to the stew. Simmer for 10 minutes.
7

Serve hot with Parmesan cheese to put on top
8

You can put frozen chopped spinach in with the beef for the meatballs. Make sure it's thawed and we'll drained.