Recipe - Savory Dinner Chowder (With Tiny Meat Balls)

2 cup Shredded lettuce
1 cup Coarsely cut or sliced up celery
1 cup Sliced carrots
1 small Onion; cut or sliced up
3 cup Cold water
1 cn (No. 2) tomatoes (2 1/2
cups)
One half teaspoon Sugar
1 One half teaspoon Salt
1 ds Pepper
1/3 cup Rice

MEAT BALLS
2 tablespoon Chopped onion
2 tablespoon Margarine or shortening
Three fourths cup Water
1 md Sized bay leaf
1 cup Coarse cracker crumbs
One half pound Ground lamb or beef
1 Egg; slightly beaten
2 tablespoon Chopped parsley

combine all ingredients except the rice. Heat to boiling: add rice and
SIMMER for 20 minutes or until rice is tender. Stir frequently with a fork.

MEAT BALLS: Saute' onion in 1 tablespoon of the margarine for 10 minutes or
until lightly browned. Add water and bay leaf and SIMMER for 3 minutes.
Remove bay leaf and pour cracker crumbs into onion mixture and stir well:
allow to cool. Add remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly. Allow to stand
10 or 15 minutes. Form into small balls and panfry over medium heat in the
remaining margarine. Turn frequently to brown on all sides. Reduce heat,
cover, and SIMMER for 5 minutes. Add meat balls to finished chowder and
SIMMER 5 minutes. Do not add fat from lamb left in skillet. 4 servings

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 349 by ncanty@juno.com (Nadia I
Canty) on Dec 8, 1997