• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to after header navigation
  • Skip to site footer
CASA Veneracion

CASA Veneracion

Connie Veneracion's Modern Filipino Cooking

  • Devour Asia
  • Aging Like Wine
  • Renaissance Mom
  • Search

  • Breakfast
  • Lunch / Dinner
    • Main Courses
    • Side Dishes
    • Soups
  • Noodles
  • Snacks
  • Drinks
  • Sweets
  • Christmas
  • Slow Cooker Recipes
  • About Us
  • Privacy
  • Devour Asia
  • Renaissance Mom
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch / Dinner
    • Main Courses
    • Side Dishes
    • Soups
  • Noodles
  • Snacks
  • Drinks
  • Sweets
  • Christmas
You are here: Home / Superb Soups / Almondigas

Almondigas

A meatball and noodle soup, it is quite probable that the Filipino almondigas is an adaptation of the Mexican meatball soup called albondigas.
Unlike Mexican albondigas, the meatballs in Filipino almondigas contain no rice. But rice is present in the soup albeit in another form. Misua, fine rice noodles that originated in China, is added to the soup toward the end of cooking.
And unlike Mexican albondigas, the broth of Filipino almondigas is clear because tomatoes are not included in the ingredients.
Almondigas (Filipino Meatball and Noodle Soup)
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Filipino
Keyword: Meatballs
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Author: Connie Veneracion

Ingredients

For the meatballs

  • ½ kilo ground pork
  • ½ carrot grated
  • 1 whole onion finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 whole egg lightly beaten

To complete the dish

  • ¾ cup cooking oil
  • 5 cups bone broth
  • 3 cloves garlic peeled and crushed
  • 1 small onion sliced
  • patis (fish sauce) (if broth is unsalted)
  • pepper
  • 2 bundles misua
  • ¾ cup finely sliced scallions

Instructions

  • Mix together all the ingredients for the meat balls. Form into balls about 2 inches in diameter.
  • Heat the cooking oil in a frying pan.
  • Fry the meatballs in hot oil, rolling the balls around in oil to brown evenly. Once lightly browned, remove from the wok or skillet and drain on paper towels.
  • Heat a sauce pan or casserole. Transfer a tablespoon of cooking oil from the frying pan. 
  • Saute the garlic and onion until the onion is soft. 
  • Pour in the broth. Bring to a boil. 
  • Add the meat balls. Lower the heat, cover and simmer for ten minutes. 
  • Taste and add patis and pepper, as needed.
  • Off the heat, add the misua and cover for another five minutes. 
  • Transfer to a soup tureen and top with sliced scallions. Serve hot.

Cook’s Notes

This is an old recipe from my grandmother — with a few personal tweaks.
First, bone broth. My grandmother used plain water as a base for the soup and relied heavily on the spice base and the flavors in the meatballs that find their way into the liquid. I use bone broth for my almondigas for a richer flavor.
Second, I added grated carrot to the meatballs for more flavor, texture and color.
Apart from those two, it’s still my grandmother’s almondigas.
Updated from a post originally published in 07/12/2003.
Do you like seriously Asian food?Check out Devour.Asia!

If you cooked this dish (or made this drink) and you want to share your masterpiece, please use your own photos and write the cooking steps in your own words.

More Modern Filipino Recipes to Try!
Skinless chicken longganisa with rice, tomatoes and achara

Skinless Chicken Longganisa

Fish Head Soup With Coconut Cream (Ginataang Ulo ng Isda)

Fish Head Soup With Coconut Cream (Ginataang Ulo ng Isda)

Ham and cheese sticks showing gooey melted cheese

Ham and Cheese Sticks

Baconsilog

Baconsilog

Chicken bistek with onion slices, scallions and fried shallots

Chicken Bistek

Tapsilog a la Beef Salpicao with Garlic Turmeric Fried Rice

Tapsilog with Tapa a la Salpicao

12/14/2020 : See more in Lunch / Dinner Modern Filipino Noodles Noodles Soups Superb Soups, Asian Noodles, Meatballs

About Connie Veneracion

Hello and welcome! I'm a retired lawyer and columnist, wife for 29 years, mom of two, and a passionate cook. What is this blog about? Recipes for dishes we have cooked at home since 2003.

Previous Post: « Inihaw na panga ng tuna Inihaw na Panga ng Tuna (Grilled Tuna Collar)
Next Post: Pompano and Green Papaya Soup Spicy pompano and green papaya soup »

Sidebar

RSS Devour Asia

  • General Tso’s Chicken
  • Miso Soup
  • Garlic Noodles

RSS Renaissance Mom

  • Pizza Rolls
  • What Is the Difference Between Mascarpone and Cream Cheese?
  • Stages in Making Bread
  • About
  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Search

Everything © Connie, Speedy, Sam & Alex Veneracion. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.