Arabian Meatballs in Broth

==Description==
This recipe yields 4 servings.
==Ingredients==
* ½ cup quick-cooking rice cereal (½ minute to cook)
* 1 cup minced onion
* 2 tbsp minced garlic
* 1½ tbsp tomato paste
* 6 cup beef broth
* 2 tbsp long-grain white rice
* ¾ lb ground lean (7% fat or less) beef
* ½ tsp salt - (about)
* ¼ tsp freshly-ground pepper - (about)
* ¼ cup chopped fresh mint leaves
* 2 tbsp chopped parsley
* 2 tbsp lemon juice
==Directions==
# Mix rice cereal with ⅓ cup cold water; let stand at least 5 minutes.
# Meanwhile, in a 5- to 6-quart nonstick pan, stir half the onion and 1 teaspoon garlic over medium-high heat until limp, about 4 minutes.
# Stir in tomato paste, broth, and rice.
# Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender to bite, 12 to 15 minutes.
# As rice cooks, mix beef with ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper.
# Mix half the beef mixture with one-fourth of the rice cereal mixture, remaining onion and garlic, 1 tablespoon mint, and parsley.
# In a food processor, whirl remaining beef mixture and remaining rice cereal mixture until it is a sticky paste.
# Shape each of the meat mixtures into 4 oval pieces.
# In your palm, flatten 1 piece of the beef paste until it's ¼-inch thick.
# Lay a coarse-beef oval over the thin piece and fold paste around it, shaping into a 3-inch-long football.
# Repeat to form each meatball, and as shaped, drop into simmering broth.
# Simmer over low heat, covered, turning meatballs once, until no longer pink in center (cut to test), about 10 minutes.
# Add lemon juice, remaining mint, and salt and pepper to taste.
# Ladle meatball soup into bowls.
Category:Beef stock and broth Recipes
Category:Ground beef Recipes
Category:Long-grain rice Recipes
Category:Meatball Recipes
Category:Mint Recipes
Category:Saudi Arabian Meat Dishes
Category:Tomato paste Recipes