Mustard Greens and Beans Soup with Herby Pork Meatballs Recipe - Los Angeles Times
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Mustard Greens and Beans Soup with Herby Pork Meatballs

Time 30 minutes
Yields Serves 4
Rosemary adds an herbaceous aroma to simple pork meatballs cooked in a savory broth with beans and wilted mustard greens.
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Dorsey makes bone broth and beans earlier in the week in this simple, comforting soup, but you can use store-bought broth and beans and it will taste just as great. If you want to add flavor to your rice, do like Dorsey and add some fried garlic before it cooks so the alliums perfume the rice.

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Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the celery and shallots, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft and fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the rosemary and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Pour in the broth and bring to a simmer. Gently add the meatballs to the broth and allow the broth to return to a simmer. Stir in the beans and cook until the meatballs are done and the beans are warmed through, 8 to 10 minutes.

2

Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the mustard greens, letting them cook in the ambient heat of the broth until wilted and tender-crisp, about 3 minutes. Season the soup with salt and pepper and sugar, if you like.

3

Ladle the soup into bowls and serve with rice and lemon wedges on the side for squeezing over each serving.

Herby Pork Meatballs
In a large bowl, combine 1 pound ground pork, ¼ cup panko breadcrumbs (or regular breadcrumbs), 3 tablespoons minced shallots, 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary, 2 teaspoons kosher salt, ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper and 1 lightly beaten large egg. Mix everything together until evenly combined, then shape into 12 to 14 meatballs, about 1 ½ inches in diameter. Transfer the meatballs to a parchment paper- or foil-lined baking sheet, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for up to 3 days.