# Matzo Ball Soup

This recipe provides instructions for making matzo balls that are big and fluffy, perfect for adding to chicken soup.

- Total time: 90 min
- Cuisine: Other
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 6 eggs
- 0.5 cup melted schmaltz
- 2 cups matzo meal
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 0.25 cup chopped dill
- 0.6666666666666666 cup seltzer
- salted water
- chicken soup

## Instructions

1. Whisk six eggs in a bowl with a half cup of melted schmaltz.
2. Drop in two cups of matzo meal, two teaspoons of kosher salt, and a quarter cup of chopped dill.
3. Stir that up with two-thirds of a cup of seltzer.
4. Let the mixture chill for 30 minutes to firm up.
5. Roll the mixture into quarter cup sized balls.
6. Drop the balls into a pot of simmering salted water.
7. Let them cook covered for one hour until they're nice and big and fluffy.
8. Drop the cooked matzo balls into some chicken soup.

## Equipment

- bowl
- pot

## Tips

- Let the mixture chill for 30 minutes to firm up before rolling.
- Cook covered for one hour until nice, big, and fluffy.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1242276621447768
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- Extracted: 2026-03-28

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