Albóndigas de Pollo

Ingredients

• For the Chicken
• chicken, rinsed and cut into 8 pieces
• medium yellow onion, peeled and quartered
• medium green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and quartered
• garlic cloves, peeled and smashed
• sour orange, split in half
• packed culantro
• packed mint leaves
• quarts water
• tablespoon salt
• teaspoons whole black peppercorns
• For the Chicken Meatballs
• medium yellow onion, coarsely chopped
• medium green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and coarsely chopped
• garlic cloves
• teaspoons achiote paste or powdered annato
• tablespoons unsalted butter
• corn masa mix, such as Maseca
• culantro, finely chopped
• mint leaves, finely chopped
• tablespoons sour orange juice
• Cilantro and mint leaves for garnish