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Minestrone Soup
Recipe video above. The heartiest of all chunky soups, filled with anything your heart desires! While the add ins are endlessly customisable, stick with the soup broth recipe because I've made it extra tasty!* Asterix marked items can be substituted with any cookable vegetables, 6 cups in total.
👥 5 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 5m⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 45 min👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pot
- ●stove
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Heat oil over high heat in a very large pot.
2
Add bacon, cook until starting to turn golden (~⏱️ 2 min) then add garlic and onion.
onion (, chopped)1
3
Cook until onion is translucent and bacon is light golden ~ ⏱️ 2minutes.
onion (, chopped)1
4
Add carrot, celery and zucchini. Stir for ⏱️ 1 minute to coat in flavour.
5
Add crushed tomato, chicken stock, water, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, kidney beans, salt and pepper.
water2 cupstomato paste3 tbspWorcestershire sauce2 tsp
6
Stir, bring to simmer, then place lid on and adjust heat so it's simmering gently.
7
Simmer ⏱️ 20 minutes, then add potato and beans.
8
Simmer ⏱️ 5 minutes, then add pasta. Cook for time per pasta packet MINUS 1 1/⏱️ 2 minutes.
small pasta (, like ditalini, tiny shells, risoni/orzo, baby macaroni, alphabet or star pasta)1 cup
9
Remove from stove, stir through parmesan and baby spinach. Taste and adjust for salt and pepper.
10
Serve, garnished with extra parmesan and a sprinkle of parsley if desired. Warm crusty bread on the side would certainly be the cherry on top!
Chopped parsley
Nutrition Facts
calories
394 kcal
fat Content
14 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
8 g
sugar Content
7 g
sodium Content
1373 mg
protein Content
23 g
cholesterol Content
33 mg
carbohydrate Content
46 g
saturated Fat Content
4 g
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