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Active Time:20 minsTotal Time:20 minsServings:6Yield:9 cups
Active Time:20 mins
Active Time:
20 mins
Total Time:20 mins
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Servings:6
Servings:
6
Yield:9 cups
Yield:
9 cups
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What Is Italian Wedding Soup?
Despite its name, Italian Wedding Soup is not related to actual weddings. Instead, Minestra Maritata, as it’s called in Italian, refers to marriages in ingredients and flavors. Italian Wedding Soup is a brothy soup typically featuring meat (most notably meatballs), greens like spinach or escarole, and small pasta like orzo or ditalini. The addition of other veggies like onions, carrots and celery results in a perfect “marriage” of ingredients in a soup that’s warm and comforting.
What Makes This Recipe Healthy?
This recipe is full of nutritious vegetables, includingonion, carrots, celery, garlic andspinach. This soup is a great way toeat more vegetablesfor a varied and balanced diet. Chicken meatballs are also a good source ofprotein, which is an essential macronutrient.
How to Make Easy Italian Wedding Soup
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Ingredients
4tablespoonsextra-virgin olive oil, divided
1 ⅓cupschopped yellow onion
⅔cupchopped carrot
⅔cupchopped celery
2tablespoonsminced garlic
6cupsunsalted chicken broth
6ouncesorzo, preferably whole-wheat
1½tablespoonschopped fresh oregano
½teaspoonkosher salt
24cooked chicken meatballs(12ounces), such asEasy Chicken Meatballs
¼cupgrated Parmesan cheese
DirectionsHeat 1 tablespoon oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent, 4 to 5 minutes.Add broth, cover and bring to a boil. Add orzo, oregano and salt; cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the orzo is just tender, about 9 minutes.Stir in meatballs and spinach; cook until the meatballs are heated through and the spinach is wilted, 2 to 4 minutes.Serve sprinkled with cheese and drizzled with the remaining 3 tablespoons oil.Jen CauseyEquipmentLarge pot or Dutch oven
Directions
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent, 4 to 5 minutes.Add broth, cover and bring to a boil. Add orzo, oregano and salt; cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the orzo is just tender, about 9 minutes.Stir in meatballs and spinach; cook until the meatballs are heated through and the spinach is wilted, 2 to 4 minutes.Serve sprinkled with cheese and drizzled with the remaining 3 tablespoons oil.Jen CauseyEquipmentLarge pot or Dutch oven
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrot, celery and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion is translucent, 4 to 5 minutes.
Add broth, cover and bring to a boil. Add orzo, oregano and salt; cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the orzo is just tender, about 9 minutes.
Stir in meatballs and spinach; cook until the meatballs are heated through and the spinach is wilted, 2 to 4 minutes.
Serve sprinkled with cheese and drizzled with the remaining 3 tablespoons oil.
Jen Causey
EquipmentLarge pot or Dutch oven
Equipment
Large pot or Dutch oven
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Nutrition Facts(per serving)415Calories19gFat36gCarbs26gProtein
Nutrition Facts(per serving)
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