Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, minestrone soup. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Minestrone soup is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Minestrone soup is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook minestrone soup using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Minestrone soup:
- Prepare 2 tbsp olive oil
- Make ready 1 medium onion diced
- Make ready 2 large carrots peeled and chopped
- Prepare 2 stalks celery chopped
- Get 1 clove garlic minced
- Make ready 1 bag (5 oz) fresh baby spinach washed and trimmed
- Prepare 1 large russet potato peeled and cubed
- Take 1 can (14 oz) diced tomatoes
- Prepare 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- Prepare 1 can (15 oz) kidney beans
- Take 4 (14 oz) cans low sodium chicken stock
- Take 1 cup short cut pasta
- Prepare 6-7 basil leaves
I also added a can of green beans, used kidney instead of cannellini beans, and used shredded spinach instead of cabbage. Minestrone soup is an Italian classic! This version is made with cannellini beans, chicken stock, cabbage, potato, zucchini, carrots, plum tomatoes, and Parmesan cheese. Photography Credit: Elise Bauer Minestrone soup.
Instructions to make Minestrone soup:
- In a large heavy bottom soup pot heat the olive oil on medium heat and sauté the pancetta until crispy, just a couple minutes. Once the pancetta is crispy remove from the pan and set aside.
- Add the chopped onion, carrots and celery and sauté until the vegetables start to cook down and caramelize about 3 minutes, add the potato and garlic and sauté for 3 to 5 minutes, you want all the vegetables to get a golden brown color all over.
- Add the kidney beans, diced tomatoes, tomato puree and the chicken stock, place a lid on the pan turn the heat to medium high and cook for 30 minutes.
- When all the vegetables are cooked (mixture should be slightly thicker) season with salt and pepper to taste and add the pasta (cook the pasta according to package instructions) when the pasta is about 2 minutes away from being done add the spinach and basil, cook just until the spinach is wilted . Serve with good crusty Italian bread and add some shredded Parmesan cheese if you'd like
Wholesome, hearty & flexible "This hearty and nutritious minestrone soup is brilliant at embracing what you've got in your fridge. We make it every month and all the kids love it - it's one of the dishes where they always go in for seconds. It's super-easy to tweak according to the vegetables you have in the house. Essentially, minestrone is a thick, hearty variety of vegetable soup, thanks to the addition of beans and sometimes pasta or rice. Tomatoes, carrots, onion, and celery are usually included, with other vegetables added at the cook's discretion.
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