Minestrone soup

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, minestrone soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Minestrone soup is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Minestrone soup is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have minestrone soup using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Minestrone soup:
  1. Prepare 2 tbsp olive oil
  2. Prepare 1 medium onion diced
  3. Make ready 2 large carrots peeled and chopped
  4. Prepare 2 stalks celery chopped
  5. Take 1 clove garlic minced
  6. Take 1 bag (5 oz) fresh baby spinach washed and trimmed
  7. Take 1 large russet potato peeled and cubed
  8. Make ready 1 can (14 oz) diced tomatoes
  9. Get 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  10. Prepare 1 can (15 oz) kidney beans
  11. Make ready 4 (14 oz) cans low sodium chicken stock
  12. Take 1 cup short cut pasta
  13. Get 6-7 basil leaves

Directions In a large saucepan, saute the carrots, celery and onion in oil and butter until tender. Stir in the broth, tomato sauce, beans, chickpeas, tomatoes, cabbage, basil, parsley, oregano and pepper. Italian Minestrone soup is made with seasonal veggies, legumes and small pasta shape or rice. The beauty of this soup is that you can make it a hundred times and have it taste different every time you make it.

Instructions to make Minestrone soup:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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

Italian Minestrone soup is made with seasonal veggies, legumes and small pasta shape or rice. The beauty of this soup is that you can make it a hundred times and have it taste different every time you make it. Directions In a stockpot, saute the onions, celery and parsley in oil until tender. Stir in the broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce, cabbage, carrots, basil, salt and pepper. This beloved Italian soup isn't just hearty and healthy – it's really flexible.

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