Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, minestrone soup. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Minestrone is a hearty, traditional Italian soup typically made with beans, pasta and lots of vegetables. By College Inn® Broths and Stocks Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Minestrone is a hearty, traditional Italian soup typically made with beans, pasta and lots of vegetables. Minestrone is a thick, hearty soup of vegetables, pasta, and peas or beans.
Minestrone soup is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Minestrone soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have minestrone soup using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Minestrone soup:
- Take 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
- Take 1 bag (5 oz) fresh baby spinach washed and trimmed
- Take 1 large russet potato peeled and cubed
- Get 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
- Make ready 1 cup short cut pasta
- Make ready 6-7 basil leaves
They will turn your minestrone soup into a full-blown meal. In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir into soup along with the zucchini, beans and pasta. Pancetta (optional) - since minestrone is a vegetable soup it's a perfect meal for lent.
Steps 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
Stir into soup along with the zucchini, beans and pasta. Pancetta (optional) - since minestrone is a vegetable soup it's a perfect meal for lent. So pancetta, guanciale or lard cut in cubes is completely optional, but it gives an incredible rich, intense flavor to the veggies as if they were cooked in meat stock (which by the way is also an option). Once the oil is shimmering, add the chopped onion, carrot, celery, tomato paste and a pinch of salt. Minestrone Soup Minestrone soup is an Italian classic!
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