Name: Weeknight Italian Wedding Soup
Ingredients: 3 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, divided; 12 ounce Al Fresco tomato and basil chicken meatballs; 1 small onion, diced; 3 carrots, thinly sliced; 3 celery stalks, thinly sliced; 3 cloves of garlic, minced; 1 pinch crushed red or green pepper; 1/2 cup dry white wine; 5 cup chicken stock; 1 cup orzo; 10 ounce baby spinach; coarse sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

Weeknight Italian Wedding Soup

By: Bev from BevCooks.com

7 Comments

By: Bev from BevCooks.com

Keep warm and cozy with your great soup recipes. Try Weeknight Italian Wedding Soup for a wonderful quick and easy dinner that will warm the mind, body and soul. Soups always hit the spot.

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Serves4

Ingredients

3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
12 ounces Al Fresco tomato and basil chicken meatballs
1 small onion, diced
3 carrots, thinly sliced
3 celery stalks, thinly sliced
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1 pinch crushed red or green pepper
1/2 cup dry white wine
5 cups chicken stock
1 cup orzo
10 ounces baby spinach
coarse sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

Instructions

Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a small skillet and brown the chicken meatballs on all sides, until heated through, 5 minutes total. Remove from heat.
In a deep pot, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high. Add the onions, garlic, carrots and celery. Add the crushed pepper along with a pinch of salt and pepper. Saute until the veggies start to soften, 6 minutes.
Add the wine and stock. Bring to a light boil.
Add the pasta and cook until al dente, 6 minutes.
Add the chicken meatballs and spinach. Simmer for about 5 more minutes. Taste and season with more salt and pepper if needed.
Ladle into bowls and serve with crusty bread. I dumped a lot of freshly grated parmesan cheese on mine and it turned my life upside down.

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carolemelaragno 66 95879

Jan 27, 2012

this is DEFINITLY not italian soup...heaven only knows where this recipe came from

JennyBee1

Jan 30, 2012

@carolemelaragno 6695879, This is simply one blogger's intrepetation of Italian. There are plenty of other recipes for Italian Wedding Soup if this one does not appeal to you. I hope you find one that you like! --editors of RecipeLion

dorgon 0593229

Jan 27, 2012

Does the soup have meatballs (if so, where is receipe) or chicken sausages? Not clear.

Carmel Mc Hale

Jan 27, 2012

I think they messed up...should be the meatballs like it states in the ingredients. I have bought those meatballs before and they are good. This soup always has little meatballs...you could always make your own. Hope this helps and enjoy!

JennyBee1

Jan 30, 2012

@dorgon 0593229 , We've updated the recipe to be a little more clear regarding the chicken meatballs. I hope this helps! --editors of RecipeLion

hollyriz 0538216

Jan 27, 2012

It says to add the chicken sausage..Where does that come in?

CreativityGoddess

Jan 30, 2012

@hollyriz 0538216 - The recipe originally stated chicken sausage, however we have corrected it to be chicken meatballs. They are added to the recipe in step 5 above. Hope this helps! -The editors of RecipeLion