Weeknight Italian Wedding Soup
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 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
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.