Minestrone Soup
Minestrone Soup

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my 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 little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Bring home the taste of Rao's Vegetable Minestrone Soup today. Bring high-quality ingredients and flavors to your pantry. This famous Italian soup has been much imitated around the world with very different results. The homemade version is a delicious revelation and is also extremely healthy, as it has pasta, beans and fresh vegetables.

Minestrone Soup is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Minestrone Soup is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have minestrone soup using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Minestrone Soup:
  1. Prepare 1/2 yellow onion, diced
  2. Take 2 cloves garlic, minced
  3. Prepare 1 large rib celery, sliced
  4. Make ready 1 medium carrot, diced
  5. Get 2 tsp dried basil
  6. Make ready 1 tsp dried thyme
  7. Prepare 1 tsp dried oregano
  8. Take 32 oz diced tomatoes (2 cans)
  9. Take 3 tbsp tomato paste
  10. Get 5 cups chicken broth
  11. Get 1 bay leaf
  12. Take 1 can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
  13. Get 1 can cannellini or great northern beans, rinsed and drained
  14. Get 1/2 cup ditalini pasta
  15. Make ready 1 medium zucchini, sliced
  16. Get 1-2 cups baby spinach
  17. Prepare to taste Kosher salt and pepper

While minestrone contains similar vegetables to vegetable soup, the addition of pasta and beans makes it more filling. Melt butter or margarine in a heavy pot over medium heat. Add onion, celery, and carrots; saute for a few minutes. Italian Minestrone soup is made with seasonal veggies, legumes and small pasta shape or rice.

Steps to make Minestrone Soup:
  1. Heat olive oil in a heavy soup pot or Dutch oven. Add onion, garlic, carrots, and celery. Saute several minutes until vegetables are softened.
  2. Add basil, oregano, and thyme. Saute for additional minute.
  3. Add diced tomatoes, bay leaf, chicken broth, kidney beans, and cannellini beans.
  4. Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for 25 minutes.
  5. Stir in dry pasta and zucchini, and cook for an additional 10 minutes until pasta is al dente. Add spinach and wilt for 1 minute.
  6. Season to taste with kosher salt and pepper. Can be served immediately or kept covered in the fridge for a few days.

Add onion, celery, and carrots; saute for a few minutes. 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. This beloved Italian soup isn't just hearty and healthy – it's really flexible. Minestrone typically includes lots of leafy greens, other veggies, and beans.

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