Minestrone Soup
Minestrone Soup

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, minestrone soup. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Soup so good we couldn't hide it in a can. Bring high-quality ingredients and flavors to your pantry. Minestrone is a thick, mixed vegetable soup using almost any combination of seasonal vegetables.

Minestrone Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Minestrone Soup is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook minestrone soup using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

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

Essentially, minestrone is a thick, hearty variety of vegetable soup, thanks to the addition of beans and sometimes pasta or rice. Tomatoes, carrots, onion, and celery are usually included, with other vegetables added at the cook's discretion. Minestrone soup is an Italian classic! This version is made with cannellini beans, chicken stock, cabbage, potato, zucchini, carrots, plum tomatoes, and Parmesan cheese.

Instructions 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 tomatoes and use a spatula to break into pieces. Add 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. Serve immediately.

Photography Credit: Elise Bauer 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. Everyone loves minestrone soup, and this copycat Olive Garden Minestrone Soup recipe is very simple to make at home - it does not require much work. Just let everything simmer away and dinner is served!

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