Italian Wedding Soup

Italian Wedding Soup is one of the easiest and most delicious soup recipes there is. It has simple ingredients and is packed full of flavor. If you want a homemade soup in just over an hour, this is it!

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: Easy soup, Italian Wedding Soup, sausage recipes, chicken broth recipes, Soup, Vegetable soup, vegetable beef soup, comfort food, stew, beef stew vegetab

Prep Time: 30

Cook Time: 45

Total Time: 1 15

Servings: servings

Calories: 211kcal

Equipment

1 Frying pan
1 Dutch oven pan or Stock pot
1 Cutting board
1 Knife
1 Spoon
1 Peeler
1 Measuring cups
1 Measuring spoons

Ingredients

1 lb Ground sausage or pork
2 tbsp Olive oil
½ medium Onion, chopped
4 medium Carrots, chopped
2 cloves Garlic, minced
12 cups Chicken stock, low sodium
½ tsp Basil
½ tsp Italian seasoning
½ to 1 cup Acini di pepe pasta
2 handfuls Spinach, fresh

Instructions

Form ground sausage into 16 meatballs. and brown in a frying pan. Drain and set aside.
In the Dutch oven pan or stock pan put in olive oil and heat on medium heat. Add onions and carrots. Sauté until onions are translucent. Add garlic and heat for a couple more minutes.
To the sautéed mix in the Dutch oven pan or stock pot add chicken stock, basil, and oregano. Bring to a boil.
Once boiling add the Acini di pepe pasta. I used 1 cup of uncooked pasta. You can use between 1/2 cup to 1 cup depending on how thick you like your soup. Cook until the pasta is al dente.
Add in the 2 handfuls of fresh spinach. Stir until the spinach is wilted.
Serve immediately.

Notes

Nutritional information is an estimate. It will vary based the brands of ingredients used and on your cooking methods.

Some alternatives for the meatballs are:

Brown the ground pork into coarse crumbles.
Brown breakfast sausage links and cut into bite sized pieces.
Precook bratwurst or sausage and cut into bite sized pieces.

You can control the thickness of your soup by the amount of Acini Di Pepe pasta you use. For a thinner soup use 1/2 cup of uncooked pasta. For a thicker heartier soup use 1 cup of uncooked pasta. I these pictures I have added 1 cup of uncooked pasta. Leftover soup will get thicker. If that happens, you can add more chicken stock.

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