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Italian Minestrone Soup with Chicken Meatballs
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Italian Minestrone Soup with Chicken Meatballs is a hybrid of two comforting soups – minestrone and Italian wedding soup. With a rich, parmesan-infused broth, tons of veggies, whole-wheat orzo, and the most tender, flavorful chicken meatballs, this is a healthy winter soup worth making over and over again.
Category
Light Meals
Recipe Ingredients
2 tsp olive oil
1/2 cup diced onion + 1/2 onion grated (see notes)
1 cup diced carrot
3/4 cup diced celery
1 tsp coarse kosher salt, divided
4 large garlic cloves, grated on a microplane and divided (2 for the broth, 2 for the meatballs)
4 cups low-sodium chicken stock
14 oz can stewed tomatoes (in basil, onion and garlic)
1 medium parmesan cheese rind
1/2 cup whole-wheat orzo
1- 14.5 oz can white beans, rinsed, drained
1 lb ground lean chicken
1/4 cup whole-wheat breadcrumbs
1 large egg
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp dried basil
pepper to taste
3 cups baby spinach
