Italian Wedding Soup
Thanks to our viewers for this Christmas dinner suggestion! Italian Wedding Soup is very popular in this region and can be made many different ways, but it’s a great way to warm up during the cold winter season and a perfect addition to your Christmas dinner.
Let’s start with the homemade meatballs. You’ll need 1 pound of ground beef, 1 egg, 2 cloves of minced garlic, a ¼ cup of finely chopped onion, ½ of a teaspoon of salt, a ¼ of a teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper, a ¼ of a cup of grated Pecorino Romano, 2 tablespoons of seasoned breadcrumbs and a ¼ of a cup of minced parsley.
For the soup, you’ll need 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 1 medium yellow onion, chopped, 2 large carrots, chopped, 3 stalks celery, chopped, 3 garlic cloves, minced, 8 cups of chicken broth
1 cup acini or ditalini pasta, cooked according to package directions, 2 cups of chopped escarole or spinach and 2 cups of shredded, cooked chicken.
Mix all the meatball ingredients in a large bowl and form tiny soup size meatballs. Place the meatballs on a baking sheet and cook at 350º for 10 minutes; set aside.
Sauté onion, celery and carrot in olive oil until tender. Add garlic and cook 30 seconds more. Add chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for approximately 30 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add spinach, shredded chicken and meatballs and cook for another 30 minutes. Just before serving, add pasta. Serve with crusty bread and additional shredded cheese.
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Italian Wedding Soup
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 1 lb ground beef
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 cup onion finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup grated Pecorino Romano
- 2 tbsp seasoned bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup minced parcely
Soup
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion chopped
- 2 large carrots chopped
- 3 stalks celery chopped
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 8 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup acini or ditalini pasta cooked according to package directions
- 2 cups chopped escarole or spinach
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
Instructions
Meatballs
- Mix all the meatball ingredients in a large bowl and form tiny soup size meatballs. Place the meatballs on a baking sheet and cook at 350º for 10 minutes; set aside.
Soup
- Sauté onion, celery and carrot in olive oil until tender. Add garlic and cook 30 seconds more. Add chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for approximately 30 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Add spinach, shredded chicken and meatballs and cook for another 30 minutes. Just before serving, add pasta. Serve with crusty bread and additional shredded cheese.
