Italian Wedding Soup With Rice
February 28, 2024 • 0 comments
This is a delicious Italian Wedding Soup made with rice instead of pasta, significantly reducing the amount of gluten. You could omit the bread crumbs in the meatballs to make it 100% gluten-free if necessary. Fresh spinach is ideal, but we've also used frozen spinach when fresh is difficult to find.
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- Servings: 6
Ingredients
- (1 lb) Ground Turkey
- (1 tbp) Olive Oil
- (1) Egg
- (1/2 cup) Bread Crumbs
- (1/2 cup) Parmesan Cheese
- (1) Yellow Onion
- (1 1/4 cup) Carrots
- (2) Celery Ribs
- (3) Cloves Garlic
- (8 cup) Chicken Broth
- (4 tsp) Italian Seasoning
- (4-5 cup) Spinach
- Salt/Pepper to taste
Directions
- Mix the ground turkey, shredded parmesan, egg, Italian seasoning (just 2 tsp), and bread crumbs in a medium mixing bowl. Roll into 3/4-inch meatballs.
- In a large soup pot, heat olive oil over medium-high heat.
- Brown your meatballs in batches for 2 minutes. They will finish cooking in the soup, so you can set them aside for now.
- In the same pot, over medium heat, soften the onions, carrots, and celery for about 6 minutes. You may need to add another splash of olive oil.
- Now, add the garlic and Italian seasoning. Cook for 1 minute.
- Add the chicken broth. Bring to a boil, add the rice, then reduce to a simmer.
- Add the meatballs. Simmer gently for about 15 minutes, or until the rice is done cooking.
- Finally, stir in the spinach and cook until wilted; about 2 minutes.
- Serve hot with freshly grated parmesan cheese. Enjoy!
The soup recipe is from The Cozy Cook, and the Italian Turkey Meatballs recipe is from our own recipe collection at https://davidspasture.com/recipes.
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