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Best Darn Minestrone Soup Around

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145 min

Best Darn Minestrone Soup Around

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Time

145 min

Serving

12 persons

Calories

587

Rating

4.00★ (89)

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Author: Victoria Buriak
This is a recipe for a Minestrone Soup that is very similar to Lelli's Minestrone soup here in Detroit. Make sure you use a large stock pot, because this recipe is big. SIMPLY AMAZING!

Ingredients

  • butter: 8 Tbsp
  • ½ cups chopped onions: 1 piece
  • chicken broth: 4 cans (14 ounce cans)
  • mixed vegetables, with liquid: 4 cans (15 ounce cans)
  • kidney beans, with liquid: 2 cans (16 ounce cans)
  • whole peeled tomatoes, with liquid: 2 cans (14.5 ounce cans)
  • frozen chopped spinach: 1 pack (16 ounce pack)
  • tomato paste: 2 Tbsp
  • ¼ teaspoons garlic powder: 4 piece
  • parsley: 4 tsp (dried)
  • salt: 0.5 tsp
  • ground black pepper: 1 tsp
  • basil: 1 tsp (dried)
  • uncooked elbow macaroni: 1 cup
  • Parmesan cheese: 0.5 cup (grated)
  • canned garbanzo beans: 1 cup (drained)
  • heavy cream: 4 cups
  • Parmesan cheese: 0.5 cup (for topping, grated)

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  1. In a large stock pot over medium heat, stir and cook onions in butter until soft. Add broth, mixed vegetables, kidney beans, tomatoes, spinach, and tomato paste; simmer gently for 1 1/2 hours.
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  2. Using a slotted spoon, remove about half of the vegetables to a blender or food processor, reserving liquid in stock pot. Puree the vegetables until smooth and return them to stock pot.
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  3. Stir in garlic powder, parsley, salt, pepper, basil, macaroni, 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese, garbanzo beans, and heavy cream; cook for 1/2 hour, stirring frequently. Pour into bowls and sprinkle with additional Parmesan cheese.
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