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Minestrone Soup is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Minestrone Soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook minestrone soup using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Minestrone Soup:

1. Take 1/2 yellow onion, diced
2. Take 2 cloves garlic, minced
3. Take 1 large rib celery, sliced
4. Prepare 1 medium carrot, diced
5. Get 2 tsp dried basil
6. Get 1 tsp dried thyme
7. Prepare 1 tsp dried oregano
8. Prepare 1 can whole plum tomatoes (32oz)
9. Get 3 tbsp tomato paste
10. Make ready 4 cups chicken broth
11. Take 1 bay leaf
12. Make ready 1 can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
13. Take 1 can cannellini or great northern beans, rinsed and drained
14. Prepare 1/4 cup orzo
15. Prepare 1 medium zucchini, sliced
16. Get 1-2 cups baby spinach
17. Prepare to taste Kosher salt and pepper

I also added a can of green beans, used kidney instead of cannellini beans, and used shredded spinach instead of cabbage. Pancetta (optional) - since minestrone is a vegetable soup it's a perfect meal for lent. So pancetta, guanciale or lard cut in cubes is completely optional, but it gives an incredible rich, intense flavor to the veggies as if they were cooked in meat stock (which by the way is also an option). Minestrone soup is an Italian classic!

Instructions to make Minestrone Soup:

1. Heat olive oil in a heavy soup pot or Dutch oven. Add onion, garlic, carrots, and celery. Saute several minutes until vegetables are softened.
2. Add basil, oregano, and thyme. Saute for additional minute.
3. Add tomatoes and use a spatula to break into pieces. Add bay leaf, chicken broth, kidney beans, and cannellini beans.
4. Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for 25 minutes.
5. Stir in dry pasta and zucchini, and cook for an additional 10 minutes until pasta is al dente. Add spinach and wilt for 1 minute.
6. Season to taste with kosher salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

This version is made with cannellini beans, chicken stock, cabbage, potato, zucchini, carrots, plum tomatoes, and Parmesan cheese. Photography Credit: Elise Bauer Essentially, minestrone is a thick, hearty variety of vegetable soup, thanks to the addition of beans and sometimes pasta or rice. Tomatoes, carrots, onion, and celery are usually included, with other vegetables added at the cook's discretion. My minestrone soup is loaded with good for you veggies, like spinach and zucchini. It's also protein packed with red kidney beans and great northern beans.

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