Best Minestrone Soup Recipes

CLASSIC MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook onion, carrot, celery, garlic and rosemary until vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in tomato sauce, beans and 2 1/2 cups water. Add broth, zucchini, pasta and pepper; bring to a simmer. Cook, uncovered, 10 minutes or until pasta is tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in parsley. Serve topped with Parmesan cheese and additional parsley, if desired.

MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook until translucent, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 30 seconds. Add the celery and carrot and cook until they begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Stir in the green beans, dried oregano and basil, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste; cook 3 more minutes.
• Add the diced and crushed tomatoes and the chicken broth to the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium low and simmer 10 minutes. Stir in the kidney beans and pasta and cook until the pasta and vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Season with salt. Ladle into bowls and top with the parmesan and chopped basil.

EASY MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add celery, carrots, and onion. Cook, stirring frequently, until onion begins to turn translucent, about 4 minutes. Add garlic and stir until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Add vegetable broth, marinara sauce, tomato paste, and Italian seasoning. Stir to combine. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, until carrots are soft, about 10 minutes.
• Add pasta and zucchini. Cook until pasta is tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in beans, kale, salt, and pepper. Remove from heat and allow soup to cool slightly. Spoon into individual bowls and garnish with Parmesan cheese.

CLASSIC MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan or casserole pot over a low-medium heat and gently fry the onion, celery, carrot, courgette and pancetta for 10 mins. Add the garlic and oregano, and cook for 1 min. Tip in the beans, chopped tomatoes, purée, stock and bay leaf. Season to taste. Bring to the simmer and cook for 30 mins.
• Add the pasta and greens, and cook for a further 10 mins. Ladle into bowls and scatter with the basil and some parmesan.

SUMMER VEGETABLE MINESTRONE SOUP RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Combine oil, carrots, celery, onion, salt, pepper, and potato in a large pot over medium heat for 3 minutes.
• Add garlic and stir for one minute. Mix in diced tomatoes, vegetable stock, and zucchini.
• Bring to a boil.
• Place the lid on the pot, and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Add cannellini beans, spinach, and pasta. Cover and simmer 10 minutes.
• Allow to cool before serving.
• Enjoy

OLIVE GARDEN MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Slowly saute finely minced onion, celery and carrot in butter until very brown.
• Add peas and beans and about 3 quarts of water.
• Cook slowly until beans are almost done (check garbanzos- they will take the longest) about 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
• Add the remaining vegetables, rice and spices and more water if necessary and cook another hour.
• About 20 minutes before serving time add the macaroni and more water if needed.
• Ladle into bowls and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
• Serve with crusty garlic bread.

MINESTRONE SOUP WITH PASTA, BEANS AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• In a slow cooker, combine broth, tomatoes, beans, carrots, celery, onion, thyme, sage, bay leaves, and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and black pepper. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours or on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours.
• Thirty minutes before the soup is done cooking, add ditalini, zucchini and spinach. Cover and cook 30 more minutes. Remove bay leaves and season, to taste, with salt and black pepper. Ladle soup into bowls and sprinkle parmesan cheese over top. Garnish with basil, if desired.

MINESTRONE AND SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Brown sausage in skillet until fully cooked; drain excess grease.
• In a large stock pot add beef broth, water, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, kidney beans, celery, carrots, onion salt, garlic salt, and Italian seasoning. Simmer until veggies become tender, about 20-30 minutes.
• In a separate pot, cook pasta according to directions. When noodles are done, add to soup and mix in cooked sausage.
• Top with shredded Parmesan cheese and serve.

SLOW COOKER BEEF MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium skillet, brown ground beef until completely cooked.
• Place your ground beef, diced tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, celery, onion, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper into your slow cooker.
• Add in beef stock, water, and tomato juice.
• Cover and cook on low heat 6-8 hours or high 3-4 hours.
• After cooking time is up, add in red kidney beans, cannellini beans, zucchini, pasta, and green beans. Cook on high heat for an additional 15 minutes or until pasta is tender.

MINESTRONE SOUP I

Steps:

• Melt butter or margarine in a heavy pot over medium heat. Add onion, celery, and carrots; saute for a few minutes.
• Add beans, cabbage, tomatoes, tomato paste, potato, stock, garlic, parsley, and salt to the pot. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat. Simmer for approximately 1 hour until vegetables are barely tender.
• Add pasta, and simmer for 30 minutes more. Correct seasoning, and serve hot with grated cheese.

BEEF MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot or dutch oven, brown meat in 2 T olive oil. Remove beef and drippings from pot (keep drippings).
• Saute the onions, carrots, and celery in the olive oil and butter. Add potatoes and zucchini, one at a time, cooking each for 2-3 minutes before adding the next. Salt and pepper between each addition, to taste.
• Add white beans, green beans, beef stock, and tomatoes. Cover and cook slowly over low heat for at least 3 hours.

TORTELLINI MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a Dutch oven or large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the Dutch oven until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until onion is tender, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Stir chicken broth, tomatoes, carrots, celery, ketchup, and red wine into sausage mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until carrots and celery are tender, about 30 minutes. Add tortellini and zucchini to the soup and cover; simmer until zucchini are tender, 25 to 30 more minutes. Ladle soup into serving bowls and top with Parmesan cheese.

UNCLE BILL'S VEGETARIAN MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Add chopped onion and sauté for 4 minutes or until just lightly browned.
• Add water, zucchini, carrots, canellini beans, celery, basil, oregano salt, pepper, tomatoes and garlic.
• Bring to boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer on medium-low heat for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add macaroni, cover and cook an additional 10 minutes.
• Adjust spices to suit your taste.
• Serve hot.

JUDY'S HEARTY VEGETABLE MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir celery, carrots, onion, and garlic in the hot oil until the onion is translucent, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Pour vegetable stock over the vegetable mixture; season with Italian seasoning, kosher salt, and black pepper. Stir tomatoes, potatoes, and kidney beans into the stock mixture; bring to a simmer and cook until the potatoes are tender, about 40 minutes. Add kale and continue cooking until the kale wilts, about 5 minutes.

MINESTRONE SOUP GIFT MIX IN A JAR

Steps:

• Directions:.
• In a two-cup jar, layer from bottom in the order given, then seal the jar.
• Include these instructions on your gift tag:.
• In a very large saucepan, combine 8-10 cups of water, a 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes and soup mix.
• Add 2 chopped carrots, and 2-4 chopped potatoes (optional 2 cups chopped cabbage).
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat and cover and simmer for one hour or until peas are tender -- .

MEATBALL MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine milk, bread crumbs, Worcestershire sauce, and salt in a large bowl. Add ground beef and mix well. Shape into 36 to 48 meatballs.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Cook meatballs in batches until browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
• Combine beef broth, tomatoes, corn, celery, cabbage, onion, zucchini, wine, parsley, oregano, basil, garlic powder, salt, and pepper in a large pot. Stir in browned meatballs. Simmer soup until vegetables are tender, 35 to 40 minutes. Stir in broken spaghetti and cook until tender, about 20 minutes more.

HEARTY SLOW COOKER MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 10 ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until vegetables are tender., Stir in the beans, spinach and macaroni. Cover and cook 15 minutes longer or until heated through. Sprinkle with cheese. Freeze option: Cool soup and transfer to freezer containers. Freeze for up to 3 months. To use frozen soup, thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Transfer to a saucepan. Cover and cook over medium heat until heated through. Sprinkle with cheese.

CROCK POT GROUND BEEF MINESTRONE SOUP

Steps:

• Brown ground beef along with onion, celery, green pepper, and garlic.
• Boil 3 C of water and mix in beef & chicken bouillon.
• Put all ingredients into crock pot and stir.
• Cook on high 2 hours, low for 3 - 5 hours or if you want to extend the cooking time all on low for 8 - 10 hours or to your desired doneness of the veggies.

HEARTY MINESTRONE SOUP (INSTANT POT®)

Steps:

• Heat oil in a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) on Saute mode. Add beef and onion; cook until beef is no longer pink on the outside, about 4 minutes. Add celery, green beans, carrot, garlic, oregano, dried basil, and pepper. Stir to combine.
• Pour broth, diced tomatoes, and crushed tomatoes into the pot with the beef. Stir well. Select Soup setting; close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 35 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid. Stir in kidney beans and pasta. Turn on Slow Cook mode and cook until pasta and vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Season with salt. Ladle soup into bowls and top with Parmesan cheese and fresh basil.

MINESTRONE SOUP WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Cook the sausage links in a large soup pot over medium-low heat. After 4-5 minutes turn the sausages, add 1/4 cup water, cover and cook for another 8-10 minutes or until cooked through. Transfer the sausages to a cutting board and allow to cool before coin slicing.
• Over medium heat, add olive oil to the same large soup pot. Cook the garlic, carrots and onion until wilted, stirring occasionally. Add the cabbage, zucchini, potato, both stocks and tomato paste. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and add 2 tablespoons of the parsley, oregano, basil, pepper and salt to taste. Simmer uncovered over medium heat for about 15 minutes.
• Add the sausage, beans, tomatoes, and pasta, simmer until the pasta is done (about 8 minutes). Serve with a sprinkling of fresh parsley and grated parmesan cheese.