Italian Wedding Soup
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| 2 large cans of chicken broth, frozen meatballs, chicken breasts, carrots, celery, onions, acini de pepe noodles, parsely (many people choose to add a leafy green like spinach or arugula, as hard as I have tried, my children stick their noses up when I add this…but I enjoy it) |
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| Heat chicken broth to boiling |
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| Rinse chicken breasts |
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| Chop veggies |
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| Now, add the chicken and veggies to broth and allow to simmer and cook chicken through |
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| Take chicken out and dice |
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| Add meatballs, noodles,parsley, and parmesan cheese- simmer until meatballs are heated through (they are already pre-cooked). Then, add chicken back into the pot. Sir and simmer until ready to serve. |
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| Whala! Simple and delicious! |
Easy Wedding Soup
2 large cans of chicken broth (low-sodium)
6 chicken breasts
1 cup dry Acini de Pepe noodles
1 small bag frozen meatballs
1 cup diced carrots
1 cup diced onions
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1 Tbs of parsley
(salt and pepper to your liking)
Boil chicken broth in a large pot. Add chicken and chopped veggies. Simmer until chicken is cooked through. Take chicken out and dice into bite sized pieces. Add meatballs, dry noodles, parmesan cheese, and parsley until noodles are tender and meatballs are cooked. Add chicken back into the pot. Simmer until ready to serve. Top with additional Parmesan cheese, a sprinkle of parsley, and serve with crackers.
Variations- Only if you want it “more” homemade:
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| Chicken breasts- VERY important that your chicken HAS SKIN and BONES (NOT boneless, skinless like above), carrots, onions, parsley, garlic, celery, bay leaves (lemon juice). |
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| Boil water and add all ingredients |
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| Add lemon juice, let simmer for 2 hours. |
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| I place a colander on top of another large pot in my sink |
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| Then, I simply pour everything in from my stock pot. The broth falls into the pot. |
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| Delicious and homemade broth. |
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| Tear apart the chicken breast meat and add any veggies back into the pot. Be careful of bones! Continue on with the same directions for wedding soup above. Homemade Chicken Broth Simmer all together for 2 hours. Place colander in a large pot in the sink and pour all ingredients into colander, letting broth drain into the pot below. Tear meat off of chicken bones carefully. Add any veggies you want back into the broth. Continue with rest of recipe above. To make homemade meatballs for wedding soup:  Italian sausage, ground beef, bread crumbs, eggs, shredded romano, fresh parsley  I simply cut off a chunk of fresh Romano and put it in my hand-held cheese grinder.  Shape into 1 Tbsp balls  Place raw meatballs right into simmer broth  This is after just 2 mins of dropping them in the broth- boil for appx 30 mins until cooked through  Continue on with wedding soup recipe…this is the VERY homemade version. I can tell a slight difference between the semi-homemade and very homemade, but both are delicious! I wouldn’t say that if I didn’t mean it! Enjoy! Homemade Meatballs for Italian Wedding Soup 1 1/2 lbs of Italian Sausage (Bob Evans is just fine) Combine all ingredients together by hand and roll into 1 Tbsp balls. Drop raw meatballs into simmering broth and let cook for 30 mins until done. Choose “Your Way” Ladies! You are going to love this no matter what! |
Walk with the King,
*Janelle is a woman who is dependent upon Jesus, a mom, a Licensed Professional Counselor, and an advocate for meal ministry. You can find her displaying step-by-step photos of her recipes, giving devotionals, and sharing meal ministry stories on her blog. You can follow Janelle’s blog at ComfyInTheKitchen.com.
LOVE LOVE LOVE Italian wedding soup, and this one’s really looking mighty yummy on this cold winter evening!
And we sure must have been on the same wavelength today because my latest post was another easy Italian dish, a throw-it-in-the-pot sauce!
http://creeksideministries.blogspot.com/2013/02/throw-it-in-pot-sauce.html
I join Janelle and Courtney in saying, ‘Mangia, Mangia!’ – Italian for ‘Eat, Eat!’
This looks wonderful! I can’t to try it!
My Italian grandmother always added a head of escarole, chopped. It needs to be steamed or boiled separately and then added to the soup. Hearty, healthy, and yummy!
soup look delish! FYI: whala = voila, French for “there it is!” or “there you have it!”.