Italian Wedding Soup

Italian Wedding Soup

  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Total Time: 25 mins
  • Servings: 4

    • Ingredients

  • 1/2 lblean ground beef
  • 1egg, slightly beaten
  • 2tablespoonsbreadcrumbs
  • 1tablespoonparmesan cheese
  • 1/2 teaspoondried basil
  • 1/2 teaspoononion powder
  • 5 3/4 cupschicken broth
  • 2cupschopped escarole or 2cupschopped spinach
  • 1/2 cuporzo pasta, uncooked
  • 1/3 cupfinely chopped carrot
  • grated parmesan cheese

    • Directions

  • In medium bowl combine, meat, egg,bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, basil& onion powder; shape into 3/4″ balls.
  • In large sauce pan, heat broth to boiling; stir in spinach, orzo, carrot& meatballs.
  • Return to boil;reduce heat to medium.
  • Cook at slow boil for 10 minutes or until orzo is tender.
  • Stir frequently to avoid sticking.
  • Serve with additional Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top.

    • Reviews

  • “I made this recipe yesterday for a client and it turned out yummy! So good that I am making it for my husband and myself tonight!I did make a few changes – I kind of combined two recipes where I made my own stock at the beginning by simmering chicken stock with carrots, herbs, celery and onions.And, I added fresh chopped sage and lemon juice to the meatballs and sauteed them in a dry frying pan just until they were browned to give them a more pleasing color. Then I added them to the broth with the spinach (used frozen chopped) and orzo (I just love orzo).I also added crushed tomatoes, fresh minced garlic, lemon juice and parmesan cheese at the very end and simmered for another 5 minutes or so.Made garlic parmesan toast to go along with it.I love the recipe – and am so glad I found it!”

  • “I must give this recipe 5 stars!It is delicious!I did brown the meat balls before adding to the soup and added extra onion powder.”

  • “Very good. I have also made this with italian sausage and the longer you let it simmer the better the flavor. Wonderful taste.”

  • “This soup is incredibly easy and delicious!My husband asked me to make some of this soup, and he had three bowls!I couldn’t get him to stop!In fact, I have 1/2 lb. of hamburg left over, and he’s asked me to make it again tonight!I’ll most definitely be making this regularly for my family!By the way, I used frozen chopped spinach, and added a couple cloves minced garlic, and some black pepper.Delicious!”

  • “I used the tips from Christina1 when I made this wonderful soup! Except I didnt use orzo (because I couldnt find it at the market), I used capelli d’ angelo instead, a few cloves minced fresh garlic and some chives… it turned out fantastic!I also browned the meatballs, but used a full pound of ground beef instead. This is a nice example of a recipe you can play with!”

  • “My honey asked me to make this.He ate two bowls!I added garlic and parmesan cheese to the meat balls and browned them first.Served with a crusty frech bread for a great dinner.”

  • “I made this for dinner last night, while my husband was at a special dinner with friends.He sampled some later that evening, then had me make a new batch today!He and my daughter really love this soup.I used spinach.Love the colors of spinach and carrots in this!Very tasty!”

  • “I made this soup for my DH and DD per their request for Italian Wedding soup just like they used to get at a deli near work.I used escarole and also browned the meatballs before putting them in the broth.Both enjoyed the soup and said it was better than the deli version. “

  • “I made this for my wife and I last night.We both found this soup wounderful.Was a big change from the style of cooking I normaly do.I am normaly cooking up the spicy stuff, but this was nice for a change.”

  • “I love Italian Wedding Soup and this is the first time I have tried making it myself, but it won’t be the last! This was great! I used spinach in mine and it turned out just delicious, even better than East Side Mario’s!! Thanks so much for the recipe.”

  • “This was pretty good.I too pre cooked the meat balls before adding in the to other ingredients.”

  • “I had the idea to make this soup when Campbell’s came out with their version. It tastes wonderful! I used ground turkey instead of ground beef to decrease the amount of fat! Yummy”

  • “We really liked this soup! So easy to throw together, I used thawed frozen spinach and it turned out great! Thanks for posting!”

  • “Great hearty simple soup….BBF thought the broth needed more flavor so I added some pepper and lemon juice to up the taste. Thanks for a new quick healthy dinner for the cold nights coming soon.”

  • “simple and delish, followed it exact except I used ground chicken and a bit more bread crumbs. thanks for this one everyone loved it”

  • “Great tasting meatballs! To save prep. time I diced baby carrots, no peeling required.”

  • “This was okay, but I think the meatballs definitely need to be browned first and put in the soup just long enough to heat them through. The boiled meat didn’t look appetising in the soup and it also released a lot of fat into the soup, which I had to spend ages skimming off. The overall flavour was good though.”

  • “I love this soup! Now I have a lot of people making it. I use Ground Turkey instead since it’s lower in fat and a bit more healthier.”

  • “YUM! After reading many reviews, I decided to cook my meatballs in the oven before adding them to the soup.I used one frozen 10oz pkg spinach and it was maybe slightly too much, but that was my fault.Overall it turned out great.I will definitely make this again!”

  • “I would like to give it 4 1/2 stars if I could. It was really good. For the meatballs I used a mixture of ground beef and ground Italian sausage and added garlic (doesn’t everything Italian need- wait.. make that, doesn’t everything need garlic!) and fresh finely chopped onion. I also added a bit of garlic and onion to the stock. Other then that and the frozen spinach I used, I followed the recipe. It was really good and I will make this again. If I use sausage again, I will bake them a bit to render off some of the fat!”

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