Barefoot Contessa's Italian Wedding Soup

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 10
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 222.5
  • Total Fat: 7.6 g
  • Cholesterol: 78.5 mg
  • Sodium: 1,417.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 19.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.6 g
  • Protein: 18.3 g

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Introduction

Chicken meatball and vegetable soup. This was good on a cold night. Ina also added lime juice and fresh grated parmesan before serving. Chicken meatball and vegetable soup. This was good on a cold night. Ina also added lime juice and fresh grated parmesan before serving.
Number of Servings: 10

Ingredients

    Meatballs: 3/4 # ground chicken
    1/2 # chicken sausage (casings removed)
    2/3 cup fresh bread crumbs
    2 tsp minced garlic (2 cloves)
    3 tbsp chopped parsley
    1/4 cup grated Pecorino Romano
    1/4 cup grated Parmesan + extra for serving
    3 tbsp milk
    1 extra large egg, lightly beaten
    salt/pepper

    Soup: 2 tbsp olive oil
    1 cup minced onion
    1 cup diced carrots (3 carrots) cut into 1/4" pieces
    3/4 cup diced celery (2 stalks) cut into 1/4" pieces
    10 cups chicken stock
    1/2 cup dry white wine
    1 cup small pasta(stars or tubetini)
    1/4 cup minced fresh dill
    12oz baby spinach, washed and trimmed

Directions

Makes 8 servings (but I think more like 10 1cup servings)
For the meatballs: with fork,gently mix chicken, sausage, bread crumbs, garlic, parsley,cheeses,milk,egg,1 tsp salt,1/2 tsp pepper. With a teaspoon drop 1-11/4" meatballs on sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Makes about 40 meatballs. Bake 30 min in 350 degree oven until browned.

For soup: Heat olive oil over med-low heat in soup pot. Add onion,carrots,celery and saute until softened 5-6 min. Add chicken stock & wine & bring to a boil. Add pasta to simmering broth & cook 6-8 min. Add fresh dill & meatballs to soup & simmer for 1 min. Taste for salt & pepper. Stir in fresh spinach & cook 1 min. until wilted. Squeeze in lime juice and sprinkle with parmesan before serving.

Number of Servings: 10

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JUST74.