Chunky Italian Soup

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"Wonderful hearty soup."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 18
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans diced Italian-style tomatoes
• 1 (11 ounce) can tomato soup with basil, undiluted
• 4 cups water
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 3 teaspoons beef bouillon granules
• 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 (16 ounce) can kidney beans, drained
• 1 (16 ounce) can Italian cut green beans, drained
• 1 zucchini, chopped
• 8 ounces rotini pasta, cooked and drained
• grated parmesan cheese

directions

1. Cook beef and onion in a large Dutch oven over medium heat, until beef is no longer pink and onion is tender; drain.
2. Stir in carrots, and next 10 ingredients; bring to a boil.
3. Reduce heat; simmer, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes.
4. Stir in kidney beans and next 2 ingredients; simmer, stirring occasionally, 30 minutes.
5. Stir in pasta; taste and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper, if needed.
6. Sprinkle each serving with cheese.

Reviews

[quikgourmet]

This soup is much like the hearty vegetable soup my mother used to make, and she was Italian. We all loved it! I used a 1 lb. chuck blade steak, cut into small pieces, rather than ground beef. I left out the pasta this time, and it was still a fabulous recipe!

 

[gwynn]

Thanks NurseDi, Another great recipe! It is full of flavor. I couldn't find the tomato soup with basil in it so I just used regular tomato soup. It had plenty of the basil flavor in it. Thanks for this wonderful recipe.

 

[podapo]

NurseDi, Thanks for a really GREAT soup. I picked a perfect night to give it a go, as it's been chilly with snow in the forecast.. The absolute ONLY thing I did different was add a few red potatoes I cubed really small, and only added those as I wanted to use them up. This has just the right amount of kick to it. And full of delicious goodness. I didn't think hubby would eat it, but he LOVED it. Told me to make sure I keep this one. Thansk for a wonderful "warm" soup recipe.