Crowd-Size Minestrone

Submitted by lazyme

"This is a great minestrone. I improvise and add pasta or whatever else I have that sounds good at the time. This came from Betty Crocker Creative Recipes # 133."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 40mins
• Ingredients: 18
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
• 4 cups chicken broth or 4 cups water
• 4 cups tomato juice
• 1 cup dry red wine or 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon dried basil leaves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄2 medium green cabbage, chopped (3 cups)
• 2 small zucchini, chopped (2 cups)
• 2 medium carrots, sliced (1 cup)
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 28 ounces diced tomatoes, undrained
• 2 (15 ounce) cans beans, rinsed and drained (such as kidney, garbanzo or great northern)
• 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed to drain
• grated stella parmesan cheese

directions

1. Heat oil in 8-quart Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook garlic and onion in oil about 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender.
2. Stir in remaining ingredients except cheese. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 1 hour. Serve with cheese.

3. To Refrigerate:

4. Refrigerate tightly covered no longer than 48 hours.

5. To Reheat From Refrigerator:

6. Cover and heat soup to boiling in 8-quart Dutch oven over medium heat, stirring occasionally.

Reviews

[msbored71]

I have the same booklet that this came from, but misplaced it recently. I almost panicked when I couldn't find it. It's _that_ good. THANK YOU so much for putting this one out there for me. Everyone in my family loves this- and I have some serious vegetable haters. Worth all of the chopping & cleaning the veg!

 

[sweetysjd]

This is EXCELLENT soup! It really is crowd-size, so make sure you have plenty of friends to share it with! I made it exactly as written, no pasta or anything, and it was very hearty, but pasta would be great too. Thank you!!!