Italian Pizza Soup

truebrit's Note:

This delicious soup is quick and easy to fix. Just add bread for a hearty meal!

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 1/2 cup uncooked rice
• 1 cup diced or crushed tomatoes
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 1 -2 ounce thinly sliced pepperoni
• 1/2 cup shredded provolone cheese or 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. Heat olive oil in a large saucepan.
2. Saute the onion and green pepper until softened.
3. Stir in the garlic and cook for a minute.
4. Add the oregano, basil, rice, tomatoes and broth, and bring to a boil.
5. Turn down heat and place cover on saucepan.
6. Simmer for 20 minutes or until rice is tender.
7. Stir in the pepperoni, and sprinkle with the cheese.
8. Continue cooking for another minute or two.
9. Serve, and add an extra sprinkling of Parmesan cheese, if desired.

Reviews

[V.A.]

Now this is a tasty tasty treat! It is simple to make, and full of flavor. We used rotel for the diced tomatoes, and served it with grilled ham and cheese sandwiches. Very filling! I must say that I really enjoyed scraping the built up cheese off of the spoon, it was like a little added bonus! We will certainly make this soup again, it was really very good :)

[Junebug]

This was very easy and quick to make. I made some changes so it would be vegetarian. I left out the pepperoni and added some navy beans, corn and green peas. I also subbed vegetable broth for the chicken broth. I used twice the amount of garlic. The result was a simple and delicious dinner. I served it with garlic french bread. Thanks for sharing your recipe truebrit.

[half yank]

I hate to burst such a good record of reviews, but I simply cannot understand how this got so many 5 star ratings. We hated it! It had a very bad taste, and in no way did it come close to tasting like pizza. Sorry.