Italian Wedding Soup

Submitted by Kate DeMello

"This recipe is FROM SCRATCH - like my grandmother used to make it. Brings back GREAT childhood memories!"

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 30mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Yields: 1 Big Pot

ingredients

• 4 skinless chicken breasts
• 1 onion, cut in half
• 1 carrot
• celery top
• 9.85 ml salt
• 5676.0 ml water
• 226.79 g lean ground beef
• 9.85 ml dried parsley
• 59.14 ml cheese, grated
• 1.23 ml salt
• 1.23 ml pepper
• 0.25 ml garlic powder
• 1.23 ml oregano
• 1.23 ml basil
• 1 egg
• 2 slice bread, soaked in milk (sm. amount)

directions

1. In large kettle combine chicken breasts, onion, carrot, celery tops, salt and water.
2. Bring to a boil and simmer 2 hours or until chicken is tender.
3. Remove chicken, cook and cut into small pieces.
4. Strain broth and return to kettle.
5. Add to broth- 2 ribs celery, cut small; 2 carrots, grated; 1 onion, diced; 8 chicken bouillon cubes.
6. Simmer 30 minutes, then add to broth: 1 head endive, cleaned and shredded and par boiled 1 minute in salted water; drain.
7. Add cubed meat and meat balls (see below).
8. Before serving, while soup is simmering add very slowly: 2 well beaten eggs to soup.
9. Stir constantly.
10. Serve with flavored croutons.
11. Meatballs: Mix ground beef, parsley, cheese, salt, pepper, garlic powder, oregano, basil, egg and bread pieces together and shape into 1/2 inch balls.
12. Drop into pan of boiling water 5 minutes.
13. Remove with slotted spoon and set aside.
14. Add to Italian wedding soup along with cubed chicken.
15. I like to add some homemade pasta noodles or pastine if you don't have a pasta maker.
16. ENJOY!

Reviews

[Sweet Basileena]

This soup is awesome!!! I made a huge pot of it and invited the neighborhood over after Trick or Treating. Everyone (yes even the kids) raved about it for days afterward! The only thing I did differently was I made my own stock and used spinach. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful recipe!

 

[scoleman1970]

the kids loved it.

 

[Kim D.]

Wonderful soup! The only change I made was using a whole chicken instead of 4 chicken breast. My family loved it and I will definitley make again! Made for PAC - Fall 2008.

 

[spicygrits]

I just made this soup. It is excellent. I substituted fresh garlic for the garlic powder and added pastina stars. I added a few dashes of Green Tabasco pepper juice for a kick. So yummy with garlic bread and salad.

 

[DaMommyChef]

I just made this soup for an Olympic Party (we had people over to watch the opening ceremonies). Everyone loved it! I did a few things differently--instead of 4 chicken breasts, I pressure cooked an entire chicken with the vegetables and 4 cups water. Then I just adjusted the broth in a big pot after deboning the chicken. I also used store-bought meatballs and spinach, since none of my local store had any of the more exotic greens! For the pasta I used homestyle noodles that you get at Sam's Club. Everyone raved about the soup, and my kids loved it! It makes a huge batch!