Tuscan White Bean Soup

Submitted by Marie

"Delicious chicken broth soup made with cannellini beans, small pasta and escarole. This is super good!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 8 cups

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 small onion, diced small
• 1 small carrot, diced
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 1 red potatoes, diced
• 1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1⁄8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 cup water
• 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can cannellini beans
• 2⁄3 cup tubetti (any small macaroni will do)
• 1⁄2 head escarole, thinly sliced and cooked

directions

1. In a 4 quart saucepan, over medium high heat, cook olive oil, onion, carrot, celery and potato until lightly browned, about 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
2. Add chicken broth, pepper and water; increase heat to high and bring to a boil.
3. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
4. Increase heat to high; stir in beans with their liquid and pasta and heat to a boil.
5. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until pasta is done, stirring occasionally.
6. Stir in escarole until heated through.

Reviews

[LillyZackMom]

I am SO sick of tomato based soups - so I was VERY excited to find this recipe! My changes were to omit the celery, use fat-free low-sodium broth, add 2 cloves of smashed garlic, and use 2C packed fresh spinach cut into strips. YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY!! Nice thick soup with lots to chew. EXCELLENT healthy & filling dinner w/a bagel & a clementine for dessert! I ate 1 serving last night & individually packaged & froze the remaining 7 servings for future grab'n'go meals. Thanks so much for sharing! PS - when I defrosted my 3rd frozen serving today, I added more water to it to make it soup-ier. I think next time I make this I'll add an extra 1/2C of water....

 

[sherrg]

Absolutely fantastic!! So many vibrant flavors, excellent texture & wholesome! I did use cavatini pasta vs elbows, and just used Italian Seasoning since I didn't have any thyme. Also, I had some pancetta in the fridge so cooked that up as the base vs olive oil. Just added a 12 oz bag of chopped frozen spinach, without thawing - and it was fine. So excited to have some leftovers for tomorrow nite!! NUM!! Thank you!!

 

[cragot]

Delicious. But I too added fresh thyme,a bay leaf and red pepper flakes.

 

[mMadness97]

We didn't enjoy this soup. It was okay with cheese added but was nothing special for us. Used regular potatoes and no celery.

 

[Chefette2u]

Excellent Soup! I truly like a hearty soup that does not have any roux to thicken it. This one will be in my "make often" file, all of my family asked for seconds! Good thing I made a larger batch! Thank you for sharing your recipe!