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Hearty Minestrone Soup
- Makes: 12 servings
- Yield: 18 cups
- Prep 30 mins
- Cook 2 hrs
Ingredients
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1/4
cup
olive oil
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2
tablespoons
unsalted butter
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2
medium onions, coarsely chopped
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6 -8
cups
shredded cabbage or packaged shredded cabbage with carrot (coleslaw mix)
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3
medium red potatoes, diced (about 1 pound)
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2
cups
chopped carrots (4 medium)
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2
cups
chopped zucchini (about 10 ounces)
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1 1/2
cups
chopped, trimmed fresh green beans (about 6 ounces)
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1 1/2
cups
cooked navy or white kidney beans or 1 15-ounce can navy or cannellini (white kidney) beans, rinsed and drained
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1
cup
chopped celery (2 stalks)
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2
tablespoons
dried basil, crushed
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1 1/2
teaspoons
dried oregano, crushed
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1
4 -
ounce wedge
Parmesan cheese
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2
32 -
ounce carton
chicken broth
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1
14 1/2 -
ounce can
stewed tomatoes, undrained and cut up
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1/2
cup
uncooked arborio or long grain rice
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Sourdough or French bread slices (optional)
Directions
- In a 7- to 8-quart Dutch oven, heat oil and butter over medium heat. Add onion and cook, uncovered, about 10 minutes or until onions are tender and golden, stirring occasionally. Add cabbage, potatoes, carrots, zucchini, green beans, navy beans, celery, basil and oregano. Cook, uncovered, for 6 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, remove rind from Parmesan cheese. Wrap the cheese rind in a double layer of 100 percent cotton cheesecloth. Finely shred the Parmesan cheese; cover and chill until serving time.
- Stir broth, undrained tomatoes and rice into the mixture in the Dutch oven. Bring to boiling; reduce heat to low. Add wrapped cheese rind. Simmer, covered, for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
- To serve, remove and discard cheese rind. Ladle soup into bowls and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. If you like, serve with sourdough bread. Makes 18 cups, 12 (1-1/2-cup) servings.
Nutrition Facts
(Hearty Minestrone Soup)
Servings Per Recipe 12, vit. A (IU) 3741, vit. C (mg) 27, cal. (kcal) 231, pro. (g) 9, carb. (g) 29, Fat, total (g) 10, sat. fat (g) 3, chol. (mg) 13, iron (mg) 3, calcium (mg) 202, sugar (g) 6, Potassium (mg) 619, fiber (g) 6, sodium (mg) 865, Polyunsaturated fat (g) 1, Cobalamin (Vit. B12) (µg) 0, Folate (µg) 89, Monosaturated fat (g) 5, Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 0, Niacin (mg) 3, Riboflavin (mg) 0, Thiamin (mg) 0