Recipe: Yummy Minestrone Soup

Minestrone Soup.

You can cook Minestrone Soup using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Minestrone Soup

1. Prepare 1/2 of yellow onion, diced.
2. It's 2 cloves of garlic, minced.
3. It's 1 of large rib celery, sliced.
4. Prepare 1 of medium carrot, diced.
5. Prepare 2 tsp of dried basil.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of dried thyme.
7. It's 1 tsp of dried oregano.
8. It's 32 oz of diced tomatoes (2 cans).
9. Prepare 3 tbsp of tomato paste.
10. You need 5 cups of chicken broth.
11. Prepare 1 of bay leaf.
12. You need 1 can of red kidney beans, rinsed and drained.
13. It's 1 can of cannellini or great northern beans, rinsed and drained.
14. It's 1/2 cup of ditalini pasta.
15. It's 1 of medium zucchini, sliced.
16. It's 1-2 cups of baby spinach.
17. It's to taste of Kosher salt and pepper.

Minestrone Soup step by step

1. Heat olive oil in a heavy soup pot or Dutch oven. Add onion, garlic, carrots, and celery. Saute several minutes until vegetables are softened..
2. Add basil, oregano, and thyme. Saute for additional minute..
3. Add diced tomatoes, bay leaf, chicken broth, kidney beans, and cannellini beans..
4. Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for 25 minutes..
5. Stir in dry pasta and zucchini, and cook for an additional 10 minutes until pasta is al dente. Add spinach and wilt for 1 minute..
6. Season to taste with kosher salt and pepper. Can be served immediately or kept covered in the fridge for a few days..