How To Make Meatball and Spaghetti Soup
This meatball and spaghetti soup is a perfect dish to warm you on cold days made with lean turkey meatballs cooked in a light tomato broth with spaghetti.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Soup:
- 5cupschicken broth,low sodium, fat-free
- 2cupswater
- 2garlic cloves,chopped, divided
- 4tbspfresh parsley
- ½onion,chopped, divided
- 4tbsptomato sauce,or marinara sauce
- red pepper flakes,crushed, optional
- kosher salt and fresh pepper
- 6ozdry cut up spaghetti
For Meatballs:
- 16ozground turkey,99% lean
- 1small egg
- ¼cupbreadcrumbs,seasoned
- ¼cupParmesan Cheese,grated
- 1tbspbasil,fresh chopped
Instructions
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In a soup pot over medium heat, bring chicken broth, water, 1 crushed garlic clove, 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley, ¼ of the chopped onion, tomato sauce, crushed red pepper flakes, and fresh black pepper to a boil; simmer for about 5 minutes.
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Meanwhile, make the meatballs by combining ground turkey, parmesan cheese, egg, remaining garlic, remaining onion, remaining parsley, breadcrumbs, salt, and pepper. Form into little 1-inch meatballs.
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Drop meatballs into the broth, cook for about 3 minutes. Add pasta and cook according to package directions.
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Add fresh basil, adjust salt and pepper to taste, and serve with grated parmesan cheese.
Nutrition
- Calories: 352.50kcal
- Fat: 11.17g
- Saturated Fat: 3.55g
- Trans Fat: 0.08g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.97g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.54g
- Carbohydrates: 34.54g
- Fiber: 1.87g
- Sugar: 5.12g
- Protein: 27.73g
- Cholesterol: 85.94mg
- Sodium: 990.31mg
- Calcium: 129.68mg
- Potassium: 557.55mg
- Iron: 2.43mg
- Vitamin A: 54.50µg
- Vitamin C: 5.65mg
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