Name: Thick Minestrone Soup Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 1 cup yellow onion; 1 cup carrots; 1 cup celery; 1 cup zucchini; 4 garlic cloves; bunch of Italian seasoning; 1 tsp salt; ½ tsp fresh ground pepper; ½ tsp thyme; 5-6 cups vegetable or chicken broth; 2 cups water; 2-3 tsp red wine vinegar; 1 bay leaf; 14 oz kidney beans; 14 oz butter beans; 14 oz green beans; 14 oz tomatoes; 8 oz tomato paste; 1⅓ cups uncooked rice or pasta; 3 cups fresh spinach; parmesan cheese

How To Make Thick and Hearty Minestrone Soup

Get some pasta ready and make this delicious and thick minestrone soup at home using only the ingredients found in the pantry. Enjoy this during a cold day.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 1 hour

Total: 1 hour 15 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

2tbspextra virgin olive oil
1cupyellow onion
1cupcarrots,
1cupcelery
1cupzucchini
4garlic cloves,minced
bunch of Italian seasoning
1tspsalt
½tspfresh ground pepper
½tspthyme,dried
5-6cupsvegetable or chicken broth
2cupswater
2-3tspred wine vinegar
1bay leaf
14ozkidney beans,drained and rinsed
14ozbutter beans,drained and rinsed
14ozgreen beans,drained and rinsed
14oztomatoes,diced do not drain
8oztomato paste,1 can
1⅓cupsuncooked rice or pasta
3cupsfresh spinach,chopped
Parmesan cheese,for serving

Instructions

Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a 4-quart pot or dutch oven. Add the onion, carrots, celery, zucchini, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, and thyme.
Stir and cook for 6 to 7 minutes as the vegetables soften up and let out some juices.
Add broth, water, red wine vinegar, bay leaf, all the beans, diced tomatoes, and tomato paste. Bring to a boil, then add uncooked rice or pasta. Cover and simmer for 35 minutes.
Stir in the chopped spinach and simmer for 5 more minutes. Remove bay leaf.
Serve soup warm in homemade bread bowls and top with fresh parmesan cheese, if desired.
Keep leftovers in a large Tupperware in the refrigerator for up to a week.