Italian Wedding Soup is the most delicious soup recipe and is from my mother who was born in Italy!
Italian Wedding Soup is a soup that consists of green vegetables and meat. It is popular in the United States, where it is a staple in many Italian restaurants!
With this soup, I use Acini pasta which are just those tiny little round pastas and most supermarkets carry it BUT If you can’t find it, you can substitute it for orzo pasta instead!
You can use escarole, spinach or kale in this recipe– they all taste wonderful but its whichever you’d prefer 🙂
The homemade meatballs in this soup really give it incredible flavor but you can change it up and do sausage too!
Total perfect comfort food at its best, perfect for any time of the year!
Perfectly paired with a side salad or warm crusty bread for dipping!
It freezes beautifully as well, which is always a bonus! It doesnt take much prep work either!
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Italian Wedding Soup!
Ingredients
For the meatballs:
- 1/2 lb. lean ground beef
- 1/2 lb. ground pork
- 2 slices white bread crumbled finely
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 1 sprig fresh oregano chopped
- 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
For the soup:
- 1 tbsp. Olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion diced
- 1 large carrot diced finely
- 2 stalks celery diced finely
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 8 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup acini pasta or other small pasta
- 1 cup escarole baby spinach OR kale, chopped
Instructions
- Begin preparing the meatballs by adding all meatball ingredients except olive oil to a large bowl. Knead everything together with your hands. Pinch off small pieces and roll into balls.
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat the oil.
- Add some of the meatballs to the pan, only as many as will fit without touching, and cook for 4-5 minutes, flipping halfway thru.
- Cook remaining meatballs and set aside.
- In a large soup pot over medium-high heat, heat 1 tbsp. oil and saute onions, carrots, and celery until tender. Stir in minced garlic and cook for another 30 seconds.
- Add the chicken broth to the pot and bring to a boil.
- Add pasta and meatballs, reduce heat to medium, and cover. Cook for about 10-12 minutes.
- Stir in spinach and let cook until spinach wilts, then season with salt and pepper to taste and serve with parmesan cheese.
- ENJOY!
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Comments & Reviews
Antonette says
I make wedding soup especially in winter. It does freeze well and taste fresh made when reheated. My Grandma and Grandpa came from Italy to America and along with them came wonderful recipes. While a few ingredients are little different and as one missing it is close to Grandma’s wonderful soup.
Cynthia says
I have made this and it is delicious ?
Nancy Besser says
Ground turkey meat should be great for this too
PamD says
Yes. I use ground chicken. We even bought a grinder & make our Pown ground chicken! Love it!
Joanne Baisley says
I made it today , all I can say is omg soooooo delicious. Thank you so much . Hugs
Incredible Recipes says
yay! so glad you loved it <3
Nicole says
I have made this several times. I along with the meatballs add a chopped up rotisserie chicken! My family loves it!!
Ferne Barishman says
I’ve made this soup countless times and try to keep some in the freezer at all times. So far, my relatives always sniff it out and come over “starving.” I love this soup. I make it with turkey meatballs and not one person who has eaten it had complained; not even my husband who hates chicken and turkey.
Cathy says
Made this tonight and it is delicious as ever! I didn’t have any spinach but I DID have three bunches of romaine lettuce. I chopped off the dark ends of one bunch, diced it up and used it in place of the spinach. Worked perfectly and no taste difference!
Sharon says
Our favorite soup thank you for sharing
Lori says
Best soup ever