Make it in the slow cooker! This Italian Meatball soup is meaty, saucy and delicious! Serve it with fresh hot bread!
Ingredients and Variations
Ingredients: Meatballs – ground beef, ground pork, dried onions, breadcrumbs, egg, fresh parsley, whole milk, salt and pepper. soup – onion, garlic, green pepper, beef broth, fresh parsley, whole canned tomatoes, tomato sauce, olive oil, garlic powder, onion powder, basil, small pasta, salt and pepper.
Variations: Italian sausage can be used in place of ground pork in meatballs, dried herbs can replace fresh, stewed tomato or canned diced can be used instead of whole, any herbs you like can be used, rice can be added instead of pasta and any bell pepper can be used, add to it any vegetables you like.
Italian Meatball Soup
6
servings30
minutes40
minutesMeaty, saucy and delicious soup!
Ingredients
- Meatballs
1/2 lb ground beef
1/2 ilb ground pork
2/3 cup bread crumbs
1/3 cup whole milk
1 large egg
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp onion powder
2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley
1/4 cup dried onions
- Soup
1 large onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 tbsp olive oil
3 qts beef broth
1 qt whole peeled tomatoes
1 qt tomato sauce
1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
1/4 cup fresh basil, chopped
1 tbsp onion powder
2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 tsp sugar
1 bay leaf
1 cup small pasta, like ditalini, mini bow tie
Directions
- Soup – Cook onion, green pepper and garlic in olive oil a few minutes then add beef broth and seasonings, bring to a boil, then cover and simmer on medium-low.
- Meatballs – Mix meat and seasonings and roll into small balls carefully drop them into simmering soup, cover and simmer for 15 minutes until meatballs are cooked.
- Add pasta when meatballs are cooked, sir occasionally, very careful not to break up meatballs.
- Or put everything into a slow cooker (except pasta), cook on low 6 – 8 hours or high for 4 hours, adding pasta halfway through the cooking time.
