Hearty Minestrone Soup
Hearty Minestrone Soup brims with tender vegetables, beans, and potatoes simmered in a savory tomato-chicken broth, finished with small pasta for satisfying body. A sprinkle of Parmesan adds a salty nuttiness that rounds out each spoonful. It’s a cozy, family-friendly soup perfect for chilly evenings or a comforting lunch.
- Prep25 mins
- Cook1 hr 40 mins
- Serves6
- DifficultyEasy
- 1
Melt margarine in a heavy stockpot over medium heat.
- 2
Add onion, carrots, and celery; cook, stirring, until they start to soften, 3 to 4 minutes.
- 3
Add broth, beans, tomatoes, potatoes, cabbage, parsley, tomato paste, garlic, and salt; bring to a boil.
- 4
Reduce the heat, cover, and simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 1 hour.
- 5
Add pasta and simmer for 30 minutes more.
- 6
Adjust the seasoning as needed.
- 7
Ladle into bowls and top with Parmesan cheese.
- Calories 255.13 kcal Moderate
- Protein 13.13 g Good Source
- Carbs 29.15 g Moderate
- Total Fat 10.23 g Moderate
- Saturated Fat 3.32 g Moderate
- Trans Fat 0.97 g High
- Cholesterol 19.73 mg Moderate
- Sodium 1025.64 mg High
- Fiber 4.59 g Moderate
- Sugar 4.56 g Moderate
- Added Sugar 0.04 g Low Source
- Calcium 167.22 mg Moderate
- Iron 2.7 mg Moderate
- Potassium 514.75 mg Moderate
- Vitamin A 153.44 mcg_rae Moderate
- Vitamin C 9.81 mg Moderate
- Vitamin D 0.04 mcg Low Source
Values are per serving. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000-calorie diet.
- Milk 🥛
- Wheat 🌾
- Gluten
- Celery
- Tomatoes 🍅
- Garlic 🧄
- Onions 🧅
About This Recipe
Hearty Minestrone Soup is an Italian dinner recipe made with 15 ingredients. It takes about 2 hrs 5 mins, serves 6, and is rated easy. Key ingredients include Cannellini Beans, Celery, Chicken Broth, and Diced Carrots. Each serving provides about 255.13 kcal, and is a good source of protein.
Recipe Questions
- What is Hearty Minestrone Soup?
- It is an Italian soup recipe made with 15 ingredients, usually served for dinner or lunch or soup.
- What is Hearty Minestrone Soup made of?
- The main ingredients are Cannellini Beans, Celery, Chicken Broth, Diced Carrots, Diced Onion. The full list of 15 is above.
- What goes well with Hearty Minestrone Soup?
- Explore these Italian side-dish recipes.
- How long does it take to make Hearty Minestrone Soup?
- About 2 hrs 5 mins in total: 25 mins to prepare and 1 hr 40 mins to cook.
- How many calories are in one serving?
- One serving provides about 255.13 kcal. The full nutrition breakdown is above.
- Is Hearty Minestrone Soup easy to make?
- This recipe is rated easy, with 15 ingredients and 7 steps.
How easyChef Pro Scores This Recipe
easyChef Pro gives every recipe a health score from 0 to 100, built from more than 30 nutritional parameters including nutrient density, energy density and glycemic impact. It calculates rather than estimates, so the same recipe returns the same score every time.
The number is traceable. You can see exactly which nutrient moved it, so a dish scoring 78 might show fiber pushing it up while sodium pulls it down, alongside the NOVA processing level of each ingredient.
Your health goal changes the calculation itself, not just a filter. easyChef Pro applies clinically derived weighting across six health dimensions, which is why the same dish can score well for one goal and poorly for another.
Swap an ingredient or change the serving size and that math changes with it. Scoring your own version is the only way to see what your kitchen actually produces.
Modified this recipe?
Changing ingredients or serving sizes changes the nutrition profile. Score your own version with easyChef Pro to see how it compares.