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Easy Chicken Meatball Minestrone

Easy Chicken Meatball Minestrone

Easy Chicken Meatball Minestrone - chicken meatballs are a low fat alternative that are still incredibly delicious in this healthy, colourful and very flavourful soup.
Course Soup
Cuisine Italian Inspired
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Author Barry C. Parsons

Ingredients

For the Meatballs

  • 1 ½ pound lean ground chicken
  • ½ pound lean chicken sausage or you could just use 2 lbs of ground chicken and omit the sausage
  • 1 cup breadcrumbs
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1 tsp cracked black pepper
  • 1 tsp ground sage
  • 1 tbsp dried summer savoury
  • 1 tsp crushed fennel seed
  • 1 beaten egg

For the soup you will also need:

  • 2 litres chicken stock
  • 1 diced onion
  • 3 cloves minced garlic
  • 3 large carrots cut in sticks or coins
  • 1 cup frozen sweet corn
  • 1 can kidney beans rinsed
  • 2 tbsp summer savoury
  • 2 cups baby spinach leaves
  • 4 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro

Instructions

To prepare the Meatballs

  1. Soak the breadcrumbs in the milk for 5 minutes before adding to all the remaining ingredients and mix well. This will be a loose mixture but as long as you can form it into balls, it will be okay. Add more breadcrumbs if the mixture is too soft.
  2. Form into small balls and fry in a large heated skillet with 2 tbsp oil added. Fry all the meatballs until completely cooked and nicely browned.

To prepare the soup

  1. Deglaze the pan that the meatballs were fried in with a little chicken stock and add to a large pot along with all of the remaining ingredients, except the spinach and cilantro.
  2. Simmer together for 20 minutes before adding the spinach and cilantro.
  3. Simmer only for a minute or two more before serving.