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 Time20minutes
Cook Time30minutes
Total Time50minutes
Servings6servings
AuthorBarry C. Parsons
Ingredients
For the Meatballs
1 ½poundlean ground chicken
½poundlean chicken sausageor you could just use 2 lbs of ground chicken and omit the sausage
1cupbreadcrumbs
¼cupmilk
1tspsalt
½tspcayenne pepper
1tspcracked black pepper
1tspground sage
1tbspdried summer savoury
1tspcrushed fennel seed
1beaten egg
For the soup you will also need:
2litres chicken stock
1diced onion
3clovesminced garlic
3large carrots cut in sticks or coins
1cupfrozen sweet corn
1can kidney beansrinsed
2tbspsummer savoury
2cupsbaby spinach leaves
4tbspchopped fresh cilantro
Instructions
To prepare the Meatballs
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.
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
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.
Simmer together for 20 minutes before adding the spinach and cilantro.
Simmer only for a minute or two more before serving.