kk's italian meatball soup

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons olive oil, or as needed
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 5 1/4 cups chicken broth
• 2 1/2 cups water
• 2 (14 ounce) cans white beans, drained and rinsed
• 20 frozen cooked small meatballs
• 1 (5 ounce) bag baby spinach, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup finely grated asiago cheese
• salt and ground black pepper to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• heat oil in a large pot over high heat. saute onion, carrots, celery, and garlic until onion is pale golden, about 4 minutes. pour broth and water into pot; cover the pot and bring mixture to a boil.
• stir beans and meatballs into broth mixture; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, cover the pot, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender and meatballs are heated through, about 20 minutes.
• mix spinach, asiago cheese, salt, and pepper into soup; simmer until spinach wilts, about 1 minute.