Italian Wedding Soup {30 Minutes}
Loaded with veggies and perfectly tender baked chicken meatballs, this Italian wedding soup is Rich in flavor and warming for the soul. It’s a great family dinner for any day of the week.
Servings: 6
Calories: 359kcal
Ingredients
Chicken Meatballs
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 1 egg
- 1 heaping tsp Italian spice
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp paprika
- 1 tbsp arrowroot flour
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast *
Soup
- 2 Celery stalks chopped
- 2 medium carrots chopped
- Yellow onion roughly 1 cup
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
- A couple of handful of chopped kale
- Salt pepper to taste
- 2 – 3 pieces of bay leaves dry or fresh
- 3 – 4 tbsp cooking oil
- 3 – 3 ½ cup chicken broth or bone broth
- A few sprigs of chopped parsley to garnish
Instructions
- Prep Chicken Meatballs
- In a medium bowl, gently mix all of the ingredients for the meatballs together. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes (or up to overnight).
- Once the meatball mix has chilled, roll into balls then bake them in a 400 F oven for 8 minutes, or until thoroughly cooked to an internal temp of 165 F. **
- Soup
- While your meatballs are baking, prepare the soup.
- Wash and chop celery, carrots, and onion and mince the garlic.
- Heat up 3-4 Tbsp cooking oil in a big pot or dutch oven.
- Sauté chopped celery, carrots, onion, minced garlic, and bay leaves together until soft (about 10 minutes). Then add kale and season with salt and pepper.
- Once kale is slightly wilted, add broth. Bring broth to a boil, then simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add meatballs and simmer for an additional 5 minutes.
- Ladle into servings bowls and serve with fresh parsley.
Notes
- * If you’re not following Whole30, you can use 3 - 4 tbsp grated parmesan cheese in the baked chicken meatballs. And sprinkle a generous amount of parmesan cheese in the soup once done cooking.
- ** Make sure your oven has reached 400 F (it usually reaches the target temp 10 minutes after beeping). I recommend using an oven thermometer.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 359kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 31g | Cholesterol: 121mg | Sodium: 1859mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g