Soup Thread!

[Benny Blades]

Share your favorite soup recipe. I'm actually looking for a minestrone soup recipe if anyone has one to share.

[bigslickwood]

As far as my favorite soup goes, track down my chowder recipe in this sub-forum somewhere...

I don't have a good minestrone recipe. But here is a really good knockoff of the Olive Garden's Pasta e Fagioli. I've made it a couple times and it's really good. Makes a huge batch. Only thing I'd recommend is not putting in the noodles quite as early as they suggest. Maybe wait until about 15-20 minutes before chow time, so they don't get mushy.

3 teaspoons Oil
2 pounds Ground beef
12 ounces Onion; chopped
14 ounces Carrots; slivered
14 ounces Celery; diced
48 ounces Tomatoes; canned, diced
2 cups cooked Red Kidney beans
2 cups cooked White kidney beans
88 ounces Beef stock
3 teaspoons Oregano
2 1/2 teaspoons Pepper
5 teaspoons Parsley; (fresh chopped)
1 1/2 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
48 ounces Spaghetti sauce
8 ounces dry pasta Shell macaroni; or other pasta

Preparation: Sauté beef in oil in large 10-qt. pot until beef starts to brown. Add onions, carrots, celery and tomatoes and simmer for about 10 minutes. Drain and rinse beans and add to the pot. Also add beef stock, oregano, pepper, Tabasco, spaghetti sauce, and noodles. Add chopped parsley. Simmer until celery and carrots are tender, about 45 minutes. Makes 9 qts. of soup!