Nonna's Italian Wedding Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 4 large chicken breasts (with bone & skin)
• 8 cups water
• 8 chicken bouillon cubes
• 2 celery, sticks whole for flavor discard after broth is made
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup parsley flakes
• 1/2 cup italian breadcrumbs
• 1 cup inceni di peppi pasta (teeny tiny pasta that are round)
• 2 cups chopped celery
• 2 cups chopped carrots
• chopped spinach, 2 handfuls

Recipe

• 1 broth:.
• 2 to make broth boil water, add chicken, whole celery sticks, bouillon & boil for 45 minutes take out chicken & let cool, drain the broth into another pan through a strainer. this is your homemade broth, throw away celery & take of the skin of chicken and pull of the meat from the bone & set to the side until ready to add back to broth.
• 3 meatballs:.
• 4 mix ground beef or g. turkey, egg, parsley, garlic & bread crumbs. now take a small melon baller to make the same size meatballs every time & scoop put & roll into balls & pan fry until browned on the outside. set them aside & drain on paper towels after browned until ready to add to broth.
• 5 pasta:.
• 6 in a small pot boil water with salt & add pasta cook as directed on the box, probably 8 mins drain through strainer.
• 7 chop 2 cups each of celery & carrots.
• 8 now add all ingredients back into broth -- celery, carrots, shredded chicken, lil meatballs & bring to boil then simmer for 25 minutes.
• 9 at the end you'll prob add a few more cups of water to the broth & add to handfuls of chopped spinach.
• 10 i always serve with fresh parmesan that melts in the broth & is delish!
• 11 you can always add some fresh basil when serving also! i usually have fresh bread with evoo & italian herbs to dip bread in & this is a wonderful meal!
• 12 enjoy.