Chicken Meatball Soup with Tortellini
This delicious and hearty meatball soup with tortellini is full of flavour and so quick to prepare using ready made tortellini!
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp This is an affiliate link.olive oil
- 1 stalk celery
- 1 carrot
- 1/2 onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 400g/14 oz This is an affiliate link.canned chopped tomatoes
- 4-5 basil leaves or 1/2 tsp dried basil
- salt to taste
- 1 litre/4 cups This is an affiliate link.chicken stock
- 300g/10 oz frozen chicken meatballs or beef meatballs
- 300g/10 oz tortellini I used spinach ricotta tortellini
- 50g/ 1 1/2 cups kale or spinach
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a soup pot, then sauté the chopped onion, sliced carrot and celery for 5 minutes over low heat, then add the minced garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
- Pour in the canned chopped tomatoes, sliced fresh basil or dried basil and mix, then let the vegetables cook for 5-7 minutes. We are looking for the tomatoes to cook down and for the flavors to blend.
- Next add the meatballs (could be frozen) and chicken stock with a pinch of salt, bring to a boil and cook for 20 minutes if meatballs are cooked from frozen and 15 minutes if defrosted.
- Then add tortellini and chopped kale and cook for 3 minutes longer. Increase the timing to 5 minutes if tortellini is frozen.
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Nutrition
Calories: 309kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 67mg | Sodium: 954mg | Potassium: 235mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 2653IU | Vitamin C: 18mg | Calcium: 150mg | Iron: 3mg