Low Carb Italian Wedding Soup
A Low Carb Italian Wedding Soup that is full of chicken meatballs, orzo, seasonings, carrot, celery, onion and spinach cooked in a delicious chicken broth. This may be low in carbs but it is not low in flavor!
Ingredients for meatballs.
Ingredients for soup
plus salt & orzo pasta.
Make the meatballs: Put the onion,
garlic, 1/2 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper into a
food processor. Pulse until finely chopped.
Add the parsley and pulse finely.
Add the egg and pulse until combined.
Add the chicken and parmesan cheese.
Pulse until combined.
Cover a cooking sheet with foil and spray it
with cooking oil. Using two spoons, or I used
a coffee scoop, make thirty 1″ meatballs. It is
very wet and you will need to do this
without rolling them. Place them
on the prepared foil.
Put the olive oil into a large Dutch
oven and heat oil over medium heat.
Cook the chicken meatballs until cooked
through and browned on most sides.
This should take about 4 – 5 minutes.
Remove the meatballs to
a plate and set aside.
Make the soup: Add the carrots, onions
and celery to the Dutch oven and sauté over
medium heat until they start to soften,
stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes.
Add the chicken broth and 1/2 tsp salt.
Bring to a simmer and add the orzo.
Cook with a lid until the orzo is tender.
Add the chicken meatballs and spinach.
Simmer until hot then serve.
Low Carb Italian Wedding Soup
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Ingredients
Meatball Ingredients:
- 1 small onion, cut into quarters
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/2 tsp Kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/4 cup flat leaf parsley leaves
- 1 large egg
- 1# ground chicken
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 4 Tbsp. olive oil
Soup Ingredients:
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1 large stalk of celery, rinsed and diced
- 1 large carrot, peeled and diced
- 8 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 8 – 10 oz. frozen spinach, thawed
- Parmesan cheese for garnish, optional
Directions
Meatball Directions:
- In a food processor put the onion, garlic, 1/2 tsp of salt and 1/4 tsp of pepper. Pulse until finely chopped.
- Add the parsley and pulse until finely chopped.
- Add the egg and pulse until combined.
- Add the Parmesan cheese and ground chicken. Pulse until combined.
- Cover a baking sheet with foil. Spray foil lightly with cooking oil.
- Using two spoons (I used a coffee scoop) make thirty 1″ meatballs, dropping them onto the foil. The mixture will be very wet and you will not be able to roll them with your hands.
- Put the oil into a large Dutch oven and heat over medium heat. Add the meatballs, cooking until browned and cooked through on all sides. This will take about 4 – 5 minutes. Remove meatballs to a plate and set aside.
Soup Directions:
- Add the carrots, onions and celery to the Dutch oven. Sauté over medium heat until tender, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes.
- Add the chicken broth and 1/2 tsp salt. Bring to a simmer and add the orzo. Simmer, covered, until the orzo is tender.
- Add the meatballs and spinach. Cook until everything is hot then serve.
Categories: Broth, Cheese, Chicken, Eggs, Fresh Herbs, Pasta, Soup, Spices/Seasoning, Vegetables/Slaws/Salads
This looks delightful and quite tasteful. 😊
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Thank you so much we really enjoyed it.
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You are welcome!
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Ooh! Yummy!
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Thank you!
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Yummy!
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Thank you Mitzy!
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Sounds wonderful!
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Thank you we were really happy with how it turned out.
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I love making soup, I love Italian Wedding Soup, and this looks like a winner. I am definitely going to pin this one to make when I get home. YUM.
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Thanks Carla! It turned out really good. The chicken made 30 meatballs but I think next time I am going to make them even smaller. I like the really small meatballs. These were less than 1″ after cooking but I still want them smaller, however, they tasted great! Even my husband loved it!
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I thought they looked big, I would make them smaller as well.
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Will this recipe feed six orzo diners? ;->
Virtual hugs,
Judie (Sorry – couldn’t resist.)
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Hahaha nope only 4!
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It looks really good! I’d love to try to make this!
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You should!!!! Thank you!
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thanks for this!
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You’re welcome!
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I’ve only had this from a tin, never in a restaurant or at home, but always liked it. I don’t think it is one of the soups that the Olive Gardens features – I wonder why?
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Interesting thought Linda, I wonder why too! However I would still order the chicken gnocchi..lol
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I’ve not been to the Olive Garden in a while and didn’t know they had that soup you mention – it sounds good. I always got the potato and sausage as it was my favorite and a very hearty soup (just what you need when you’re going to have a bunch of bread sticks followed by pasta).
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This sounds really good!
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Thanks Michelle we loved it!
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This looks great!
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Thank you Andi!!! The chicken meatballs were especially good!!!
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It looks wonderful. Italian Wedding Soup is one of my favorite soups.
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Thank you Sheryl!!!
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You don’t see “low carb” and “Italian” in the same sentence very often, but I’m glad you did it.
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Thanks but there is still a little pasta, that is a must! lol
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Sounds yummy. I like the way you made the meatballs.
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Thank you Nancy! The meatballs were very good and I could have made a meal out of them!
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Sounds soooooo good!!!!
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Thanks Sue!!!
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😁😁 So welcome!!
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Oh, I would love to try this out!
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It is a good one Jess!
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Mmm, I love Italian Wedding Soup! This looks perfect!
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Thank you! We froze the leftovers in serving size containers and I keep eating it for lunch! It froze perfectly.
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Interesting! We’ve never froze soup before!
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