The Best Minestrone Soup
This minestrone soup is hearty, savory, filling, and easy to prepare. Packed full of nutrient-rich ingredients and fresh herbs, this soup has an incredible depth of flavor and will leave you craving more.
Ingredients
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 2 stalks celery chopped
- 2 medium carrots chopped
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
- 10 cups vegetable broth
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley chopped
- 4 leaves fresh basil torn to small pieces
- 2 dried bay leaves
- 2 15 oz. cans diced tomatoes
- 1 15 oz. can chickpeas drained and rinsed
- 1 15 oz. can cannellini or white beans drained and rinsed
- 1 cup dry shell pasta
- 2 tsp Italian seasoning
- salt/pepper
Instructions
- Add onions, garlic, carrots, celery, tomato paste, bay leaves, Italian seasoning and salt/pepper to pressure cooker sauté for 5-6 minutes. (If you do not own a pressure cooker, see notes below.)
- Add vegetable broth and make sure to scrape off all the bits of flavor from the bottom of the pot.
- Add remaining ingredients, except for pasta, and cook on high pressure for 12 minutes.
- Add pasta and cook on SAUTE for 8 minutes.
- Turn off pressure cooker and remove pot to avoid overcooking pasta.
Notes
Cooking instructions for stove pot: Follow the instructions above until step 3. After adding remaining ingredients, bring to a boil then cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Add pasta. Simmer for another 20 minutes.