Italian Turkey Or Chicken Bean Tomato Soup Recipes

TOMATO TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first nine ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 50 minutes. Add turkey and vegetables. Cover and simmer 50 minutes longer or until vegetables are tender.

TUSCAN-STYLE CHICKEN, BEAN AND TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat and cook the onion for 10 minutes, until soft and golden. Add the carrot and celery, and cook for 5 minutes, until just soft.
• Stir in the zucchini, tomatoes, four-bean mix, chicken stock and 1 cup (250 ml) water. Add the bay leaf, oregano and lemon zest, if using. Simmer for 20 minutes, until the vegetables are tender and the chicken is cooked through.
• Stir in the chopped baby spinach leaves and cook for 2 minutes, until wilted.

ITALIAN TURKEY, BEAN, AND TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Sauté fennel and pancetta in heavy large pot over high heat until pancetta starts to brown, about 4 minutes. Add tomatoes. Cover, reduce heat to medium, and cook until tomatoes soften, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Using back of fork, crush tomatoes. Mix in broth, beans, gravy, chopped turkey, and crushed red pepper. Simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Mix in basil. Season with salt and pepper.
• Italian bacon cured in salt; available at some supermarkets and specialty foods stores and at Italian markets.

ITALIAN WHITE BEAN TURKEY SOUP WITH SAGE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a saucepan. Add garlic and saute over low heat until garlic turns golden. Add sage and saute a few seconds, then add pureed beans and broth. Bring to a simmer and add turkey; simmer a few minutes to heat turkey through. Add lemon juice, off heat and season to taste with salt and pepper.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir turkey sausage is browned, about 5 minutes. Add onion and garlic, cooking and stirring until onion is tender, about 5 minutes more. Season with Italian seasoning, salt, and black pepper. Stir in carrots; cook and stir until carrots start to soften, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Pour beans, diced tomatoes, beef broth, chicken broth, and tomato sauce into turkey mixture. Stir in bay leaves. Continue to simmer until carrots are tender, about 5 minutes. Add rigatoni pasta; cook and stir until pasta is cooked through but firm to the bite, about 13 minutes.

ITALIAN CHICKEN SOUP (WITH KIDNEY BEANS)

Steps:

• In a 5 quart Dutch oven, combine the first eight ingredients and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer 1 1/2 hours.
• Remove chicken to a platter to cool and strain the broth, discarding the vegetables and bay leaves.
• Remove skin and bones from chicken and discard, cutting chicken into bite-size pieces - set aside.
• Return broth to Dutch oven and add tomatoes, onions, parsley, ketchup, salt, rosemary, basil, garlic and pepper and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer 45 minutes, then add beans, cheese and chicken and allow to heat through.

ITALIAN TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add bell pepper, onion, garlic, basil, fennel seeds and crushed red pepper and sauté until vegetables are just tender, about 10 minutes. Add broth. Cover pot and simmer 10 minutes. Add zucchini and carrot. Cover and simmer until carrot is almost tender, about 5 minutes. Increase heat to high and bring soup to boil. Add ravioli and boil until tender, about 5 minutes. Add turkey and cook just until heated through, about 1 minute. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper.
• Ladle soup into bowls. Serve, passing cheese separately.

ITALIAN CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• In 4-quart saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add chicken. Cook 4 to 6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink in center. Stir in onion. Cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender.
• Stir in broth, water and carrots. Heat to boiling. Cook 5 minutes over medium heat. Stir in broccoli, noodles, basil and garlic-pepper blend. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables and noodles are tender.
• Top each serving with cheese.

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN, TOMATO AND WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place vegetables, garlic, salt and pepper in crock pot. Top with the chicken pieces, butter, broth and bouillon. DO NOT STIR.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 7 1/2 hours. Stir in drained tomatoes and beans; continue to cook 1/2 hour more.
• Before serving, stir in parsley and Tabasco sauce.