Quick Light Chicken Toscana Soup Insired By Macaroni Grill Recipes

QUICK SUPER-DELICIOUS ZUPPA TOSCANA

Steps:

• Cook and stir Italian sausage and red pepper flakes in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat until sausage is browned and crumbly, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer sausage mixture to a bowl.
• Stir bacon into the same Dutch oven and cook over medium heat until bacon is crisp, about 10 minutes. Drain fat, leaving a few tablespoons of drippings in the Dutch oven.
• Stir onion and garlic into bacon; cook and stir until onions are soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Pour chicken broth into bacon mixture; bring to a boil. Stir potatoes and kale into broth; cook until potatoes are tender and soup is flavorful, about 15 minutes.
• Stir sausage and heavy whipping cream into soup, reduce heat to medium, and cook until soup is heated through, about 5 minutes more.

QUICK & LIGHT CHICKEN TOSCANA SOUP INSIRED BY MACARONI GRILL

Steps:

• Cook the onion and garlic in olive oil until transparent (5-10 minutes). Add the chicken broth and bring to boil. Add chicken and tomatoes; bring back to a good simmer for 5 minutes. Add gnocchi; cook for 1 or 2 minutes if mini size, a little longer if larger.
• Add milk and heat until steaming. Stir in spinach just long enough to wilt. Ladel into bowls and top with parmesan cheese and fresh basil if you have it.

MACARONI GRILL CHICKEN TOSCANI SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, place extra virgin olive oil, then add onion and chicken, and sauté. Once cooked through, add garlic and stir through. Add butter and flour, stirring until combined and lightly brown.
• Stir in two cans of chicken broth, making sure you scrape the browned bottom of the pan to let in the entire flavor. Add gnocchi and parsley and let simmer for a few minutes to cook gnocchi through. Add half and half, spinach, and fresh basil.
• Add about one cup of fresh grated Parmesan cheese at the very end before serving. Garnish with diced tomato and enjoy with good crusty bread!

TUSCAN CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Lightly coat the bread with oil on both sides and place on a baking sheet. Bake until toasted and browned, about 10 minutes.
• Heat the butter and olive oil in a soup pot over a medium-high heat. When the butter has melted and the oil is hot, add the chicken, onion and garlic and cook until the onion starts to brown and the chicken is almost cooked through, about 5 minutes.
• Add the tomato paste and stir until everything is well coated. Add the canned tomatoes, tomato puree, chicken broth, beans, honey and oregano. Season with salt and pepper, then stir well and bring to a simmer. Simmer until the flavors are combined, about 10 minutes.
• Tear the toasted bread into large chunks and place in the bottom of 8 soup bowls. Add the marinated artichoke hearts to the soup and stir to combine. Ladle the soup over the bread. Top each bowl with half a ball of burrata, an oregano sprig and a drizzle of olive oil.

LIKE ROMANO'S MACARONI GRILL TUSCAN CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cook linguine according to directions, drain and set aside.
• Heat 1/2 of olive oil in large fry-pan, over medium high heat.
• Place chicken strips in pan and cook about 3 minutes each side, or until done, then set aside.
• Put remainder of olive oil in same pan, leaving chicken remnants. Add sliced peppers, mushrooms, stirring ocasionally, until all is tender. After cooking these ingredients for a few minutes, add garlic and stir until it becomes done-- just about a minute.
• Add the wine, tomatoes(with juice) and all spices, salt and pepper. Stir the ingredients together and let simmer for 3-4 minutes.
• Add chicken into the pan and stir, letting all ingrdients blend and simmer a few minutes more.
• In a large mixing bowl combine linguine and chicken mixture. Add the parmesan cheese and toss all together.
• Serve and enjoy.