Delicious and Easy Escarole and Meatball Soup Recipe {gluten-free}

My husband introduced me to this recipe 30 years ago when we married. It was a recipe that my mother-in-law made when he was a kid. It brings back many fond memories from his childhood, so I make it when I can find fresh escarole. Follow along and check out how Delicious and Easy Escarole and Meatball Soup Recipe is to make. It is also called escarole soup. This recipe uses tiny meatballs to balance out the taste.

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Many people think this is Italian wedding soup. However, it doesn't have egg and parmesan cheese or pasta, which my mother taught me to make. Check out my No Pasta "Italian Wedding Soup" recipe - I modified it for gluten-free audiences like me.

Ingredients

The ingredients are super easy. Check them out below. Many of these ingredients are easy to find at your local grocery store.

• 1 large head of escarole - cleaned and chopped into bit size pieces
• 1 bag of frozen gluten-free or regular Italian meatballs or make my homemade meatballs recipe. We prefer mini meatballs or small meatballs.
• Cannellini beans - one can - rinsed
• Chicken Broth or Chicken Stock 8 cups - two containers
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil (Affiliate Link)
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• Pinch red pepper flakes (optional)
• Optional - 3 Roasted garlic cloves

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Instructions

This recipe took about 45 minutes from start to finish.

Reveal

And, here is what the soup looked like after it was done and what it looks like in the bowl. What do you think? I hope you like it and that it inspires you to make it for yourself and your family. Check out the variation options below and the equipment I used to make this recipe. Happy cooking!

Variations

You can make a few variations with this Delicious and Easy Escarole and Meatball Soup Recipe.

• Spicy - add red pepper flakes a pitch to as much as you want, and add some heat to the olive oil (Affiliate Link) at the beginning.
• Vegetarian - remove the chicken broth (Affiliate Link) and the Italian meatballs (gluten-free) and replace them with vegetable broth and vegan meatballs or Beyond meatballs. However, it will change the flavor of the soup.
• Make homemade frozen little meatballs - you will need several large egg, beef, bread crumbs, check out my recipe, and you can make a butch of them and freeze them for future dinners.
• Extra flavor - you can change chicken broth (Affiliate Link) with beef or your homemade stock.
• Chicken meatballs or turkey meatballs - you can replace beef meatballs with chicken meatballs.
• Can't find escarole - you can replace it with dark leafy greens like spinach.
• Add small pasta - tiny pasta pieces, like gluten-free orzo (affiliate), Stelline Pasta (gluten-free) (Affiliate) And, add it when you add the escorale and cook for the length of the pasta box (Affiliate Link) instructions.

Equipment

My equipment is simple: a chef knife, a cutting board (Affiliate Link), a Dutch oven (Affiliate Link) for your stovetop.

Chef Knife - Sharp Kitchen Knife 8 Inch

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Cutting Board Extra Large Bamboo 18"x12"

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Dutch Oven Lodge 7.5 Quart Enameled Cast Iron with Lid

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Storage

Add the leftover soup recipe to an airtight container in the fridge, and it will last for 2-3 days. I don't recommend this recipe frozen. However, you can freeze the frozen meatballs and broth together, then add and heat it in a pot and finish with the escarole.

Related

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