Minestrone Soup Recipe - Italian Vegetable and Pasta Soup

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Check out the recipe: www.allrecipes.com/Recipe/223044/Chef-Johns-Minestrone-Soup/

[@angelroost]

Just made this for my son who is a vegan. Skipped the meat and added a little smoked paprika. Chef, so happy you encourage folks to use what's on hand. These are peasant recipes. Said with honor and respect...

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[@z6886]

Sounds perfect. ♥️🥣 I never add the meat and this is one of the few things my son loves without meat.

[@MikeGuadango]

Just put the pancetta in. As long as he doesn't know it's still vegetarian. That's what I tell my kids

[@Trund27]

M C That’s pretty shady. Why would you lie to your kids?

[@aindoria]

@@MikeGuadango "Haha how dare people live by the moral choices they make? Allergies totally don't exist as long as you don't tell them either." Piece of shit.

[@jean-louisjrfrenette8949]

For those living like me in northern climates, Minestrone makes an incredible meal after a day outside enjoying the winter sports with friends or family. Cook this while everyone showers, changes, gets back into warm clothes; and you'll have a hearty, warm and so comforting meal with this recipe. Thanks, Chef John !

[@saf2127]

For years now I’ve kept coming back to this recipe. It’s just so comforting and delicious, loaded with lots of vegetables and beans and healthy stuff but also rich enough that it’s a full meal in and of itself. I know Chef John says to never make it the same way twice, but I don’t mess with perfection. My only tweak is to cook the pasta separately - I live by myself so leftovers are inevitable, and if you put all the pasta in up front it gets mushy as it sits in the fridge. So heat up only what you need and drop in the cooked pasta for just the last 30 seconds. 👍

[@holaCarolina]

I've been telling mysef that I'll cook this soup for the last 4 years. It only took a pandemia to give myself the time to cook it. Thank you Chef John.

[@jaseth1337]

By tomorrow night, this will be the 50th foodwishes dish I have cooked! Thanks for all the awesome food, not once have I been disappointed.

[@SnaDyl]

How'd it turn out?

[@dianalee3059]

Love me some Chef John!

[@krissi31]

That is so cool! ❤

[@thomasnoonan9050]

I’ve been coming back to this video for 12 years ! Chef John helped teach me how to cook. I showed my partner this video for the first time a few years ago and we love it watch it everytime. Thanks chef John you are a delight.

[@JohnnyRedzin]

I just made this with bacon instead of panchetta, spinach instead of swiss chard and chickpeas instead of beans AND IT WAS DELICIOUS AS HELL. Would highly recommend even if you don't have exactly the ingredients used in this video.

[@u2opia2]

He has chickpeas in his soup. You must mean the cranberry beans.

[@lakrids-pibe]

Many people don't know that chickpeas and garbanzo beans are the same thing.

[@patagualianmostly7437]

That's the whole point of Minestrone: You use what you have on hand. It's a very flexible recipe...as someone said above: It is basically a peasant soup. ("Said with honor and respect...") and quite rightly so: Too much food wastage in this consumer-driven society. I think Chef John said much the same: "Some lonely red pepper ....shrivelling in the bottom of the fridge? Get it in!"

[@jimbrown341]

You can also use something like Collard greens too. My local farmers market charges 99 cents a pound for Collard greens. Instead of bacon/panchetta you could use italian sausage (its actually better that way imo). You can get dried beans at Costco for really cheap. Soak them over night, drain the water (less gas), then pressure cook the beans separately, drain the cooking water from the pressure cooked beans to reduce gas out of the beans even more. Unless you want to fart all night, then don't do any of that. lol. You could follow the recipe here and just introduce the beans at the very end of the cooking since the beans are already cooked and ready to be eaten.

[@oksalbright]

Once I heard that Swiss chard, broccolini and other greens were slightly bitter, I have been scared to try them and end up wasting a pot of soup. Well probably start with spinach like you did and slowly add a little Swiss character in until I get to an amount that is just right without being to strong. Same thing with leeks when I heard they taste like licorice. 😐😐😁😁

[@notamulyavanga]

is it just me or does it sound like chef john is smiling when he says "and as always, ENJOY!!".. this is why i love chef john. he is soo happy to be teaching us to make good food!!

[@rohlaren1968]

This is very close to what my mother use to make. I remember having to go the local Italian deli next door and get the sausage & mozzarella they made. She would dice up the mozzarella and add a bit to the top of the finished soup, along with the Romano (she preferred it to Parmesan)...warm french bread from the Roma Bakery at the end of our block, and I was feasting! You are my very favorite chef on KZbin. Thanks for bringing home!

[@tesfuweldemikael2902]

Sounds delicious.

[@chasechiamulera7704]

Pecorino cheese is the GOAT, all day and tomorrow!

[@intuit5767]

Making this at work today for just over 100 people...so happy to finally have a cooler rainy day so we can have this again...with homemade garlic Parmesan croutons. Always a favorite!

[@dizlee86]

Its been a while since Ive watched one of your videos but they are just as easy and fun to follow. I’ve been a subscriber for prolly 10years and I remember learning so many recipes and cooking techniques from you. So thank you John and so happy you are still making these videos too! 🙏🏽😊

[@pundamilia1191]

I put this soup in my top 5 favorite Chef John recipes. I shared it with friends on FB and it was an immense hit.

[@RealLifeVlog]

I made this a few days ago now usually soup lasts a long time at my house however, this soup recipe was gone with in two days after making it. Everyone loved it Thanks Chef John for an amazing recipe I really learn allot from this channel. =D

[@tavishakhanna2299]

This was so good! I just made it, of course I didn't have everything but I added all sorts of veggies and it tasted amazing thank you!!! I've been craving something like this for days!

[@lillianmiano3265]

Chef John i have been cooking and enjoying my way through all your soap recipes just want to show my gratitude for all the soup content!

[@Kermittreefrog]

I made this over the weekend, but without meat. I also roasted tomatoes from my garden in my oven for a couple hours and used those I stead of canned tomatoes. Actually, most everything came from my garden. It was amazing. Thanks for the recipe.

[@lucascashel6045]

Such a great recipe.I grow speckled cranberry beans in my garden and love them. Like panzanella this soup is a classic example of use what you have to hand and it reduces waste. Brilliant! Thanks

[@TheTreeGal]

I always learn so much from you stream of consciousness style of teaching. Today it's in the minus teens here in Wisconsin, and this looks like what I need to make to warm body and soul. Thanks so much for this one!

[@davidogan]

Rewatched this and remade this soup recipe so many times already. Always good. Thanks Chef John.

[@frank234561]

Chef John's videos are timeless.

[@cepson]

No wrong way to make minestrone? Challenge accepted!

[@Imadurazno]

cepson One time I asked my little niece to make me a yummy food in her play kitchen. She ended up making a sandwich with real bread and filling it with crayons 😳 So yes there's always a wrong way.

[@irenedimeski7863]

I'mAPeach lol lol lol

[@supercargalaxy8233]

It's only wrong if you leave the wrapper on and use non Crayola earthy tones are a great mix with beef

[@peabody2974]

😀

[@meghnamehta7694]

I made this in a pressure cooker once with black eyed beans instead of garbanzo beans and it was terrible - pasta and veggies got overcooked, the beans didn't go with the rest of the soup and it was too watery. Had to throw the whole thing away

[@FifthKnowledge]

Great video, still enjoying your recipes even 11 years later!! The magic of the Internet. 🙂

[@JoDidntHearYou]

I LOVE minestrone!!! It's one of my favorite soups. Thank you so much for posting this video!

[@cookinitmax]

I've been in the biz biz for some time. I worked in Boston back in the day I've tried many Minestrone soup but this place was off the charts i was around 24 at the time I'm 55 now and it still makes my mouth water just thinking of it man I wish I'd wrote it down. I know every one has the best I think of it often on cold nights sitting buy a fire and some fresh grated parmesan on top with a splash of Hot sauce on top some bread for dipping I'm hungry for it now.

[@lambyiii]

that's awesome! it's my firm belief that everyone should have at least 10 recipes within their cooking arsenal by the time they graduate high school. cooking is a LIFE SKILL that everyone can have, especially children. i bet your family devoured the minestrone! keep up the good work.

[@glennhalila8279]

That really looks delicious. I've worked in many a Restaurant since 1976. I worked at an Italian Restaurant in Cincinnati in the mid 90's. The owner was from Calabria (the toe). He and his brother, (The Aracri Brothers) grew up learning how to cook at a very young age because their family had an Old Italian. These guys were naturals and like you said, each Minestrone soup had it's own original flavor in which no two were exactly alike. Usually he combined leftovers with fresh vegetables. It was always delicious, especially in the winter time. I actually talked a friend of mine who owns an Italian Restaurant in Newport KY to start making Cannoli and he did! They're the best! I'm trying to talk him into selling soup now! Maybe if I show him this video he'll find inspiration. Thanks for making this video. It's making me hungry. It's really cold in Cincinnati Ohio and Newport Kentucky right now!

[@jduckett1985]

I love your tutorial. Your passion for food really comes across in your voice. Bravo

[@ruthstewart6242]

Bravo is Italian for talented. Just so ya know.

[@gerardoarriaga8934]

Ok, now I'm starving! Looks great, and very nicely explained! Thanks!

[@Overactiveeyeball]

This is one of my all time favorite soups. Will have to try this one. Thanks for sharing!

[@nickm.5931]

This dish is absolutely improved if you add sausage (as are many Italian dishes including tomato, from my experience). I've made his recipe a couple times, and it does improve the overall flavor. I do ground sausage (Jimmy Dean), personally.

[@amybrock9840]

As usual you always have the best recipe for what I want to make . This looks amazing !

[@Kakiharaswife]

I love soup. Chef John makes me happy.

[@alicoskun1968]

Yummy! Making it this week for sure! Thanks guys. It'll keep my kids happy!

[@lindaparker6102]

Some deliciousness !! Love this hearty soup with dinner rolls, cornbread or grill cheese !! Yes !!

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

I like listening to you...you're enthusiastic and actually make me want to try the recipe's. Usually I just sit and watch just to see the end result, but this soup looks easy to make...and this is coming from someone that hates cooking!

[@damianolanzoni9583]

Lovely recipe. Here in Italy we have dozens of different ways to prepare minestrone: in my house for instance we don't use stock, only water. But to give flavour to the minestrone we simmer the vegetables in the water with a bone from a "prosciutto crudo" or a crust of Grana Padano or Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. Btw if you use the cheese crust it becames soft and you can eat it :)

[@amyrenae1019]

Damiano Lanzoni oh my goodness that's genius. Make the stock while making the soup. I'm gonna try that. Thanks for sharing.

[@martyleyeti]

He's skipping the basil. I've lived in southern France, where we have the Pesto Soup, quite similar. But I know our lovely Italian neighbourghs also put Basil everytime in the minestrone. Besides : I think it's weird to use meat in a vegetable soup. It's choking to see him start with that

[@daspense]

So simple, and so delicious sounding. cant wait to try it

[@ShadowPoet]

As always Chef, perfect! Just finished eating a bowl of this minestrone masterpiece... put a little sausage in it and used spinach instead of the chard... curled up by the fireplace with my kitty purring right next to me. Literally heaven in a bowl.

[@roziramirez3633]

I love this soup!!! I think this is the best!!! Thank you very much for this amazing recipe!!!

[@suechef9026]

Hi Chef John - I was trying to come up with a good, lucky New Years Eve soup (lucky with beans and greens) and this is it! My folks (Italians) made Minestrone from time to time but it's one of those meal-size dishes that I just haven't thought about in too long. My husband had several servings! The store shelves had no diatlini so I made sausage ravioli instead - yum! So many thanks, Chef, and Happy New Year!

[@Limerick502]

Heaven in a bowl. Thank you so much.

[@kaylardawes]

Just made this and it is AMAZINGGGG!!! :) Adding this to my favorite recipes list! Thank you!!

[@kylerobinson1805]

duuuude my mouth is watering it looks so good

[@nickm.5931]

I've made his recipe a couple times - it's in my top 10 things to make, personally (and I've cooked over 200 meal recipes). It is much better with sausage (ground), in my opinion, too. It's about as good as soup or pasta can get!

[@Myrdden71]

Have had it with spinach for the greens and it was very good. This video is making me hungry!

[@mcbutch83]

Whenever I search 😊 for a specific recipe, and run into one of your videos, I always know that I found the one I'm going to use.

[@mrigazio]

This was SO good! Thank you for the great video! I had hungry, impatient family asking when it would be done, so I raised the temp to cook it faster. It was even better the next day after the veggies absorbed all the flavors of the broth.

[@CANDYZANE69]

Oh so beautiful and easy to make. I cannot wait to make this. I love your videos! You make them straight to the point and your voice is nice and soothing.

[@agr8cutr]

I made this recipe and it was AMAZING! Thank you for the recipes and my husband thanks you for helping to teach me to cook some edible tasty dishes. 😁

[@jbrandl101]

This is one of my family soup staples. So good

[@kimberlywarren3140]

YUM!!! Thank you!! Love your recipes so much

[@Zenaitha]

This looks delicious, I love the addition of rainbow chard and pancetta. I usually make this with pasta, but I think I'll just use diced potato insteas this time. Thanks chef John!!!

[@CutePuppy520]

I tried this recipe twice, it was delicious, thanks for the recipe! ❤️

[@chocho12321]

OMG I've minestrone is a long lost soup that I've wanted to cook! Thanks for reminding me Chef John!

[@Euphemiya]

chef john you are the best chef on youtube so far! i love ur videos :3 both helpful and entertaining x)

[@faizalhafiz519]

Made this today , used elbow pasta instead of ditalini . Came out perfect . Thank you Chef 👩‍🍳.

[@bestbitesforever]

MInestrone soup is so wonderful on a cold day! Those beans you used were just beautiful! Great video!

[@darrencorbett9883]

Just made this, absolutely beautiful 👍👍

[@youngshinlee4351]

Still looking so delicious in 2020! I am gonna try make this :) thank you

[@ji94552]

My favorite soup! Thank you, Chef John!

[@KimchiAndBeansVideos]

Best minestrone recipe! Easy to follow too. Thanks Chef!

[@kernowprincess]

Looks fabulous...never made it in my life...gonna make it this week...it's cold out so need something warming and tasty..yummy....thank you 😊

[@amidointhisright]

I've been craving some Minestrone and now I've got to make it

[@earlbrown6247]

Thank you. You make cooking a pleasure.

[@bardiabehmard7248]

You have a nice voice to listen to. I was able to sleep very well after listening.

[@ingridcornejo4515]

Thank you for sharing! this is absolutely AMAZING!!!

[@qidddy2024]

LOOKS SO FREAKING GOOD.

[@jdavid50]

That looks really good. I make mine with Italian sausage and cannellini beans.

[@turuanu]

I remember the first time I had a minestrone in the U.S. I couldn't believe the amount of tomatoes in it. It was so sour, too. I've never seen a red minestrone, but you're right in saying it's made with everything we have in the fridge. Typically, minestrone contains legumes (more than one kind), root veggies, greens and grains. My mother would put one tomato, one potato, one onion, one carrot, one stalk of celery; typical stock stuff, and then she would add the grains, legumes and veggies she had.

[@vnsamartinez]

recently discovered your youtube channel. I absolutely LOVE your videos! Can't wait to try your recipes!

[@kakhtsrlen]

I’m eating it while writing my comment:)) Thank you for the best minestrone soup recipe!

[@mv-nv3ik]

Una receta espectacular. Busque una y me quedo con esta. Muchas gracias y buen provecho de sopa casera

[@olderloverxx]

I just love his voice!

[@Sophia-vb8ch]

You sound like my dad trying to tell me how to cook, love the recipient!

[@bodhiswish9392]

This looks SO good!

[@mattincinci]

so far this soup is looking really good and tastes good its simmering on the stove now...

[@sanshinron]

I've just made my first minestrone and it was delicious. I've also added a handful of sprouted lentils and chickpeas. 1 teaspoon of oyster sauce gave it a bit of umami. Also, after it finished cooking, I took small bowl and slightly mixed the minestrone with a blender. Texture was nice, I could still feel bits of veggies and the flavour got so much richer!

[@MrAnnl25]

Nice!

[@rohlaren1968]

it's also extremely flavorful with one cup of bay shrimp added (both fresh and frozen work).

[@pinkdragonflyx3]

I have been watching Chef John for over a year and I have never once made a single recipe...I just watch and cry as I eat my Ramen noodles....

[@bigpappanick1]

Chef john, you sir are a gift to food! thank you! haha

[@APrettyColor]

You and Dan Bell have like the same type of voice. It is a compliment because Dan Bell has a very clear and powerful voice that draws in the viewers! =))

[@virginiawhite4674]

I've made this many times ! Delish ! Instead of Swiss chard , I use fresh spinach.

[@user-yp8qu2yr7c]

its so delicious and also quick and easy thank you for the recipe

[@williamwarren5269]

I inspire myself many times with this video, when I make Minestrone soup.

[@lindaparker4950]

I love this soup! Thank you . Also love lentil soup.

[@Fjrrrrr]

that looks awsome i love it i wanna try it ASAP

[@OrangeTabbyCat]

Oh holy potato that looks GOOD! I will make a crockpot version of this tomorrow.

[@gingskie7224]

For me this is one of the best example or idea of cooking minestrone soup. We can always change the vegetables we use according to our taste or like. Maybe I suggest don't add pasta inside unless you cook only enough for one meal and no left over to be keep ♥️♥️♥️

[@jwaterstraw5029]

its a rainy day here in ny so im thinking of making this. looks so totally good

[@TheSidtv]

Starving looking at this

[@wreckanchor]

I made this yesterday and it turned out great. I used garbonzo beans, pinto beans, and black eyed peas in it. I used baby spinach instead of the chard. It really was good thanks for the video.

[@aquastarj]

Thanks Chef John! I made this for Christmas lunch and everyone loved it! Just one problem I ran into was I had to adjust the amount of water constantly. Some other changes I made were I used spinach, because Swiss chard wasn't in season. And I used red kidney beans instead of cranberry beans. Oh, and I added more pasta. About a cup instead of 2/3 of a cup. Thanks again! The recipes definitley a keeper!

[@sue-sageasmr2020]

Julia Li that's what I did too

[@punkrockwife8110]

Looked so good, had to try, and so delicious. I added some squash with the pasta at the end. Thank you for the yummy 😋 recipe. I will be back to try more!!! 🤗 👍😄👍

[@mattincinci]

making this tomorrow ...looks sooooooooooo good

[@edwardlubin322]

You are most best. The simplest way put.

[@NareshDhokia]

A lovely, colourful, yummy, tasty, delicious soup indeed. Sir thank you so much for the lovely recipe. Just great! With best wishes!!!

[@bloodandwinearered]

What a trip. I have been making this soup right down to the shape of pasta and Swiss chard. Exactly the same. I had no idea I could make Minestrone.

[@meronkeleme8660]

Chef John, you are awesome. 👌🏽

[@sunshine2049]

this is my favorite soup for sure. nice recipe, I make mine without pancetta, but with onions, olive oil, garlic, celery, carrots, swiss chard and spinach, white and red beans, salt , pepper, peas and string beans, and finish with Italian cheese and lots of crusty bread!!

[@kimberlywoodye9173]

IT WAS A VERY RAINY WEEKEND SO I MADE THE MINESTRONE SOUP. IT WAS AWESOME:) THANKS

[@andrewt248]

Just finished a batch of this. It's cooling in the walk-in freezer (AKA right outside the back door here in Michigan) right now!