Ingredients
Instructions
- Brown and drain your ground beef. Set it aside in a covered bowl until ready to use.
- Chop your onions, celery, and garlic finely.
- Slice your tomatoes discarding the end pieces.
- Lightly spray the bottom of a 5 quart (or larger) stewpot with cooking spray. Saute your onions, celery, and garlic until the celery is fork-tender.
- Add your chicken broth. If you prefer your soup with a thicker consistency, reduce the amount of chicken broth, or increase the amount of fire roasted tomatoes.
- Bring to a gentle boil, then add all other ingredients EXCEPT the ground beef. Continue to boil about 5 minutes.
- Reduce heat to simmer and add your browned ground beef. Omit the groud beef if you want a vegetarian soup.
- Cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes. Add salt, pepper, and more Italian Seasoning to suit your taste preferences.
- Serve with a variety of toppings on the side which your guests can add on their own. Shredded Italian cheeses, grated Parmesan Cheese, Chopped Spring Onions, and Seasoned Bread Crumbs work well.
- Your guests will think you were born in Sicily as they warm up their taste buds with a bowl of your soup.