Party Italian Wedding Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (48 ounce) can chicken broth
• 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 2 cups chopped carrots
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 cup dry breadcrumbs
• 1 egg
• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into chunks
• 3 ounces orzo pasta or 3 ounces pasta shells
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot over medium heat, mix together chicken broth, spinach, onions, carrots and celery and allow to simmer.
• 2 in a large bowl mix well together the ground beef, bread crumbs and egg.
• 3 make 1/2" diameter meatballs and carefully drop into soup.
• 4 put chunks of chicken into soup and allow the soup to simmer for 1 hour.
• 5 add pasta 30 minutes before serving stirring occasionally.
• 6 season with salt and pepper to taste.