Ground Turkey Soup with Vegetables and Pasta
This ground turkey soup recipe is simple to make, inexpensive, and very nourishing. It's a brothy, light yet filling soup that's loaded with pasta, vegetables, and beans!
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 sticks celery chopped finely
- 1/2 medium onion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1 (14 ounce) can white beans (cannellini) drained
- 2 medium carrots peeled & sliced
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup water
- 1.5 cups uncooked fusilli or rotini pasta
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice or more, to taste
- 2 cups (packed) fresh baby spinach
- Salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add the oil, celery, and onion to a soup pot over medium-high heat, and sauté for 4-5 minutes (ok if the onion starts to brown a little).
- Stir in the garlic and Italian seasoning and cook for 30 seconds.
- Add in the ground turkey and cook until it's mostly turned white, breaking it up with your spoon as it cooks (about 4-5 minutes).
- Add in the beans, carrots, broth, and water. Increase the heat to high and bring it to a boil. Cover the pot with the lid slightly ajar and reduce the heat & simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add in the pasta, cover the pot again (lid slightly open), and cook for another 10 minutes. I stir it a couple of times just to ensure the pasta isn't sticking to the bottom.
- Add in the lemon juice (add more if you like it really lemony) and spinach. Cook it for a couple more minutes until the spinach wilts. Season with salt & pepper as needed. This soup soaks up the broth pretty fast, so feel free to add more chicken broth/water as needed (especially when reheating leftovers).
Notes
- Serves 4-6 depending on how much people eat.
- You can use 5 cups chicken broth (vs. 4 cups broth and 1 cup water) if you want. I just do this because the 32 oz/4 cup cartons of broth are handy, and that way you don't need to open a second one if you don't want to.
Nutrition
Calories: 281kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 660mg | Potassium: 832mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 4418IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 100mg | Iron: 4mg
