Italian Wild Rice Soup
Warm up on cold winter day with this delicious Italian-style soup.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 4-6 1x
- Category: Lunch
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
- 5 cloves garlic, pressed through garlic press or chopped
- 1 medium-sized Spanish onion, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 1–28oz can chopped tomatoes
- 1 15.8 oz. can of black eyed peas, rinsed and drained (or 1/2 cup dry and then cooked)
- 1/2 cup wild rice
- 8 cups chicken broth (or vegetable broth)
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Olive oil for cooking
- 2 cups baby spinach and baby kale mix chopped (add at the end)
Instructions
- In a soup pot, preheat a little olive oil, and add onions, garlic and bell pepper. Cook for 5-7 minutes, until veggies are soft.
- Add Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper, and heat for 1 minute.
- Add tomatoes and broth, and bring to a boil.
- Once soup starts to boil, add wild rice, stir, and reduce the heat to a simmer. Cook for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add black eyed peas and simmer until wild rice is cooked through.
- Once the wild rice has cooked, add chopped spinach and kale, and cook for 2 more minutes.
- Remove from heat and serve.