{"id":50374,"date":"2019-12-28T19:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T18:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ellerepublic.de\/minestrone-gemuesesuppe-mit-reis\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T23:09:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T21:09:30","slug":"minestrone-soup-with-rice-beans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ellerepublic.de\/en\/minestrone-soup-with-rice-beans\/","title":{"rendered":"Minestrone Soup with Rice and White Beans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

EIt\u2019s about time I added a traditional minestrone soup recipe to this blog. Minestrone is a hearty Italian vegetable soup made with a tomato-y broth and either pasta or rice. For this recipe I choose rice — natural short grain rice, which is my absolutely favourite kind of rice. And since minestrone was traditionally made to use up leftover vegetables, you can feel free to use any seasonal vegetables and fresh greens you have on hand. I used creamy white beans, some zucchini and spinach for this soup, and it was absolutely delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When time is of the essence or you haven’t planned ahead (or you don’t have a pressure cooker<\/a>) canned beans are the way to go. They cut down on the cooking time which makes this a reasonable choice for a weeknight dinner, but if you really want to cut even more corners, you could use whole wheat pasta instead of natural rice. Or even diced potatoes. Then you could have this on the table in 30 minutes, start to finish. The remaining ingredients are basic pantry items, including canned tomatoes, spices, carrots and onions.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Minestrone Soup is adaptable for any season<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You’ll see in the recipe though that I have listed some alternative choices of vegetables for you, including potatoes, squash, green beans and peas. And of course, depending on the season you can adapt this soup to incorporate the current seasons freshest vegetables, meaning you can enjoy it in the fall all the way through spring! Asparagus is terrific in this soup!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Here’s why this is the best minestrone soup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n