MY NANA’S ITALIAN PENICILLIN SOUP 🇮🇹🥣🤌

MY NANA’S ITALIAN PENICILLIN SOUP 🇮🇹🥣🤌 INGREDIENTS: -10 cups water (or 4 cups chicken stock/bone broth, 6 cups water) -4 tsp Chicken Bouillon (or only 1 tbsp if you’re using chicken broth) -5 large carrots, peeled -5 celery stalks -1 white onion -5 cloves garlic (or however many you want, really can’t go wrong) -optional: a couple sprigs of thyme & rosemary (we had leftover from thanksgiving so threw them in) -optional: 1 tsp Italian Bomba sauce from TJs (Calabrian chili paste) -pastina, cooked (I cook mine separately and pour broth over, but you could cook it in the soup if you want) -shredded cooked chicken (I used rotisserie chicken, no skin) -juice of 1 lemon (or half if you don’t like things as lemon-y, but this and the garlic really help if you’re sick) TOPPINGS: -fresh shaved parm -chopped parsley -fresh cracked black pepper -pesto HOW TO: -in a large stock pot, add water/broth, all the veggies (give them a rough chop, doesn’t need to be small cus we’re going to blend them), chili paste, herbs and bring to a boil -once boiling, cover and bring down to low heat until veggies (mostly carrots) are tender (about 20 mins) -while that’s going, cook your pastina to the directions on the box -using a slotted spoon, remove the carrots/onions/celery/garlic, and 1 tsp of chicken bouillon and put in a blender with 1-2 cups of broth and blend until smooth (make sure the celery “stringy” parts are fully blended!) if you still have stringy celery bits, use a mesh strainer when adding it back in! -remove the herbs from the pot and set aside, you won’t need those -once smooth, add it back into the large pot and combine -add in chicken, lemon juice -I’m a serving bowl, put a dollop of pesto, then a mound of pastina, then ladle the broth on top. -top with Fresh shaved parm, chopped parsley and black pepper and enjoy! NOTES: if your broth ever gets too salty, just add more water. Or if it’s not salty enough, add more Bouillon - taste as you go and adjust to your preferences!

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet