Minestrone 

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Serve with a crusty roll and this soup is a meal on it's own.

Ingredients:

90 g Sunlong Long Grain Rice

6 cup water

2 garlic cloves, crushed

2 medium onions, sliced

1 carrot, sliced

1 zucchini, sliced

1 1/2 cup celery

200 g potatoes, diced

410 g can tomatoes, chopped

1 tsp dried thyme

2 chicken stock cubes

300 g can cannellini or butter beans, drained and rinsed

1 cup peas

1 Tbsp fresh parsley, chopped

Directions:

Heat a little of the water and cook garlic, onion, carrot, zucchini and celery until onion is transparent.

Add remaining water, potatoes, tomatoes, thyme and stock cubes and simmer for 15 minutes.

Add Sunlong Long Grain Rice and cannellini beans and simmer for 15 minutes or until rice is tender.

Add peas and simmer until cooked. Stir in parsley. Soup will thicken on standing; add extra water if necessary.

Variations:

Serve with bread, if desired. Serving suggestion not included in nutritional information.

Author:

Sunrice Australia

Member Comments: (1)

By: natalie13 - 2010-07-15
I was a bit reserved and didn''t know how this recipe would go with the rice but it was absolutely beautiful, even nicer than the chunky minestrone recipe. It seemed to have more flavour.