Soups, Stews and Chili Recipe ✓ Meatball Orzo Soup

This soup is a variation of the wonderful Greek avgolemono soup. Using ready-made meatballs makes it a quick and easy supper dish, but it doesn't shortcut the hearty soup's delicious flavor.

Ingredients

• 4 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth
• 2 (14 ounce) packages frozen cooked meatballs, thawed
• 1 small zucchini, shredded
• ¾ cup orzo pasta
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• 2 eggs

Cooking Directions

1. Pour chicken broth into a large pot and mix in meatballs, zucchini and orzo. Season with pepper and parsley. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer uncovered 30 minutes.
2. In a bowl, beat together lemon juice and eggs. Mix 1/4 cup hot soup into bowl, then stir entire mixture into the pot. Serve soup hot.

Nutrition Facts

• calories432.4
• carbohydrateContent30.9 g
• cholesterolContent178.6 mg
• fatContent19.9 g
• fiberContent2 g
• proteinContent29.6 g
• saturatedFatContent6.7 g
• sodiumContent1441 mg
• sugarContent2.4 g