Main dishes

Black Bean Minestrone Soup

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This tasty black bean minestrone soup delivers a lot of hearty ingredients in a single bowl, including ham, loads of veggies, and cheesy pasta.

time

prep:

5 min

total:

30 min

servings

total:

3 qt. or 12 servings, 1 cup each

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What You Need

cans (15 oz. each) black beans, drained, rinsed

cans (14-1/2 oz. each) fat-free reduced-sodium chicken broth

can (28 oz.) diced tomatoes, undrained

each: onion, zucchini and celery stalk, chopped

carrot, peeled, chopped

pkg. (6 oz.) OSCAR MAYER Baked Cooked Ham, chopped

1/2

tsp. ground red pepper (cayenne)

cup water

pkg. (7-1/4 oz.) KRAFT Macaroni & Cheese Dinner

cups fresh spinach leaves

Make It

COMBINE beans, broth, tomatoes, onions, zucchini, celery, carrots, ham and red pepper in Dutch oven or stockpot. Bring to boil on medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low; cover. Simmer 10 min. or until vegetables are crisp-tender.

ADD water and Macaroni; stir. Cook 7 to 8 min. or until Macaroni is tender.

STIR in Cheese Sauce Mix and spinach; cook 2 min. or until spinach is wilted, stirring occasionally. Serve immediately.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

How to Thin the Soup

Soup will thicken with standing. Add additional chicken broth or water to thin the soup, if desired.

Special Extra

Sprinkle each serving with 2 tsp. KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese. Serve with PREMIUM Saltine Crackers.

Substitute

Substitute chopped Swiss chard for the spinach.

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marketingmad

posted:9/16/2012

I followed the recipe and it was very good, but I would add more broth next time. By the time it's done, it comes out more stew like.

a cook

posted:2/5/2012

Excellent...I omitted the ham but added flavor by sauteeing the vegetables (including two cloves of garlic also) first in Kraft Tuscan house italian dressing. Didn't have cayenne so used from crushed red pepper and some black pepper. My husband said this didn't look like a soup he'd like but he really liked it.

sharpeipup

posted:2/4/2012

A wonderful vegetarian meal if you leave out the ham and use vegetable broth. Hearty and full of flavor!

elizh

posted:8/22/2010

This was a little spicy for my family. I will cut the red pepper down to 1/4 tsp. next time. I also think it could use some garlic. You could easily leave out the ham for a meatless version. I also think it would taste great with sausage. We will definitely be making this again.

hairby_carolyn

posted:1/11/2010

Excellent, but I did not put ham in it, and I use whole grain medium shells instead of the macaroni, to help cut down on calories and fat.

missy_3783

posted:3/12/2009

Awesome soup - even better the next day. A little on the spicy side though so I might tone down the cayenne pepper. I substituted whole grain mac & cheese and 1/2 a box of frozen spinach for the fresh. It still turned out great. It was also very delicious when you add a sprinkling of bacon crumbles on top!

mili9885

posted:11/21/2007