One Pot Creamy Meatball Soup
Easy, delicious, and under 40 minutes - this one pot creamy meatball soup recipe is a low carb, hearty, and warming family favorite dinner! Creamy meatball soup that is great for dinner parties, a winter dinner, or meal prep for busy weekday lunches that is paleo and keto diet compatible.
Servings: 6
Equipment
Ingredients
For the Meatballs
- 1 lb ground pork
- 1 lb ground Italian sausage mild or spicy
- ½ cup onion minced
- 1 tbsp garlic minced
- 1 egg
For the Soup
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion diced
- ¼ cup garlic diced
- 8 oz cremini mushrooms sliced
- 1 tsp sea salt
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 2 carrots peeled, sliced into thin rounds
- 3 stalks stalks celery sliced into thin half-rounds
- 12 oz beef stock
- 1 tbsp Italian herb seasoning blend
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
For the meatballs:
- For meatballs combine the ground pork, italian sausage, onion, garlic, and egg in a large bowl and mix well.
- Roll into 2" (golfball sized) balls.
- Let chill 1 hour in refrigerator to set.
For the soup:
- Add olive oil to pan or dutch oven, and heat on medium high until shimmery.
- Add meatballs and brown on all sides, about 3-5 minutes per side (1-2 minutes if cooking pre-cooked/frozen meatballs).
- When meatballs are lightly browned on all sides, remove from pan and set aside.
- Add onions, garlic, carrots, mushrooms, and celery to pot or dutch oven.
- Brown vegetables until soft, another 5-8 minutes.
- Add stock, herbs, and meatballs to pot and increase heat to high.
- Let stock reduce down by half.
- Turn heat off and slowly add in cream, whisking as it is added.
- Whisk vigorously to incorporate into soup.
- Return heat to medium and whisk in parmesan cheese.
- Let come to a rolling boil and thicken, another 2-4 minutes.
- When soup is thickened, serve.
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Notes
You can use frozen premade meatballs if you prefer.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 882kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 76g | Saturated Fat: 36g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 28g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 243mg | Sodium: 1453mg | Potassium: 991mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 4844IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 275mg | Iron: 2mg
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