Eggplant Supper Soup with Avocado
This eggplant soup is one of my very favorite go-to comfort food meals.
Although this soup is hearty with ground beef, vegetables and pasta, it still tastes light.
This supper soup is my favorite homemade soup, and it tastes so good.
It’s topped with fresh sliced avocado, fresh parsley and grated Parmesan cheese.
And unless you witnessed the eggplant being added to this soup, you would never know it’s in there because it turns translucent and somewhat invisible.
About this Soup
This recipe for eggplant soup is one of my favorite go-to dinners and to me it tastes just like comfort food.
And the good news is that leftovers can be frozen (minus the avocado and corn on the cob).
I purposely make extra so I can keep it in the freezer when I don’t have time to cook or just want to put my fuzzy slippers on and have a nice warm bowl of homemade soup for dinner.
It’s also the perfect soup to give as a gift to a friend or relative when they’re sick or even just because.
Recently my friend had a horrible cold, so I made her a big pot of this soup.
After cooking the soup, I put it in one of those big blue speckled soup pots with a lid and delivered it to her front door as a surprise.
Then just before driving away I texted her and told her to check for a surprise outside her door.
She loved it and it seemed like every night for a week she texted me a picture of the bowl of this homemade soup she was having for dinner.
We joke that it has healing powers because she started to feel better after eating it.
Pasta Added 25 Minutes Before Serving
The last ingredient that’s added to this soup is salad macaroni (diti pasta).
It’s added to the soup about 25 minutes before serving so that it is cooked al-dente (firm).
Otherwise, the pasta will continue to cook and turn soft if it’s left in the pot to simmer further.
Let’s check out the ingredients.
Eggplant, onion, garlic, celery, carrots, ground beef, canned diced tomatoes, beef broth, parsley, salad macaroni, water, olive oil, butter, salt, pepper, corn on the cob, avocado, and grated Parmesan cheese
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE
A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.
To start, chop the ingredients.
The onions…
…garlic…
…celery and carrots.
Set aside.
Heat a medium size skillet on medium heat and add the ground beef.
Stir and add…
…pepper.
Continue to stir and break up the pieces of the ground beef so they’re all about the same size.
Let cook until…
…the ground beef is cooked through.
Transfer the ground beef to a paper towel-lined plate and set aside for a moment.
Heat a large-size soup pot on medium heat and add olive oil…
…and butter.
When the butter melts, add the onion and…
…garlic.
Continuously stir so that the garlic doesn’t brown.
Let cook (while stirring) until the onions start to turn translucent (about 4 or 5 minutes).
Then,
…add the cooked ground beef to the pot.
Stir together.
Next, add the carrots and celery.
Stir together and let cook for 5 minutes.
Add the beef broth and stir.
Pour the canned tomatoes in a medium size bowl, and with clean hands smash them with your fingers.
Then add the tomatoes to the pot.
Stir…
…and add water.
Let the soup cook until it starts to bubble, then turn the heat to low.
While the soup is simmering, chop the eggplant (with the skin on).
Add the eggplant to the pot and…
…stir.
Next,
…add parsley…
…salt and…
…pepper.
Stir together.
Let the soup simmer for at least 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
When to add the macaroni – About 25 minutes before serving, add the salad macaroni.
TIP – The macaroni pasta tastes best when it’s cooked al-denti (firm) so don’t add the macaroni until 25 minutes before serving this soup.
Otherwise, the pasta will continue to cook and turn soft if its left in the pot to simmer further.
Cut each corn on the cob into quarters.
When to add the corn on the cob – About 20 minutes before serving, add the corn on the cob to the soup.
Stir occasionally.
Just before serving,
do a taste test and add more salt if needed.
For my taste buds, I’ll generally add more salt at this stage.
If serving right from the pot, garnish with parsley.
Slice a whole avocado in half, remove the pit (squeeze the half piece with the pit slightly and the pit should come loose).
Scoop each half of the avocado out of the skin and cut it into slices that are about 1/2 inch thick.
Serve the soup warm.
Top with slices of avocado and add one to two pieces of corn on the cob depending on the size of serving bowls used.
Garnish with parsley and…
…grated Parmesan cheese.
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Eggplant Supper Soup with Avocado
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 large onion peeled and chopped
- 4 cloves garlic peeled and chopped
- 1-1/2 pounds lean ground beef
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper for the ground beef
- 1 cup chopped celery*
- 1 cup chopped carrots*
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes
- 2 cartons (32 ounces each) beef broth
- 4 cups water
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt or to taste
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper for the soup
- 1 medium size eggplant stem removed and chopped (skin on)
- 1 cup uncooked salad macaroni (ditalini pasta)*
- 1/2 cup chopped curly leaf parsley including the stems (for the soup)
- 4 ears corn shucked and cut into quarters
- 4 ripe Hass avocados pits removed and meat cut into slices about ½ inch thick
- 3 tablespoons chopped curly leaf parsley for garnish
- 4 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese for garnish
*More can be used to stretch the servings; just add an extra cup of broth
Instructions
- Heat a medium skillet on medium heat and add the ground beef. Stir and add pepper.
- Continue to stir and break up the pieces of the ground beef so they're all about the same size. Let cook until the ground beef is cooked through.
- Transfer the ground beef to a paper towel-lined plate and set aside for a moment.
- Heat a large-size soup pot on medium heat and add olive oil and butter.
- When the butter melts, add the onion and garlic. Continuously stir so that the garlic doesn't brown. Let cook (while stirring) until the onions start to turn translucent (about 4 or 5 minutes).
- Add the cooked ground beef to the pot. Stir together.
- In the soup pot, add the carrots and celery. Stir together and let cook for 5 minutes. Add the beef broth to the pot.
- In a medium size bowl, add the canned tomatoes and with clean hands, smash them with your fingers. Then add them to the pot. Stir together. Add the water to the pot and stir.
- Let the soup cook until it starts to bubble, then turn the heat to low. Add the eggplant and stir. Add parsley, salt and pepper. Stir together.
- Let the soup simmer until the eggplant turns translucent (about 40 minutes) before adding the pasta and corn. Stir occasionally.
- When to add the pasta - About 25 minutes before serving, add the salad macaroni and stir together. The macaroni pasta tastes best when it's cooked al-denti (firm) so when making this soup, don't add the macaroni until 25 minutes before serving it. Otherwise, the pasta will continue to cook and turn soft if its left in the pot to simmer further.
- When to add the corn on the cob - About 20 minutes before serving, add the corn on the cob to the pot. Stir occasionally.
- Do a taste test and add more salt if needed.
- Serve the soup while warm in serving bowls. Top with slices of avocado, and 1 to 2 pieces of corn on the cob (depending on the size of the serving bowls).
- Garnish with parsley and grated Parmesan cheese.
Notes
TIPS:
- Regarding the Timing of Serving this Soup - The macaroni pasta in this soup which is added at the end tastes best when it's cooked al-dente (firm).
- When making this soup, don't add the macaroni in the soup until 25 minutes before serving it. Otherwise, the pasta will continue to cook and turn soft if it's left in the pot to simmer further.
Another Eggplant Supper Soup Recipe
Here’s another Eggplant Supper Soup recipe without the toppings.
Serving Suggestions
Serve this soup with “garlic bread“, a salad or all by its delicious self.
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