Stellini soup is delicious and hearty. It is a healthy, feel-good Winter recipe packed with stelline pasta, vegetables and nutrients. It’s the comfort food that we like to make when we curl up on the couch on a cold day.

What is stellini soup?

Stellini soup is made with stelline pasta. Stelline means “little stars” in Italian, and the pasta not only adds a lovely visual effect but makes the soup hearty and filling. The soup incorporates lots of vegetables, such as carrots, celery, onion and so on which pack the soup full of flavor. We also add chicken thighs to this recipe for some added protein.

Stelline

While Stelline pasta is gorgeous to add to the soup and is so comforting, it’s important not to add too much to your soup. The stelline will absorb a lot of the liquid of your soup if you’re not careful - they look small but will expand once they cook in the soup.

We recommend around a cup of stelline to your soup. Also, if you’re not planning on eating all the soup in one sitting, add a small amount of pasta to each serving as you heat your soup before serving. The stelline only need around 5-7 min to cook through so you can add just the right amount before serving.

Stock

In this recipe, we’re using our homemade chicken stock. However, the store-bought stock is completely fine, just add hot water to your stock cubes as directed on the packet. We love making and using our own stock as we find that it’s packed with flavor and we also know exactly what’s in it in terms of salt content, veggies etc. You can use either chicken stock or vegetable stock. Since we’re adding chicken thighs to our soup, we opted for chicken stock.

Vegetables & Chicken

We’re adding a variety of vegetables, such as carrots, onion, potato and celery. This gives the soup a lot of flavor. We also like to keep the seasoning relatively simple with rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper.

In this recipe, we’re using chicken thighs. We tend to prefer chicken thighs to breasts as they are so tender in soup. We de-bone the chicken before adding it to the soup, and you can also cut the chicken into pieces before adding it. However, if you leave the thighs whole with the bones, this is also fine - just remove the chicken with a slotted spoon once it’s finished cooking, remove the bones and shred it. Then it can immediately be placed back into the soup.

What can I serve with stellini soup?

Our version of stellini soup already has a lot of carbs in it as we add the stellini pasta and veggies, such as potato, but honestly, we can’t resist serving this soup with some bread on the side, such as a baguette.

How long can I store stellini pasta in the fridge?

You can store stellini pasta in an airtight container for 3-5 days in the fridge.