Italian Wedding Soup Recipe

This is the easiest and most delicious Italian Wedding Soup recipe you will ever try! My Instant Pot Italian Wedding Soup is easy to make and full of flavor from mouthwatering meatballs, spinach, and Parmesan. Complete with orzo pasta, this is one of the best soups from scratch!

📋 Recipe

It’s light, but hearty, made with my Instant Pot meatballs or air fryer meatballs, or any of your favorite meatball recipes. You could say that it’s the perfect marriage of flavors!

Italian Wedding Soup Recipe Ingredients

mini meatballs olive oilsmall onion or half a large onion, dicedParmesan cheeseeggsgarlic minced, or garlic pastechopped spinach frozen and thawedchicken broth containersorzo pastasalt and pepper to taste

How to Make Italian Wedding Soup in the Instant Pot

How to Make Italian Wedding Soup on the Stove

Recipe Tips

Small meatballs work best for Italian Wedding Soup recipes. Make your meatballs small or, if you have larger leftover meatballs, you may want to break them up!Brown your meatballs first. Some recipes cook the meatballs right in the soup, but they will have so much more flavor if you cook and sear them ahead of time.You can use frozen meatballs. We like to make ours from scratch, but you can use any meatballs for this recipe, including frozen. Just try to buy small meatballs if you do!Use a small pasta, like orzo. We use orzo pasta in our Instant Pot soup and recommend it. Another favorite choice is Acini di Pepe, also called Peppercorn pasta.

Wedding Soup Recipe Substitutions

Want to mix things up? You can use other greens to make this delicious dish. We love spinach, but other great choices are kale or escarole.

How to Make Gluten-Free Italian Wedding Soup

You can easily make this Instant Pot soup recipe gluten-free! Use gluten-free orzo, and when preparing your meatballs, make sure to either use gluten-free bread crumbs or remove them completely.

Keto Italian Wedding Soup

To make this a low-carb soup recipe, omit the pasta and use more spinach instead.

What goes with Italian Wedding Soup?

Serve up this soup with a side of homemade Instant Pot French Bread. Crusty bread is perfect for dipping in the soup and sopping up that delicious broth. We also love serving this dish with a salad or simple roasted vegetables!