Vegetable Stew (Giambotta)

Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray

Show: 30 Minute MealsEpisode: Lean and Mean

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (81)

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Cook Time:
25 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 25 min
Total:: 40 min

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Ingredients

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil plus some to drizzle
1 bay leaf, fresh or dried
3 cloves garlic, 2 chopped, 1 whole cracked from skin
2 onions, sliced
2 large potatoes, peeled and chopped
1 eggplant, chopped
1 zucchini, chopped
1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
Salt and pepper
1 (28-ounce) can fire roasted diced tomatoes
1 cup stock, chicken or vegetable
1/2 cup torn or chopped basil (10 to 12 leaves)
4 (1-inch thick) slices whole-grain crusty bread
1/2 cup grated pecorino

Directions

Preheat broiler.

Heat a medium soup pot over medium heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil, bay, chopped garlic and onions and let them sweat out while you prepare the rest of the veggies. Work next to the stove and drop as you chop, in order of longest cooking time: potatoes, eggplant, zucchini, and bell pepper. Season with salt and pepper, cover and cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Uncover and add tomatoes and stock and cook 5 minutes more, to heat through. Turn heat off and stir in basil.

Char bread under broiler and rub with cracked garlic then drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil, top with cheese and pepper and return to the broiler for 30 seconds to brown cheese. Serve cheese whole-grain toast with bowls of vegetable stew.

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recipe Vegetable Stew (Giambotta)
Christa Plainfield, IL 10-30-2009
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Best Soup for Fall/Winter
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have been making this recipe for the past three Fall/Winters and my family and I love it! It is healthy, flavorful, and so... comforting.....I have shared this recipe with many who agree:)Read more
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Daniel Fredericksburg, VA 08-16-2009
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Great Flavor, Pick Ur Taste
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I'm a meat guy all the way, my wife seen this on tv and i didn't even give a chance as shown. Once I made it, I ate 3 bowls... full. After making a couple of times I learned older veggies tend to come up as mush, the fresher the better. Couldn't find the pecorino in my area but a premade garlic cream cheese spread works very well also. Read more
recipe Vegetable Stew (Giambotta)
Brandy Louisville, CO 04-29-2009
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Easy to make, slightly sweet, rather boring soup. Tasty bread.
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

We found this to be pretty boring. The major tastes were tomato and potato. And most of the vegetables had no crunch at... all. Although the rubbing of the garlic on the bread and melting cheese on top is delicious. There are a bunch of things that could be added but then it wouldn't be this recipe. Recommendation if you do want to make it as is: Start with the potatoes. Let them cook halfway then add everything else in stages. That way the rest of the veggies get cooked but still have their own flavors to blend. Read more
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Carolynn littleton, CO 03-10-2009
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Healthy and filling!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I love this recipe! To get it to cook in 30 minutes you have to cut the veggies pretty small, especially the potatoes. It... is so good and filling and I feel great eating it because of all the veggies!Read more
recipe Vegetable Stew (Giambotta)
NICOLE LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ 03-01-2009
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Awful!!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I made this right off the recipe, and having made many recipes of RR, I was very dissapointed! We had company that night and... we actually ended up throwing it away and getting pizza delivered! I also threw the recipe away!Read more
recipe Vegetable Stew (Giambotta)
James San Antonio, TX 01-25-2009
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Excellent for year round
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

We have made this recipe about 20 times in the last year. We first used it in Alaska but now in San Antonio where everything ... is fresh, now beyond excellent. Vegetarian friends rave, meat lovers rave. YumRead more