★ Why You'll Love this Recipe ★
This yummy recipe for tortellini soup with Italian sausage is a family favorite! This soup makes for a quick and delicious dinner any night of the week. Your family is going to love it too!
This soup is easy to make in a crockpot or on the stove top.
Choose your method. Put everything except the tortellini in the crockpot on low and cook it with a timer then add tortellini right before serving, or you can throw everything together when you get home and serve right away.
Big on flavor.
This is not a creamy broth but you won't miss the cream and you'll save yourself a boatload of calories.
Spinach and carrots add flavor and vitamins making this one of the more hearty and healthy soups you can make in a slow cooker. The chicken-based broth is light yet full of flavor.
Everyone loves this soup!
It's just so full of flavor, hearty and so colorful! Everyone always raves about this soup whenever it's made. It's great for making to feed a crowd or to share with neighbors, friends or family.
★ Ingredients You’ll Need ★
You only need 9 basic ingredients.
- Tortellini. If using fresh, add it just a few minutes before serving so it does not become soggy. Dried tortellini will need longer to soften. Choose your favorite filling.
- Spinach. Fresh leaves work great. If using frozen, thaw and squeeze away excess water before adding to your soup.
- Sausage. You want Italian sausage.
- Celery. Chopped.
- Carrots. Frozen or fresh.
- Onion. White or yellow work.
- Garlic. I like to use minced or paste to save time.
- Bay leaves. Remove before serving.
- Chicken broth. I use chicken bullion powder + water as it stores well and is cheaper than cartons.
Use fresh or frozen tortellini.
Either one works. Frozen may take a couple minutes longer to cook if you put it in the soup frozen, but you absolutely can do that. The trick is finding a good brand of tortellini to suit your taste buds. Luckily, there are all sorts of choices — dry, frozen or fresh. Or heck, make your own tortellini if you have those kind of skills! You don't have to be Italian but I'm sure it helps. 😉
I like to keep it easy.
As are most of my recipes, this soup is so so so easy! So you might guess that I opt for the dry tortellini to keep it easy and to save freezer space.
Another trick is the sausage. You can choose Italian sausage or you can try other breakfast sausages. I really enjoy the sausage with thyme added, gives it a nice twist if you make this a lot and want to mix it up.
As far as veggies go, feel free to add kale in with the spinach if you are like me and usually have a giant bag of it and don't know what to do with it all!
★ How to Make this Recipe ★
This soup is easy to prepare in one pot — on either the stovetop in a dutch oven or use your crockpot if you have more time to let things slow cook.
Here's a look at the steps:
- Brown the sausage, soften the veggies in your dutch oven or crockpot.
- Add bay leaves, broth, spinach and tortellini.
- Heat until softened.
- Season to taste.
- Serve hot.
Simple as that. Choose your preferred method — crockpot if you have more time to let things slowly cook or stovetop if you're short on time or want to eat sooner.
★ Tips & FAQs ★
Cook this on the stove or in your crockpot.
If using your slow cooker, brown your sausage and sauté the veggies first by setting your crockpot to high. Stir as needed. Since this is a slow cooker, it'll take awhile — give it a solid 2 hours and check on it since crockpots vary in temperature at the high setting.
Once meat is browned and veggies are softened. Add everything else to your crockpot minus the tortellini and spinach. Cook on low for another hour and a half on high. 30 minutes before serving, stir in the tortellini and spinach.
How can I prevent soggy tortellini?
This is simple yet tricky. You don't want to let it sit in the broth too long or tortellini becomes soggy. However, all tortellini cooks at a different rate and varies depending on what method of cooking you're using. So, best to just wait to add it about 15-30 minutes before serving. And build in a little extra time in case it needs a few more minutes to soften.
Fresh tortellini will need less time to soften than if you're starting with dried.
Soup in a mug is the coziest!
I just love my soups in a big warm mug on a cold day. Add in a soft blanket, some Netflix, the hubs and the kiddos and you have figured out my favorite way to spend an evening.
★ More Recipes You'll Love ★
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Crockpot Tortellini Soup with Italian Sausage
Ingredients
- 1 package Italian sausage
- 1 cup sliced carrots
- 3 stalks celery chopped
- ½ white onion chopped
- 2 tablespoon minced garlic
- 6 cups chicken stock
- 2 bay leaves
- 16 oz cheese tortellini
- 1 cup fresh spinach leaves
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Instructions
- In a dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat, sauté sausage with carrots, celery and onion for about 12 minutes, stirring frequently and breaking up sausage into small chunks. Add garlic and cook for an additional minute.*If finishing in a slow cooker, transfer everything to your crockpot when done.
- Add chicken stock and bay leaves and bring to a boil then reduce heat to medium-low.
- Add fresh tortellini and fresh spinach. Cook on medium low for 3 minutes then serve.*If using dry tortellini, add that first and cook for 10 minutes, adding the fresh spinach the last 3 minutes of cooking.
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