This hearty soup is flavorful and nutritious covering all of the food groups in one bowl! It’s made with cheese tortellini, ground Italian sausage and vegetables in a chicken broth. It’s delicious and easy-to-make!
I love making my own soup! It’s so much better homemade than from a can. It’s not as hard as you may think either. If you like my Creamy Sausage Gnocchi Soup you’re likely going to love this recipe.
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This delicious Italian soup is made with cheese tortellini, ground Italian sausage, spinach, tomatoes, carrots and onions in chicken broth. It’s a meal in one! Your family will love it.
This soup puts together some great flavors. The combination is so good- cheese tortellini with sausage, tomato in chicken broth and sausage with chicken broth.
All the flavors meld together to make a delicious hearty soup that you can serve for dinner. I’m no stranger to making homemade soup either so, trust me on this.
This recipe makes 8 servings!
Spinach and Tortellini Soup with Sausage
*The full, printable recipe with instructions is at the bottom of this post.
Ingredients
- 10 oz tortellini
- 5 oz fresh spinach leaves
- 1/2 cup chopped onions
- 2/3 cup chopped carrots
- 5 minced garlic cloves
- 2 tbsp EVOO
- 64 oz chicken broth
- 16 oz ground Italian sausage
- 14.5 oz canned diced tomatoes with basil and oregano
- 1/2 tsp dried basil
After you saute onions, garlic, carrots in olive oil, you add the ground Italian sausage and break it up into pieces. I use a meat masher (which is great for ground beef too). Let the meat brown a bit.
Then, add the canned tomatoes with juice and chicken broth and cook for about 15 minutes. Next, add the frozen tortellini and fresh spinach and cook a few minutes longer.
It’s so easy!
Hot, flavorful soup is comforting to eat in the fall and winter when temps dip and you need a good warm up.
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Spinach and Tortellini Soup with Sausage
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup chopped onions
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 2/3 cup chopped carrots
- 1/2 tsp dried basil
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 16 oz ground Italian sausage
- 14.5 oz canned diced tomatoes, with juice (with basil and oregano)
- 64 oz chicken broth
- 10 oz frozen cheese tortellini
- 5 oz fresh spinach leaves
Instructions
- First, in a large pot, on med/high heat add onions, garlic, carrots, basil and olive oil. Cook for 3 minutes stirring occasionally.
- Next, add ground sausage. Break apart into small pieces. Stir and brown the sausage for 5 minutes.
- Then, add the chicken broth and tomatoes with juice. Cover and cook for 15 minutes.
- Next, add frozen tortellini and fresh spinach. Cook 5 more minutes.
Notes
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Hi Laura. Kale is a nice substitutute or this recipe. Thanks for the 5-star rating and I’m glad you liked it.
Love this! I use kale instead of spinach only because that’s what I had. On my third time today. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for your comment and the 5-star rating!
Great recipe fora warm comforting soup
Yes, this soup can be frozen.
Can this tortellini soup be frozen?
Hi Donna. That’s great to hear. I’m glad everyone liked it. Thanks for the 5-star rating!
I got rave reviews when I served this soup last night. It was a Progressive Dinner and we were the 3rd house in. The crowd wasn’t even hungry and yet they all told each other to get the soup because it was that good!
Hi Heidi. Cook the sausage, garlic and onions on the stove until the meat is browned, breaking it up with a spoon. Discard excess fat. Transfer the skillet contents to your Crockpot, and add in the olive oil, carrots, dried basil, tomatoes, and broth. Cook 3-4 hours on high or 7-8 hours on low but, add the frozen tortellini the last 45 minutes of cooking and the spinach you can add right before serving as it wilts quickly. I hope this helps.
How would you recommend doing this is a crock pot?
Thanks!
Hi Ginny. That sounds great. I have hot Italian sausage in my freezer. Thanks for the 5-star rating.
OMG!! Delicious! The hot Italian sausage makes the wonderfully spicy ɓroth. It’s a must try for eveŕyone!