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Brenda Thompson

Italian Sausage Tortellini Soup

5 from 2 votes
Filled with delicious and nutritious ingredients, this SIMPLE Rustic Italian Sausage Tortellini Soupis bursting with flavor and ready to serve in under 30 minutes!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Italian
Calories: 278
Ingredients Method Video Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound Italian ground turkey sausage
  • 1 cup yellow onion chopped
  • 6 cloves garlic minced
  • 4 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
  • 14.5 ounces canned diced tomatoes undrained
  • 9 ounces cheese tortellini refrigerated or frozen
  • 6 ounces fresh baby spinach
  • ⅓ teaspoon dried basil
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 dash red pepper flakes crushed
Optional Topping
  • ⅓ cup Parmesan cheese shredded

Method
 

  1. In a large saucepan, sauté turkey sausage and chopped onions. Cook and stir over medium heat until meat is no longer pink.
  2. Add minced garlic to sausage onion mixture and cook 1 minute longer.
  3. Add chicken broth, undrained, canned diced tomatoes, dried basil and crushed red pepper flakes to saucepan and increase heat to medium high. Bring mixture to a boil.
  4. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer soup for 10 minutes.
  5. Add tortellini and return soup to a boil. Cook for about 5 minutes (2-3 minutes longer if using frozen tortellini), stirring occasionally.
  6. Reduce the heat and stir in the fresh baby spinach. It may seem like it will not all fit but as it heats, it will reduce in volume.
  7. Cook 2-3 minutes longer or until spinach is wilted and tortellini are tender.
  8. To serve, top bowls of soup with shredded Parmesan cheese.

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Notes

Freeze option: Place individual portions of cooled soup in freezer containers and freeze. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little broth if necessary.