Italian Sausage & Tortellini Soup
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Italian Sausage and Tortellini Soup has unbeatable flavor packed into a delicious, hearty soup. This big-batch recipe is perfect for groups!
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Italian Sausage & Tortellini Soup
Italian Sausage and Tortellini Soup has unbeatable flavor packed into a delicious, hearty soup. This big-batch recipe is perfect for groups!
Ingredients
- 16 oz. mild Italian sausage, crumbled and browned
- 1 tsp. Italian Seasoning
- 1/2 tsp. dried basil
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper (or more to taste)
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 small jalapeno pepper, minced (or add to the soup whole and you can pull it out later)
- 1 cup diced carrots
- 1 celery rib, sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 (14 oz. non-marinated) cans quartered artichoke hearts (liquid and all)
- 1 (14 oz.) can diced tomatoes (liquid and all)
- 1 (28 oz) can tomato sauce
- 2 cans French Onion Soup
- 4 cups vegetable or chicken broth (I used 1 box)
- 1 cup frozen corn
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 package frozen cheese tortellini (I used Trader Joe’s tortellini)
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Instructions
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- In a large stock pot over medium high heat, brown Italian sausage until cooked through. Add seasonings to the sausage. Set aside.
- Over medium high heat, saute onion, carrots, celery, and garlic until soft, about 5 minutes. Season lightly with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Add cooked sausage, artichoke hearts, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, French Onion Soup, broth, corn, and bay leaves to the pot and stir to combine. Bring to a boil and turn down to a simmer. Simmer for about 20 minutes.
- Add tortellini and cook according to package directions just a few minutes before serving.
- Remove bay leaves and serve with Parmesan cheese on top.
Freezer For Later: Stop cooking the soup before adding tortellini. Completely cool the soup and place in a freezer bag or container. Squeeze out all air, seal tightly, and freeze. Place bag of frozen tortellini next to frozen soup to keep the meal together.
Prepare From Frozen: Thaw soup in the fridge for 24 hours but do not thaw the tortellini. In a stock pot, bring soup to a simmer on the stove over medium-high heat. Add tortellini and cook until done according to package directions. Serve as directed.
Notes/Tips
Gluten-Free Version: Replace the French Onion soup with 1 quart chicken broth and 1 teaspoon onion powder. Replace the cheese tortellini with gluten-free tortellini or pasta.
Dairy-Free Version: Replace the cheese tortellini with your favorite pasta. Cook according to package directions.
I have been making this soup for years and is a favorite. I have Gluten Free eaters so I sub GF noodles instead of tortellini. I have always used Progresso French onion soup but can’t find it anymore. Campbell’s is not GF. Any suggestions of how to make this without the canned French onion soup?
★★★★★
Hi Joni. Thanks for the review! I actually have been making this soup for years without the canned French onion soup. I replace those with 4 cups (1 quart) chicken broth and 1 teaspoon onion powder. I put that in the Cooking Notes of the recipe.
The best soup that I have ever had!!!
★★★★★
Yay! So glad to hear this Dianne. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.
Absolutely delicious! Easy to make and freeze for later and tasted just as delicious out of the freezer!
★★★★★
Great news Kara! We love to hear from people after they’ve made it from frozen. We have high standards, but it’s always good to have confirmation from others. Thank you!
Delicious, however to cut down on sodium, I used a dry pkg of onion soup and 4 cups of V8 lower sodium juice. I also used mini ravioli since I had that. Chopped the artichoke as well.
Thanks for the feedback and ideas!
Hi! For this recipe I bought two cans of Campbell’s French Onion Condensed Soup. Each can is 10.5 oz each.
Should I mix each condensed French Onion Soup can with two cups of water to get the four cups liquid you said would be a substitute for it (you said sub would be 4 cups chicken broth with 1 diced onion)?
I have your cookbook in kindle format and was shocked to find out just now the recipe by the same name wasn’t the same as on this website. Makes me nervous because if I had known I would have followed the cookbook but it’s too late now, I bought ingredients according to this site’s recipe since I didn’t know how to print out of a kindle page but could out of your website and I thought the two recipes were exactly the same.
My freezer cooking party is tomorrow – my first, and inspired by your book – but a timely answer would be appreciated, thanks!
Hi LK. I’m so very sorry that I didn’t see your question sooner! You do not need to add water to the condensed soup. Sorry for the confusion. I hope you figured it out for the party.