Italian Sausage Tortellini Soup is hearty, delicious, and full of healthy, tasty ingredients. Best part, it’s on the table in no time!!
Soup recipes that are quick and ready in under 30 minutes (or better yet, 20) are dinner time essentials. Sausage Tortellini Soup is one of my go-to’s when I’m in a pinch, but I also love Taco Soup and Chicken and Rice Soup.
Ready in 20 minutes
I’m telling you right now to drop everything you’re doing and add this soup to your weekly menu plan!
It is seriously so stinkin’ delicious and with the weather cooling down, it will be a very satisfying soup recipe to try. I absolutely LOVE soup season and am so excited for cooler weather and the holidays.
Today’s Sausage Tortellini Soup is a family fav. It’s hearty and delicious, filled with sausage, chopped spinach, and basil. Plus, we have realized that tortellini is the perfect addition to soup (we are also obsessed with our creamy Spinach Tortellini Soup).
It’s so nice to be able to whip up this recipe in a crunch because it seriously takes less than 20 minutes.
how to make tortellini soup
I always use Sausage Crumbles (Jimmy Dean makes them, but I’m sure there are other brands) in this recipe because they’re already fully cooked and it saves me at least 5-7 minutes.
Of course, you can definitely substitute the sausage crumbles for fresh sausage if you like! Just cook until it is no longer pink, and then add the garlic for step number 1.
SAUSAGE. Add sausage crumbles and garlic to a large pot and cook for 1 minute.
BROTH. Stir in broth, water and tomatoes and bring to a boil.
PASTA. Add tortellini and cook for 6-7 minutes.
GARNISH + SERVE. Reduce heat to low and add spinach, basil, salt and pepper. Cook for a few more minutes and serve warm.
Slow Cooker Version
Just add all your ingredients (MINUS THE SPINACH & TORTELLINI) to the slow cooker and cook on low for 3 hours or on HIGH for 1 hour.
Regardless of cook time and setting, add the spinach for the last hour, and the tortellini for the last 15 minutes. Otherwise, they will get soggy/mushy.
Change it up
We like to try the different tortellinis or even different sausages to change up and/or enhance the flavor of this soup. Use a sweet sausage or even a spicy sausage to add more flavor. Or try and use a different tortellini. Here are some of our favorites:
- Three Cheese Tortellini
- Mixed Cheese Tortellini
- Spinach & Cheese Tortellini
- Sweet Italian Sausage Tortellini
Leave out the sausage: We know some of you may be vegetarians, so just omit the sausage and cook the garlic for a minute before adding the broth, water and tomatoes.
Make it creamy: If you wish to make this soup more creamy simply add ⅓-½ cup heavy cream during the last 2-3 minutes of the cooking time.
Add vegetables: You can toss in some favorite veggies for added flavor and texture such as carrots, green beans, onions, corn, peas, celery, and kale.
Make it a freezer meal!
This tortellini soup makes a great freezer meal. Cook soup according to recipe directions, except do not add the tortellini. Place the soup in an airtight freezer container or use freezer bags. Label with contents and date. Store the tortellini in a separate bag. Store both ingredients in the freezer for up to 6 months.
To use: Heat the thawed or frozen soup in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Once the Soup is hot add the tortellini pasta and simmer for 12-15 minutes and serve.
STORE: Keep leftover soup in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
- Microwave: Heat for 30 seconds, stir. Continue to heat in 10 second increments stirring in between.
- Stove top: Heat over medium heat until hot.
If you’re anything like me and are constantly looking for FAST and EASY recipes for crazy weeknights, trust me, you’ll want to try this one! Even my kids liked it, which was great, because there’s a handful of veggies in each serving.
Finish this recipe off with some fresh, shredded Parmesan cheese on top and I promise it’ll be another keeper recipe!
What to serve it with?
Here are some of our favorites:
- French Bread
- Olive Garden Breadsticks
- Homemade Caesar Salad
- Wedge Salad
- Veggie Panini
- Grilled Cheese
- Croque Monsieur
For more tortellini recipes, check out:
- Tomato Tortellini Soup
- Cheesy Baked Tortellini
- Spinach And Tortellini Salad
- Crock Pot Spinach Tortellini Soup
- Steak And Tortellini Salad
- Chicken Alfredo Soup
Sausage Tortellini Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 9.6 oz Sausage Crumbles (1 bag)
- 2 tbsp minced garlic
- 29 oz chicken broth (2 14.5 oz cans)
- 20 oz package refrigerated cheese tortellini
- 1 1/2 cup water
- 14.5 oz diced tomatoes (1 can)
- 1 cup fresh baby spinach chopped
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp garlic salt (with parsley flakes)
- pepper
- shredded parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Add sausage crumbles and garlic to a large pot and cook for 1 minute.
- Stir in broth, water and tomatoes and bring to a boil.
- Add tortellini and cook for 6-7 minutes.
- Reduce heat to low and add spinach, basil, salt and pepper. Cook for a few more minutes and serve warm with shredded Parmesan cheese on top.
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Notes
Recipe adapted from Taste of Home.
My kids love the combo of the sausage with the tortellini in this soup. And it’s so filling too!
I love tortellini! This soup was quick, easy, and so good. More things I love about the soup.
I love a good tortellini, and this soup is delicious! I love that it’s easy. Another win. ♥️
This soup is so quick and easy to make! And, my whole family loved it!
Tortellinis are a childhood favorite. The combination of those and meat and veggies is top notch!
This soup definitely gets 5 stars for being EASY! Next time I would like to try it with regular sausage instead of the precooked crumbles. But the flavor is amazing! My whole family loved it.
Love your recipes! Funeral potatoes is one of our new favorites!
Amazing!