During the cold winter months in Utah, I love to have soup for dinner.
However, my husband thinks that in order to have soup as a main dish, it has to be VERY thick and hearty.
I love that this soup is loaded with vegetables and flavor, but it’s hearty enough to be a chili!
It’s filling, it’s delicious, and it has become one of our most favorite soup recipes.
We always serve this soup with our Easy Homemade French Bread and it’s the perfect combination! Our 30 Minute Rolls are also a quick and easy side dish to go with this soup.
How to make Minestrone Soup with Sausage:
The directions for this soup are fairly simple. Just a few steps and you will have dinner on the table in no time!
- In a large skillet, brown sausage in a skillet until fully cooked; drain grease.
- In a large stock pot, add beef broth, water, tomato sauce, tomatoes, kidney beans, celery, carrots, onion salt, garlic salt, and Italian seasoning; simmer until vegetables become tender (about 20-30 minutes).
- In a separate pot, cook 8-10 ounces of any pasta according to directions (we use shell pasta in this recipe, but any kind will do). When noodles are done, add to soup and mix in cooked sausage.
- If desired, top with grated Parmesan cheese and serve. It’s that easy!
How to make this soup healthier:
- Make this soup using Italian Turkey Sausage to lower fat and calories
- Use low-sodium canned items (such as beans, tomatoes, and tomato sauce)
- Use whole wheat pasta
- Cut the amount of pasta used in half to reduce carbs (or omit pasta completely)
- Add in diced zucchini
- Add in 1-2 cups fresh baby spinach (it will shrink down as it cooks)
- Add in some chopped broccoli and cauliflower
- Add in 1-2 cups shredded cabbage
Related Recipe: If you like this amazing soup, you’ll love our Turkey Sausage Lasagna Soup Recipe.
What are the nutrition facts of this soup?
This soup makes 6 generous servings. These nutrition facts are generated using Italian Turkey Sausage and do not include the Parmesan topping (because the amount of cheese used on top will vary).
Per serving, this soup has 370 calories, 10.3 g of fat, 43.4 g of carbs, 6.7 g of fiber, and 24.2 g of protein.
Other popular soups on our website:
- King Ranch Chicken Soup
- Pasta Fagioli
- Chicken Enchilada Soup
- Healthy Chicken Fajita Soup
- Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup
- Instant Pot Sausage Ravioli Soup
- Slow Cooker 8 Can Taco Soup
- Ground Turkey Sausage Ravioli Soup
- Ground Beef and Macaroni Tomato Soup
- Slow Cooker Beef Minestrone Soup
- Instant Pot Lasagna Soup
- Slow Cooker Cabbage Roll Soup Recipe
The Best Minestrone Soup with Italian Sausage Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground italian sausage
- 4 cups beef broth
- 2 cups water
- 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 1 (15.5 ounce) can red kidney beans, drained
- 1½ cups celery, diced
- 1½ cups carrots, sliced
- 1 teaspoon onion salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 3 Tablespoon italian seasoning
- 10 ounces small shell pasta
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Brown sausage in skillet until fully cooked; drain excess grease.
- In a large stock pot add beef broth, water, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, kidney beans, celery, carrots, onion salt, garlic salt, and Italian seasoning. Simmer until veggies become tender, about 20-30 minutes.
- In a separate pot, cook pasta according to directions. When noodles are done, add to soup and mix in cooked sausage.
- Top with shredded Parmesan cheese and serve.
Notes
- These nutrition facts are generated using Italian Turkey Sausage and do not include the Parmesan topping.
Nutrition
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Made this for dinner, So yummy! Thanks for all your recipes! 🙂
How many servings does this recipe make?
i wish you would do this recipe using all fresh ingredients… no canned tomatoes or beans. i have been changing the way i cook from getting away from processed foods and canned anything….yes i know sometimes there is no time to make everything from scratch but this would be lovely with fresh products and then it can be stored in the freezer which would then be a simple quick and grab meal during a busy week.
cant wait to try this with all fresh ingredients…….
If I am freezing this, should I leave the pasta out until it is reheated or will the pasta be ok frozen?
Pasta will be fine frozen.
I made this tonight in my Instant Pot. It was fantastic, and I don’t usually even like soup. I’m definitely adding it to my family’s regular lineup.
Totally delicious! I added an extra cup of water and put in the uncooked noodles and let them simmer with the veggies. It turned out great!
Could you cook this in the Instant pot?
Awesome! I added zucchini and spinach. I also simmered for about an hour to meld flavour. Will be doing this again.
this was so good! everyone asked for the recipe! Staple recipe!