Easy Sausage Tortellini Soup Recipe

Easy sausage tortellini soup recipe is such a beautiful and flavorful dish that you will have a hard time only eating one bowl.

Prep Time15

Cook Time24

Total Time39

Course: Main Course, Soup

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Best Soup Recipe, Family-friendly recipe, Recipe that uses tortellini pasta

Servings:

Calories: 450kcal

1 pound ground pork sausage
1 Tablespoon butter
1 yellow onion finely diced
1 cup shredded carrots
2 celery ribs finely diced
3 garlic cloves finely minced
1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning
¼ cup flour
4 cups chicken broth
14 ounces canned diced tomatoes (1 can)
6 ounces tomato paste
1 cup heavy cream (or you can use half and half, but it's not as thick and creamy)
9 ounces three cheese tortellini 1 package
2-3 cups baby spinach roughly chopped
salt and pepper, to taste
fresh grated Parmesan cheese optional topping

In a large stock pot, cook the sausage over medium heat until sausage is no longer pink. Drain, if desired, and remove sausage from pot. Set aside.
Add butter to pot and let melt over medium heat. Add in onion, carrots, and celery; cook until tender.
Add in garlic and Italian seasoning, cook for about 1 minute more.
Add in flour with the vegetables and mix until all vegetables are lightly coated.
Pour in chicken broth, then add in tomatoes and tomato paste and stir.
Add in heavy cream, tortellini and spinach and bring to a simmer for about 6-7 minutes or until tortellini is cooked and spinach is wilted.
Season with salt and pepper before serving.
Top each bowl with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.

Spicy Italian sausage is delicious in this recipe if you like a little heat!
The tortellini will soak up a lot of the broth after it sits, so the leftovers won't have much liquid. We recommend making this the same day that you want to eat it to avoid that problem. With your leftovers, you can always add some more chicken broth and/or heavy cream if you want more liquid in it.
This soup is still delicious without the cream. I would add in an extra cup of chicken broth to make up the difference of the liquid in the soup.
You could also substitute kale for the spinach.
If you want to add more vegetables, I love throwing in fresh sliced mushrooms and diced bell peppers in with the onions, carrots, and celery.