30-Minute One-Pot Creamy Italian Sausage Tortellini Soup

Creamy Italian Sausage Tortellini Soup with Spinach and Carrots in a white bowl.

30-Minute One-Pot Creamy Italian Sausage Tortellini Soup

Creamy Italian Sausage Tortellini Soup with Spinach, Carrots, and Bacon Bits is the ultimate Fall and Winter comfort food that can be made year-round. This quick and easy restaurant-quality dish is packed with veggies and is made in just 30 minutes in one saucepan. Pair it with a slice of crusty bread and a simple salad for a complete meal. Your whole family will love this comfort food.

Course Soup

Cuisine American, Italian

Keyword italian sausage tortellini soup

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings people

Calories 613kcal

Author Julia

Ingredients

1 pound spicy Italian ground sausage
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
1 yellow onion small, diced
4 cloves garlic minced
5 cups chicken broth or water
3 carrots medium, diced into ½-inch coins
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
8 oz cheese tortellini
4 oz fresh spinach
1 cup heavy cream
4 tablespoons fresh thyme
⅓ cup bacon bits or chopped cooked bacon or cooked prosciutto
⅓ cup parmesan cheese grated

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Instructions

In a large saucepan, cook sausage together with Italian seasoning, chopped onion, and minced garlic until browned.
Add chicken broth, diced carrots, and red pepper flakes, and bring to a boil.
Once the soup is boiling, reduce it to simmer (a visible boil), cover the pot with a lid, and cook for 10 or 15 minutes until the carrots are tender.
Add tortellini and spinach to soup in the pot, cover with a lid and boil on low simmer for about 5 minutes or until tortellini is cooked and the spinach is wilted
Remove the soup from the heat. Add the cream and stir it in.
Season with salt and more red pepper flakes (add spice especially if you did not use spicy sausage).
Top with bacon bits (or chopped cooked bacon), grated parmesan cheese, and fresh thyme.

Notes

Use prosciutto as a topping. This recipe works great with cooked prosciutto! Cook prosciutto in the preheated oven at 375 F for about 10 minutes until crispy. Chop it up - and it will look like fine bacon bits! Sprinkle over the soup.

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