Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana Soup with Swiss Chard

Delicious Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana Soup (copycat recipe) made with Swiss Chard, Italian sausage (bratwursts will work too), potatoes, and bacon. Made in one pot, the soup takes only 40 minutes to make (including idle time while everything is simmering)!

Course Soup

Cuisine Italian

Keyword italian soup, soup with sausage, zuppa toscana

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Total Time 40

Servings servings

Calories 430kcal

Author Julia

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion , chopped
12 oz Italian sausages or bratwursts, about 2-3 sausages, chopped
5 cups water
2 russet potatoes , medium size or large, peeled and cubed into small chunks
4 garlic cloves , minced
6 strips bacon , cooked and chopped
3 cups Swiss chard , center stalks removed and sliced thin like ribbons
1 cup half and half
salt and red crushed pepper

Instructions

Chop uncooked sausages into small slices. Heat olive oil on medium heat in a soup pot, add chopped onions and chopped sausage and cook until both onion and sausage are cooked through.
Add 5 cups of water to the pan, stir, and bring to boil.
Add potatoes (peeled and cubed into small chunks), and minced garlic. Bring to boil, then reduce to simmer. Cook until potatoes are done, about 15-20 minutes on low simmer.
For Swiss chard, make sure to remove center stalks and slice the Swiss chard leaves thin like ribbon. Then, add Swiss chard and half the bacon (reserve the remaining half for serving) to the soup pot. Add 1 cup half and half to the soup pot. Bring to hot temperature (not boil), mix well. Add salt and pepper to taste
Serve in individual bowls, topped with the remaining amount of chopped bacon on top.

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