My version of Chicken Sausage Tortellini Soup is perfect comfort food. Loaded with big, chunky bites of tortellini, this is a soup you’ll want to make again and again.
Right about now, a big bowl of hot homemade soup would totally hit the spot.
I mean, it’s cold and gloomy!
I’ve been making this Chicken Sausage Tortellini Soup for years, and it just gets better every time I make it.
Comfort food season is right around the corner, and soup always delivers, especially if its studded with cheese tortellini.
This is also the time of year when black stretch pants are a HUGE part of my wardrobe 🙂
And Chicken Sausage Tortellini Soup feels super indulgent without being too heavy.
There are nagging spring cleaning projects around the corner too.
Like straightening out the kitchen drawer that is currently home to 350 pens and inexplicable little pieces of paper, old receipts and crappy lip balms.
Have you been watching Tidying Up with Marie Kondo?
There are plenty of things I’d rather do, like go to Paris and take pictures of eclairs.
Not even happening, tho, dang it.
This Chicken Sausage Tortellini Soup is super tasty and satisfying, and I’ve recently updated it a bit.
The original recipe calls for red wine and dark beef broth, both replaced with low sodium vegetable broth instead.
Chicken sausage—the best quality and freshest you can find in the casing, is used instead of pork.
And mellow white miso paste is my favorite secret weapon for a deep, satisfying all-day cooked taste without the all-day part.
The tweaks make for a fresher version overall, which is awesome.
This makes a big pot of soup, so freeze a couple of portions for those early spring days that can still feel like winter 🙂
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Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large rib of celery finely chopped
- 1 medium-sized yellow onion finely chopped
- 2 medium-sized carrots peeled and quartered and sliced in 1/4 pieces
- One small green pepper seeded and chopped in 1/2" pieces
- One small orange pepper seeded and chopped in 1/2" pieces
- 3 cloves of garlic smashed and finely chopped
- 1 1/2 pounds chicken sausage casings removed
- 26 oz can of chopped tomatoes
- 32 oz container of low sodium vegetable broth
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper I use Trader Joe's Lemon Pepper
- 1 cube low or no salt vegetable bullion cube
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 medium zucchini quartered and seeded and cut in 1/2" pieces. (quarter the zucchini length-wise and run your knife down the rib of the seeds to remove them)
- 8 oz package of cheese tortellini
- 1/4 cup fresh flat leaf Italian parsley, plus additional for serving
- 2 rounded tablespoons mellow white miso paste
- Freshly grated Parmesan cheese for serving
- Olive oil for serving
Instructions
- MAKE THE SOUP
- In a large pot, add the olive oil and celery, yellow onion and carrot. Cook on medium heat until soft, about 7 minutes. A little browning on the edges is fine and adds flavor, but stir occasionally to make sure the mixture doesn't burn on the bottom of the pot.
- Add the chopped green and orange peppers and a pinch of salt and continue to cook, stirring occasionally to make sure there's no sticking, about 3 more minutes.
- Add the garlic and continue to cook for one minute, stirring to make sure it doesn't burn.
- Add the chicken sausage to the pot, breaking it into big chunks with your fingers. Use the back of a wooden spoon to continue breaking the sausage down into large chunks, cook for 6-8 more minutes until the sausage is no longer pink.
- Add the chopped tomatoes and container of vegetable broth to the mixture.
- Add the red pepper flakes, the ground pepper, the vegetable bullion cube (break it up with your fingers) and the water. Stir together with a spoon and increase to medium high heat.
- Bring to a steady simmer (not rolling boil) for 20 minutes.
- Add the zucchini, cheese tortellini and parsley and continue cooking on medium high heat for 20 more minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Mix the miso paste with a little water and add it to the pot. Stir it into the soup.
- Taste the soup broth with a clean spoon and check the seasonings. You can add a bit more miso paste or pinch of salt and a few grinds of pepper if needed.
- Add the 1/4 cup of parsley, and stir to combine.
- Serve with grated Parmesan cheese, more chopped parsley and a drizzle of olive oil.
- NOTE: This is a thick and chunky soup. You can add a bit more vegetable broth or water to loosen it up, tasting it to adjust the seasonings as needed.
- If I reheat the soup the next day, I add a 1/4 cup of water or vegetable broth and a few turns of lemon pepper before warming it slowly on medium heat before serving.
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