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This spicy sausage tortellini soup is chock-full of healthy veggies, spicy pork sausage, and cheesy tortellini. When the craving hits, this easy soup recipe will warm you right up for a cozy night!
Satisfying Sausage Tortellini Soup Recipe
You seriously need to get this hearty, warm, and comforting spicy tortellini soup on your stovetop and into multiple bowls! It’s the perfect way to warm up and it’s chock-full of veggies and deliciously cheesy tortellini.
This sausage tortellini soup recipe is so easy to make, and it comes together on the stovetop in just under an hour. The flavors are next-level, with chunks of spicy pork sausage and tender tortellini to soak up all that mouthwatering tomato-based broth. You can definitely adapt this recipe to taste, and even use mild sausage if that’s more your thing! Either way, you’re going to love digging into a cozy bowlful of this spicy tortellini soup. Serve this with your favorite garlic herb butter rolls!
Recipe Tips and Variations
- This spicy sausage tortellini soup is already full of vegetables but if you want even more, make some smoked corn on the cob and toss the corn kernels into this soup to give it a smokey flavor profile!
- Swap cheese tortellini for any tortellini you like or do a mix of two for a surprise in every bite!
- Substitute pork sausage for chicken sausage if you can’t eat pork. Just make sure to grab the fresh sausage in the casing, not the ones that are already cooked that you have to slice.
Storage and Reheating Instructions
Allow soup to cool completely before putting it into an airtight container and storing in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. To reheat, portion out into microwave-safe bowls and heat in the microwave until warmed through. Alternatively, reheat through on the stovetop in a pot. The tortellini may be a bit bloated and softer due to it sitting in the liquid for an extended period of time.
If you’re wanting to freeze this soup, you can, but just know that the tortellini may be a bit soft and mushy. Allow the soup to cool completely then ladle into 2-cup soup trays and freeze for up to 3 months. To reheat, pop out a cube and reheat through on the stovetop until warmed through.
Spicy Sausage Tortellini Soup
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound (340 g) fresh spicy pork sausage, casing removed
- 1 ½ cups (134 g) finely sliced leeks
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 ½ cups (192 g) diced carrots
- 1 cup (101 g) diced celery
- 15 ounce (425 g) canned diced tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 bay leaf
- 5 cups (1183 ml) vegetable stock
- 5 cups (335 g) loosely packed lacinato kale leaves
- 2 cups (212 g) cheese tortellini
Instructions
- Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to a large 6-quart pot or heavy-bottomed pot like a dutch oven over medium-high heat. Once oil has heated, add sausage and cook through, breaking into tiny pieces.
- Add leeks and garlic and sauté until softened, about 2 minutes.
- Add carrots and celery and stir to incorporate. Cook for 4-5 minutes until halfway cooked through.
- Add the diced tomatoes, paste, bay leaf, and vegetable stock. Bring soup to a boil then reduce heat and let simmer, covered, until vegetables are softened, about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Remove from heat and stir in kale leaves until wilted.
- Add the tortellini and cook from residual heat of the soup until softened and warmed through, about 5 minutes.
- Divide into bowls and serve!
Nutrition
Photographs by Jess Gaertner Creative
I could really use a dish like this during these chilly January days!!
This is a bowl full of deliciousness!
Was wondering if you have a calorie count for the soup Thanks
Unfortunately, no. There are many reasons as to why I don’t post nutritional information on my recipes, one of which is that I simply do not have the time to do this. Also, I’m not a registered dietician or nutritionist so for me to give any sort of nutritional information would be incorrect and inaccurate. There are also many differing factors when it comes to nutritional information and since I do not have the knowledge in this, I do not feel comfortable posting this sort of information. If you must have this information, there are many calculators out there (free and paid) that can help you with calculations. A simple Google search would pull up some of these calculators, but again, I’m not endorsing them as I do not know how accurate they may be.
Looks so hearty and delicious!
This is such a gorgeous bowl of soup- perfect for this cold weather!
So simple, hearty and tasty!
Recipe for = Spicy Sausage and Vegetable Tortellini Soup, where is the Spicy Sausage?
I’m an idiot. So sorry! It’s there now!!
how much sausage? do you use hot italian sausage and when is it added in the recipe?
I’m an idiot. So sorry! It’s there now!!
These pouches are a game changer!! Seriously, I hate wasting tomato paste. So genius as well as this soup. I am so over old man winter!
Beautiful pot of soup!!!