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Sausage Tortellini Soup

A super easy dinner recipe that comes together in about in a half an hour!
Course Soup
Cuisine Italian

Ingredients

  • 1 10 oz packeage refrigerated Tortellini's
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 3 carrots diced or sliced into circles
  • 1 pound Italian sausage either sweet or hot
  • 1 sweet pepper diced (I used an orange one)
  • 1-2 bay leaves
  • 2 tsp dried basil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 15 oz can diced tomatoes
  • 1 15 oz can tomato sauce
  • 6 cups chicken broth
  • 1 bunch kale leaves separated from stem and chopped

Instructions

  • Cook tortellini according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
  • In a large stock pot, heat about 2 tbs of olive oil to the bottom of the pan. Add the sausage and cook until there is still a little pink in the middle. Break up with a spatula. Add the onions, carrots, garlic, pepper, bay leaves, basil, salt and pepper and cook until the vegetables become soft. About 5-8 minutes.
  • Add the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce and chicken broth. Simmer for a half hour or so. When you are on your last 10 minutes of cooking add the kale and cook until wilted.
  • When ready to serve, place a handful of tortellini in the bottom of the bowl and ladle the soup over.
  • Serve with crusty bread and Parmesan cheese.

Notes

If you want to lighten this soup up, substitute Italian Turkey sausage instead!
Don't like Kale? Substitute escarole or a fresh bag of spinach.