Italian Sausage Soup Recipe 465 Recipes

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Break sausage into chunks into pot.
• Let brown on bottom about 3 minutes, then turn and break up sausage and cook until no longer pink. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate, leave rendered fat in pot over medium-high heat.
• You should have about 1 Tbsp fat in pot, if needed add a little more olive oil or drain off some excess fat if there's too much.
• Add onions, carrots, celery and bell pepper and saute until starting to soften, about 6 minutes. Add garlic and saute 1 minute longer.
• Pour in broth, tomato sauce, tomatoes, and add Italian seasoning. Return sausage to pot and season mixture with salt and pepper to taste (you shouldn't need much salt).
• Bring to a simmer then cover, reduce heat to medium-low and let simmer 5 - 10 minutes until veggies are almost soft.
• Add orzo. Cover and let simmer, stirring occasionally (while scraping along bottom of pot as orzo will tend to stick). Cook until nearly al dente. About 8 minutes.
• Remove from heat. Stir in some ice (1/2 cup or so) if you want to help stop the orzo from cooking and getting mushy. Stir in fresh parsley and basil.
• Serve warm, topping servings with grated parmesan if desired.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a stockpot or Dutch oven, brown sausage with garlic. Stir in broth, tomatoes and carrots, and season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 15 minutes.
• Stir in beans with liquid and zucchini. Cover, and simmer another 15 minutes, or until zucchini is tender.
• Remove from heat, and add spinach. Replace lid allowing the heat from the soup to cook the spinach leaves. Soup is ready to serve after 5 minutes.

BEST ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, cook sausage over medium heat until brown. Remove with a slotted spoon, and drain on paper towels. Drain fat from pan, reserving 3 tablespoons.
• Cook garlic and onion in reserved fat for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, wine, broth, basil, and oregano. Transfer to a slow cooker, and stir in sausage, zucchini, bell pepper, and parsley.
• Cover, and cook on Low for 4 to 6 hours.
• Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta in boiling water until al dente, about 7 minutes. Drain water, and add pasta to the slow cooker. Simmer for a few minutes, and season with salt and pepper before serving.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP WITH TORTELLINI

Steps:

• In a 5 quart Dutch oven, brown sausage. Remove sausage and drain, reserving 1 tablespoon of the drippings.
• Saute onions and garlic in drippings. Stir in beef broth, water, wine, tomatoes, carrots, basil, oregano, tomato sauce, and sausage. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered for 30 minutes.
• Skim fat from the soup. Stir in zucchini and parsley. Simmer covered for 30 minutes. Add tortellini during the last 10 minutes. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese on top of each serving.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine the first 10 ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, brown sausage in oil over medium heat. Add a small amount of hot water. Cover and cook until sausage is no longer pink; drain. Cut into 1/4-in. slices and add to soup. Simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes. , Add spinach. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes or until spinach is wilted. Garnish with Parmesan cheese if desired.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Use bulk sausage or remove the casings from the sausage and discard.
• Brown the sausage in a heavy Dutch oven or large saucepan, mashing it with the back of a spoon until the meat is no longer pink and has rendered most of its fat.
• Spoon out most of the fat from the cooked sausage and discard.
• Add the onions and garlic and cook, stirring,until soft but not browned.
• Add carrots, zucchini, pepper, wine, chicken broth, tomatoes, basil, and oregano and bring to a boil.
• When the soup in boiling, add the orzo and cook for 20 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Serve in heavy soup bowls.
• If desired, sprinkle Parmesan cheese over each serving.
• To prepare in advance: Like most hearty soups, this tastes best if it is cooled, refrigerated overnight, then reheated to serve.
• It may also be frozen.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND GNOCCHI SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook ground sausage until browned, breaking it up into small pieces, about 7 minutes. Transfer sausage to a bowl. Drain fat from skillet; wipe out skillet with a paper towel.
• Melt butter in skillet over medium heat, Stir in onion and saute until translucent, 2 or 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook for another minute. Whisk in flour until evenly mixed into butter, 1 minute. Slowly pour in cream and Swanson® Unsalted Chicken Broth. Whisk mixture until it comes to a boil, then immediately reduce heat to low. Simmer until mixture thickens, whisking occasionally, about 10 minutes.
• Return sausage to the skillet; add spinach, tomatoes, and gnocchi. Cook over medium heat until gnocchi is heated through, 2 to 3 minutes. Add dash of salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with Parmesan cheese.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine beef stock and steak sauce in large soup pot. Bring to a boil, then simmer.
• Meanwhile, in large skillet, heat oil and add sausage links. Fry until browned on all sides, turning often. Cool sausages and slice 1/4-inch thick. Drain all but 2 T. fat from skillet.
• Add sausage slices, onions, green pepper, and garlic to skillet. Saute until onions are tender, but not browned. Add sausage mixture to stock mixture in soup pot.
• Add wine, tomatoes, zucchini, basil, oregano, and parsley. Bring to a boil again. Add pasta and simmer until pasta is tender, about 12 minutes, stirring soup occasionally. Season with salt and pepper, then top with shredded cheese.
• Note: Add more beef stock if a thinner soup is desired.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In Dutch Oven, brown sausage with garlic.
• Stir in broth, tomatoes and carrots, season with salt and pepper.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat, cover and allow to simmer 15 minutes.
• Stir in beans with their liquid and zucchini.
• Cover and simmer another 15 minutes, or until zucchini is tender.
• Remove from heat, stir in spinach.
• Cover and allow spinach to cook in the steam from the soup for another 5 minutes or until tender.
• Serves 6.