If you’re craving something Italian and are feeling the urge to exclaim, “YUM,” consider this Italian Yum Soup your oddly specific match! Dip your spoon into a bowl of this savory broth loaded with juicy turkey sausage, cheesy tortellini, and tender veggies and you’ll be over-the-moon that your strange hankering brought you here. Sometimes things just work out the way they were supposed to… and it’s always pretty tasty and great when those mysterious ways lead you to some Italian Yum Soup! YUM!
Ingredients
- 3/4 pound Italian turkey sausage links, casings removed
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 (14.5-ounce) cans reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1 3/4 cups water
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 1 (9-ounce) package refrigerated cheese tortellini
- 1 (6-ounce) package fresh baby spinach, coarsely chopped
- 2 1/4 teaspoons fresh basil, minced, or 3/4 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- crushed red pepper flakes, to taste, divided
- parmesan cheese, to taste, shredded, for garnish
Directions
Step 1 –In a Dutch oven over medium heat, add the sausage and the onion and cook, while crumbling the meat, until the sausage is no longer pink.
Step 2 –Add the garlic to the sausage mixture and cook, about 1 minute.
Step 3 –Stir the broth, the water, and the tomatoes and their juices into the sausage mixture and bring to a boil.
Step 4 –Add the tortellini to the soup mixture and return it to a boil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the tortellini are almost tender, about 5-8 minutes
Step 5 –Reduce the heat.
Step 6 –Add the spinach, the basil, the pepper, and the red pepper flakes to the soup mixture and cook until the spinach is wilted and the tortellini is tender, about 1-2 minutes.
Step 7 –Serve the soup garnished with the cheese.
