Quickie Tortellini Soup Recipes

Steps:

• In a large stockpot over medium heat, heat the oil until it shimmers, about 2 minutes, then add the onion, garlic, and carrots, and saute for 5 minutes or until the vegetables are slightly soft. Pour in the chicken stock, increase the heat to high, and bring to a boil. Add the peas, tortellini, and corn and cook for 12 minutes, or according to the package directions for the tortellini.
• Remove the stockpot from the heat and add the spinach, stirring until it wilts. To serve, spoon the soup into bowls and top with grated Parmesan cheese.

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook sausage and onion over medium heat until sausage is no longer pink and onion is tender, 5-7 minutes, breaking up sausage into crumbles; drain. Add the garlic and pepper flakes; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the broth, pasta sauce, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, vinegar, parsley flakes, sugar, oregano, salt and pepper; bring to a boil., Add tortellini; cook, uncovered, until tortellini are tender, 3-5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve immediately. If desired, top with cheese.

Steps:

• Bring chicken broth to a boil in a large pot; cook tortellini in boiling broth until tender, about 6 minutes.
• Stir tomatoes, beans, zucchini, red wine vinaigrette, basil, and black pepper into the broth; cook until the zucchini is tender, about 6 minutes more. Top with Parmesan cheese to serve.

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, cook onion, zucchini and garlic in oil three minutes, until onion is translucent. Stir in crushed tomatoes, broth, sugar, Italian seasoning, wine and pepper sauce and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and stir in corn and Parmesan. Simmer 30 minutes.
• Stir in tortellini and simmer 10 minutes more, until pasta is tender.

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
• Combine ground beef, tortellini, beef broth, cream of onion soup, diced tomatoes with green chile peppers, green beans, salt, and pepper in a slow cooker.
• Cook on High for 1 hour.

Steps:

• Saute celery, onion, carrots and garlic in oil.
• Add spinach and tomatoes and simmer 10 minutes.
• Add spices and chicken broth.
• Simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender-crisp.
• Add water and tortellini and simmer 10- 15 minutes.
• Remove bay leaf and serve.

Steps:

• Heat a heavy-bottomed Dutch oven or soup pot to medium heat and add the oil. Put the chicken wings and breasts in skin-side down and cook without moving until golden brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Set aside the chicken.
• Add the carrots, celery and shallots. Saute until the shallots are translucent, about 10 minutes, stirring all the while. Deglaze with the dry sherry and scrape up any bits off the bottom. Add the stock, fresh thyme and bay leaf, return the chicken to the pot and bring to a low simmer; simmer until the chicken is cooked through, about 20 minutes. Set aside the chicken to cool on a plate.
• Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
• Shred the chicken breasts and whatever can be salvaged from the wings and pour any reserved juices back into the soup pot. Add in the chicken and adjust the seasoning if necessary. Just before serving, add in the lemon zest and juice to taste.
• Cook the tortellini in the salted water just until al dente.
• Put some tortellini in each individual bowl, then ladle the soup over. Serve immediately to retain the al dente quality of the tortellini. Garnish with a wedge of lemon and fresh parsley.

Steps:

• Add water to soups as directed on cans.
• Combine in saucepan with tortellini and heat over medium heat until the soup boils, stirring frequently.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 2 minutes.
• Add the frozen peas and simmer 2 more minutes or until the tortellini is tender.
• Package cheese separately to sprinkle over soup before eating.