I’ve only cooked these cilantro shrimp tacos twice, so I haven’t had much time to experiment with alternative techniques. When I was trying to come up with a dinner recipe one day, I came up with it, and I felt it worked out pretty nicely. I believe it is highly adaptable to diverse preferences. slices of lime are optional.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 35 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds Italian sausage
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 6 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 (16 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, cut into pieces
- 2 cups thinly sliced carrots
- 1 cup thinly sliced celery
- 1 cup ketchup
- ¾ cup dry red wine
- 1 (9 ounce) package refrigerated cheese tortellini
- 2 cups thinly sliced zucchini
- ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese, or to taste
Instructions
- Heat a Dutch oven or large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the Dutch oven until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until onion is tender, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Stir chicken broth, tomatoes, carrots, celery, ketchup, and red wine into sausage mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until carrots and celery are tender, about 30 minutes. Add tortellini and zucchini to the soup and cover; simmer until zucchini are tender, 25 to 30 more minutes. Ladle soup into serving bowls and top with Parmesan cheese.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 415 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 35 g |
| Cholesterol | 53 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 21 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Sodium | 1405 mg |
| Sugars | 13 g |
| Fat | 20 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I loved this recipe. I added a half can of lima beans. My 14yo son is the pickiest eater I have in the house, and he ate it. I topped it off with chives and freshly shredded parmesan cheese, it was so good. I will be making this again soon.
It was good, but too much ketchup, too sweet and vinegary, would probably use much less ketchup next time
This was so good! I was concerned about it being too sweet, so I made sure NOT to buy sweet Italian sausage, just regular Italian. Spicy would be good if you like spicy. I put about 3/4 cup ketchup instead of the full cup, added chopped fresh spinach at the end, and added some basil stir in paste. Otherwise I think it’s perfect! It’s so good on a cold day when all you want is a bowl of hearty and hot soup.
It’s delicious! I would used diced tomatoes as your are chopping the whole ones up anyway… I added 2 tsp white pepper, about 2 tsp italian seasoning. Simmer till celery and carrots still have quite a bit of crunch left- add zucchini and tortellini until all are al dente.
Made it according to recipe. Served at a gathering for friends. They loved it! Yes , have shared and plan to make again.
Added extra broth and crushed tomatoes as the tortellini absorbs so much liquid.
I followed the recommendations of other reviewers, and used less ketchup. Also on someone’s advice, I added chopped spinach at the last minute. We did like it a lot.
People, when you use tomato paste, make sure you use a little sugar, it balances out the flavors.
This was so good! My husband said it was one of the best soups I’ve made. I followed the recipe but added two handfuls of spinach and did 1 cup of wine and 2/3 of ketchup instead of the recommended amounts of each. Loved the zucchini in it!!
This is a really great “base” recipe! I’ve made this several times. I agree with a previous reviewer that using tomato paste instead of ketchup cuts the sweetness a bit. My Family tends to load up on the tortellini, and since this recipe doesn’t specify a type; cheese, spinach, or sausage, I’ve found that any pasta tossed in and cook with any remaining broth also makes for great “left overs.” This a good go to for a pasta soup!
This soup is pretty great and easy to make. I added some Italian spices, salt and pepper for some extra flavor. Don’t put in too muh tortellini like I did or it will turn into a stew. A really yummy stew. 🙂
Excellent flavor, easy to make.
Excellent! This is fabulous soup! Added a little extra garlic (2 extra cloves) and 2 TBS of sugar to compensate for the ketchup (just to be safe) 🙂 also some pepper & everyone loved this soup – served it last night with fresh made dinner rolls. Thank you so much for this recipe!
Wow! This was delicious! We made it without the sausage. It is so flavorful. Kids loved it too!
I made this yesterday. I used squash because that is what I had. I also used the sweet Italian sausage from Kroger. I also used half spicy ketchup and half regular because I needed to use up the spicy. I threw in about 2 cups of spinach. The only thing I would do differently is rinse the sausage after I drain it. All in all, this soup was fantastic and I will keep it in my rotation. Great way to use up veggies and eat off of it for several meals. It makes a huge pot!
Awesome!
Loved this I did however replace ketchup with tomato sauce. It was most delicious.
It was sweet. Too sweet!
Very good! I thought the ketchup,was a strange ingredient but it was fabulous!
This is DELICIOUS! Restaurant-quality. I was afraid of the ketchup, but the red wine adds so much body to the flavor that it just works. My family devoured it, and I’ll definitely make it again.