Quickie Tortellini Soup Recipes

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute onion in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in broth and tomatoes. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally., Add tortellini; cook for 7-9 minutes or until tender. Stir in the spinach, vinegar and pepper. Cook and stir until heated through and spinach is wilted. Sprinkle with cheese.

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:

• In a large saucepan, bring broth to a boil. Stir in tortellini. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the beans, tomatoes and basil. Simmer for 4-6 minutes or until pasta is tender. Stir in the vinegar. Sprinkle with cheese and pepper if desired.

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:

• 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:

• Bring the broth to a gentle boil in a medium pot over medium-high heat.
• Add the frozen vegetables to the pot and return to a gentle boil. Add the tortellini and cook until almost tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the heavy cream and cook for another 2 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
• Ladle into bowls and top with the shaved Parmesan and croutons. Drizzle with olive oil.

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.

Steps:

• Melt the olive oil and butter together in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are translucent and the garlic is fragrant, about 5 minutes.
• Add the white wine and cook for another 2 minutes, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon, until the wine is reduced by at least half.
• Add the vegetable broth, crushed tomatoes, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add the tortellini and spinach and simmer for another 5-6 minutes, until the tortellini are cooked through and the spinach has wilted.
• Remove the bay leaf, then stir in the heavy cream.
• Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish with the Parmesan cheese and basil.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• In a large pot, combine all ingredients except the tortellini and parmesan cheese.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for about 20 minutes.
• While the tomato and spinach mixture simmers, prepare tortellini according to the package.
• Do not overcook- I prefer to undercook the pasta by a minute or two so it stays firm.
• Drain.
• Add tortellini to the tomato and spinach mixture and simmer for another 5 minutes.
• Serve the soup in bowls, topped with the parmesan cheese.