Italian Sausage Soup

Italian Sausage Soup

from fromachefskitchen.com
70 min
8 servings

Here is everything you love about Italian cuisine in a hearty, soul-satisfying soup! Italian Sausage Soup is loaded with vegetables and pasta in a wine-infused tomatoey broth.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Italian sausage (hot or mild, pork, turkey or chicken)
  • 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 large onion (chopped)
  • 2 large carrots or 3 medium carrots (chopped)
  • 3 stalks celery (chopped)
  • 1 large red bell pepper (chopped)
  • 1 large green bell pepper (chopped)
  • 2 medium zucchini (quartered lengthwise and thinly sliced)
  • 6 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 1/2 cup dry red wine
  • 6 cups chicken broth (or as needed)
  • 2 cans (each 15-ounce) tomato sauce (or 1 28-ounce can)
  • 1 can (15-ounce) diced fire-roasted tomatoes (undrained)
  • 2 tablespoons dried Italian seasoning
  • 1-2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes (or to heat tolerance)
  • 1 1/2 cups dried small pasta (such as shells, ditalini, mini penne, elbow or orzo, regular or whole-grain)
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • Freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

  1. 1

    Brown the sausage in a Dutch oven or other heavy soup pot over medium heat until browned and no longer pink, breaking it apart as it cooks. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Set aside.

  2. 2

    Heat the olive oil in the Dutch oven or soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion, reduce heat to medium and cook for 3-4 minutes or until it begins to soften.

  3. 3

    Add the carrot and celery. Continue cooking for another 3-4 minutes or until tender.

  4. 4

    Add the red and green pepper and cook for 2-3 minutes then add the zucchini and cook for 2-3 minutes or until vegetables are very tender.

  5. 5

    Add the garlic and dry red wine and bring to a boil.

  6. 6

    Add the chicken broth, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning and crushed red pepper flakes.

  7. 7

    Transfer the cooked sausage back to the pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and cook uncovered for 10 minutes.

  8. 8

    Add the pasta and cook another 10 minutes or until the pasta is cooked through.

  9. 9

    Add the parsley and season to taste with salt and black pepper.

  10. 10

    Serve in bowls topped with Parmesan cheese.