Slow Cooker Sausage Tortellini Soup
A super easy tortellini soup crock pot meal that is not only easy and delicious but is pure comfort food for any time of the year. It's loaded with hearty ingredients- sausage, cheese tortellini, spinach, tomatoes, onions, carrots, and celery.
Servings 12 servings
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 2 pounds ground pork sausage I used mild and hot
- 1 large onion diced
- 2 cups carrots diced
- 1 cup celery diced
- 1 tablespoon garlic minced
- 6 cups chicken stock or broth
- 2½ cups whole milk
- 1 (8oz.) cream cheese cut into chunks
- 1 (14oz.) can diced tomatoes
- 1 (10oz.) frozen spinach
- 1 teaspoon each salt, pepper, dried rosemary
- 2 (9oz.) packages refrigerated cheese tortellini
Instructions
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add oil. Add the sausage, onion, carrots, celery, and garlic. Cook until the sausage is no longer pink, breaking it into bite-sized pieces as it browns.
- Once the sausage has cooked, using a slotted spoon, place the cooked sausage and vegetables in the slow cooker.
- Add the rest of the ingredients to the slow cooker EXCEPT the tortellini. Stir well. Add the lid. Cook. Cook 4-5 hours on high or 6-8 hours on low.
- 30 minutes before serving, remove the lid and stir it well. Add the tortellini and stir again. Add the top and continue to cook for 30 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
Cook 4-5 hours on high or 6-8 hours on low.
Add the tortellini 30 minutes before serving.