Tortellini Vegetable Soup

VickyJ's Note:

A good comfort soup, especially on a chilly or snowy night... It's like a 'warm your soul' soup.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 3

• ½ large onion , coarsely chopped
• 1 clove garlic , minced (2tsp)
• ½ tablespoon olive oil
• 1 (21 ¾ ounce) can beef broth
• 7 ¼ ounces cans stewed tomatoes
• ¼ cup picante sauce or ¼ cup salsa
• ½ teaspoon dried basil , crushed
• 4 ½ ounces cheese-filled egg tortellini
• ½ green bell pepper , diced
• ¼ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, cook onion and garlic in olive oil until tender, about 6 minutes.
2. Add broth, tomatoes, picante sauce and basil; bring to a boil.
3. Stir in tortellini; simmer uncovered 15 minutes.
4. Stir in bell pepper; continue to simmer 3 to 4 minutes or until tortellini is tender.
5. Ladle into soup bowls; sprinkle with cheese.

Reviews

[kolleen1021]

By far one of my favorite soup recipes of all time. It's so simple and is excellent on a chilly night. I usually double the tortellini or my BF ends up picking them all out and keeping them for himself. Even makes excellent leftovers!

[pattikay in L.A.]

This was indeed flavorful, but it tasted more like a sauce to me - I think I may try this again with some beef or chicken added and serve it over tortellini as a sauce rather than serve as a soup. Thanks for posting an interesting combination!

[* Pamela *]

Mmmmm...Mmmmmm...Mmmmm! This soup was fabulous and was so easy. I used petite cut tomatoes with garlic and olive oil for the tomatoes and added some red pepper with the green pepper because I had some on hand. The only change I made was to make it in the crockpot. I added all the ingredients (and I used frozen tortellini straight from the freezer) except the green and red peppers and cooked on low for exactly 3 1/2 hours and it was perfect. I added the peppers and stired it up and it was a perfect after church meal to serve for company. They enjoyed it som much that they asked for the recipe! Thanks for sharing it :)