Italian Sausage and Broken Pasta Soup

Name: Italian Sausage and Broken Pasta Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: European, Italian, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 1 1/2 lb sweet Italian sausage; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 2 c chopped onion; 1/2 c chopped celery; 1 medium carrot, peeled and chopped; 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh garlic; 1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper; 1 28oz. can crushed tomatoes; 2 cups diced potatoes; 5 cups water; 1 14 1/2 oz can chicken stock; 1/2 teaspoon basil; 1/2 teaspoon oregano; 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning; 2 cups chopped zucchini; 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley; 1/2 cup thin spaghetti, broken into 1/2 inch pieces; Grated Parmesan cheese; salt an; pepper

5 steps

Prep:30minCook:30min

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:34:52 GMT

Ingredients

6 servings

1.5 lbsweet Italian sausage

1 tablespoonolive oil

2 conion

chopped

½ ccelery

chopped

1carrot

medium, peeled and chopped

½ teaspoonfresh garlic

minced

¼ cupgreen bell pepper

chopped

1 x 28 ozcan crushed tomatoes

2 cupspotatoes

diced

5 cupswater

1 x 14.5 ozcan chicken stock

½ teaspoonbasil

½ teaspoonoregano

½ teaspoonitalian seasoning

2 cupszucchini

chopped

2 tablespoonsfresh parsley

minced

½ cupspaghetti

thin, broken into 1/2 inch pieces

grated parmesan cheese

salt

pepper

Instructions

Step 1

In a soup pot fully cook sausage, breaking up with a fork. Drain and discard excess fat. Set sausage aside.

Step 2

Heat oil in the pot. Add onion, celery, carrot, garlic, and pepper. Cook until tender (about 3 minutes).

Step 3

Return sausage to the pot along with the tomatoes, potatoes, water, chicken broth, basil, oregano, and Italian seasoning. Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.

Step 4

Add zucchini, parsley, and pasta. Cook until pasta is done (about 7 minutes). Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Step 5

Spoon into bowls and serve sprinkled with cheese.