Slow Cooker Tomato Tortellini Soup Recipe – effortless to make and tastes AMAZING! Chicken broth, tomato soup, diced tomatoes, Italian sausage, chive & onion cream cheese, and cheese tortellini combine to make THE BEST tomato soup EVER! Just dump everything in the slow cooker and let it work its magic. Serve soup with a salad and garlic bread for an easy weeknight meal the whole family will enjoy!
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This Slow Cooker Tomato Tortellini Soup is a new favorite. I love creamy tomato soup. I order it anytime it is on the menu! Take a yummy creamy tomato soup and add Italian Sausage and cheese tortellini and I am in foodie heaven! All of my favorites rolled into one delicious dish. The best part about this recipe is that it is made in a slow cooker. Just dump everything in the slow cooker and let it work its magic!
How to Make Tomato Tortellini Soup
This soup is effortless to make with only a few simple ingredients. In a large skillet cook Italian sausage over medium-high heat until no longer pink. Drain excess grease. Transfer cooked sausage to a 6-qt slow cooker. Add condensed tomato soup, petite diced tomatoes, and chicken broth to the crock pot and stir to combine. Season with garlic salt and black pepper to taste. Cover the crockpot and cook on LOW heat for 6 to 8 hours. Add chive and onion cream cheese to the pot. Use a whisk to incorporate the cream cheese into the soup. Add uncooked cheese tortellini pasta to the crockpot. Cover and cook on HIGH heat for 15 to 30 minutes, until the pasta is tender. Garnish with parmesan cheese and fresh basil.
Substitutions and Variations
- Can substitute ground beef, turkey sausage, or ground chicken.
- Can use regular breakfast pork sausage such as Jimmy Dean.
- If you don’t want any chunks of tomato in the soup, substitute a can of crushed tomatoes or tomato sauce.
- Can substitute vegetable broth and omit the sausage for a vegetarian dish.
- Fresh herbs and veggies make great additions. Here are some of our favorite variations:
- spinach
- sauteed onions
- celery
- carrots
- heavy cream
- garlic
- rosemary
- oregano
- Can substitute plain cream cheese. We like the extra flavor that the chive and onion cream cheese adds to the soup. If using plain cream cheese, I suggest adding more seasoning such as onion powder and garlic powder.
- You can use refrigerated or frozen tortellini. There is no need to thaw the tortellini before adding it to the soup.
Helpful Tips & Frequently Asked Questions
- Can I make Tortellini Soup on the stovetop? Yes! In a large Dutch oven, cook Italian sausage over medium-high heat until no longer pink. Drain excess grease. Add tomato soup, diced tomatoes, and chicken broth. Stir well. Bring the soup to a boil. Reduce to medium heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Add cream cheese to the soup and whisk to incorporate. Add uncooked cheese tortellini pasta and cook until the pasta is tender.
- Can you freeze tomato tortellini soup? Yes! Cook the soup and cool to room temperature. Transfer the soup to freezer bags or plastic containers. Store in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- If making this exclusively as a freezer meal, wait to add the pasta until you reheat the soup.
- Thaw and reheat on the stovetop or in the microwave.
- The pasta will absorb some of the liquid in the soup. Add more broth or a splash of heavy cream to reach the desired consistency.
- Store leftover soup in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- The soup will keep in the fridge for 3-4 days.
- Keep in mind that as time goes on, the pasta will soak up the broth and get puffy.
- Add more broth or a splash of heavy cream when reheating the soup to reach the desired consistency.
What to Serve with Tomato Soup
This Slow Cooker Tomato Tortellini Soup was a huge hit in our house. We ate this for dinner and leftover for lunch the next day. I am already planning on making this again very soon. I just can’t get enough of this soup!! The creaminess comes from onion and chive cream cheese. It adds SO much flavor to the soup! I could eat this every week this fall and winter and never tire of it!
I’ve got a couple of fabulous suggestions that will take your soup game to the next level. First up, a fresh and vibrant side salad is always a winner. Toss together some crisp lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, and a Creamy Italian Dressing to complement the flavors of the soup. Another fantastic option is crusty garlic bread. There’s just something magical about dipping warm, garlicky bread into a rich tomato soup. It’s the ultimate comfort food combo. So there you have it, whether you go for a refreshing salad or some mouthwatering garlic bread with olive oil dip, these sides will elevate your tortellini soup to a whole new level of deliciousness.
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Slow Cooker Tomato Tortellini Soup
Ingredients:
- 1 -lb Italian sausage casings removed
- 1 (32-oz) container chicken broth
- 1 (28-oz) can petite diced tomatoes
- 2 (10.5-oz) cans tomato soup
- 2 (8-oz) containers chive and onion cream cheese spread, softened
- 1 (18-oz) package refrigerated cheese tortellini, uncooked
Instructions:
- In a skillet, cook Italian sausage until browned and no longer pink. Transfer cooked sausage to slow cooker.
- Add chicken broth, tomatoes and tomato soup to slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW 6 to 8 hours.
- Stir in cream cheese and cheese tortellini. Cover and cook on HIGH for 15 to 30 minutes, until tortellini is cooked.
Notes:
Steph
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Roughly how long will this sit after the tortellini are done before it becomes too mushy
I always keep the tortellini/pasta separate and add to hot soup shortly before serving
I made it less brothy and more Stewie
How do I make this recipe in a pressure cooker?
Did you try this? I was wondering the cook time. I’m think six minutes….I’ve made in the crock pot and it was dreamy!
I want to make in Instant Pot as well. Was 6 minutes all it took?
I think grilled cheese sammiches would go well with this.
sounds yummy!
I see it calls for 8 servings. What measurement is a serving (i.e. is one serving = 1 cup)?
Don’t know. I’ve never measured it.
How do you know if you should move on after 6,7, or 8 hours?! What am I looking for to know its time to add tortellini?
Just until it is hot enough for you. It will just depend on your slow cooker.
This is on a constant rotation in our home! We love it! The only change I’ve made is I use one container of cc and I use the vegetable flavored. We also just cook on the stove for about 30 min. And serve with garlic bread! Delicious and easy! 🥰
Can I use the spinish and cheese tortellini?
Sure
Could you use frozen pasta?
yes
Can you use spaghetti sauce instead of tomato soup?
You can make this however you would like. This is how we made it and what it looked like.
Just wondering what you would consider 1 serving of this? Measurement wise.. About a cup and a half? Thanks!
The can of soup instruction says to add a can of water. Should I do the same when I use the soup for this dish in the slow cooker?
NO
Delicious! I added some Italian seasoning and use leN beef instead of pork sausage. It is amazing!!! We make this at least once a month.
I accidentally put the cream cheese in at the beginning, it should turn out ok right?
Yes – it will be just fine.
This was so easy and good! Only 6 ingredients but tastes gourmet! Love those kinds of recipes. And of course, chewy Italian or French bread to go with it. I used a 5 qt slow cooker.
I started this before I went to work this morning and oh my word!!!! So good! My hubby loved it. I used two breakfast sausage pkgs, sautéed a sm onion, heaping spoon of jarred garlic, deglazed the pan with a little white wine. Had a little beef broth I needed to use up in addition to the chicken broth. I did add an extra can of soup. I used the two containers of cream cheese & 2 cans of fire roasted tomatoes. My Aldi’s didn’t have petite diced tomatoes so I mashed them up. Will definitely be making this again and again!! Thank you for sharing this recipe!!
Can I leave out the tomatoes?
Can you use a tomato soup that isn’t condensed? Like a progresso tomato soup?
I’ve only made this with condensed soup, so I can not say how it would turn out with progresso.
I just made this last night and did, in fact, use the Progresso Tomato Basil soup (1can) and it turned out wonderfully. I also added a small diced onion, 10 oz of frozen chopped spinach, 1/2 cup of carrot shreds, beef bone broth(was out of chicken), and 1/2 cup of dry red wine. Added the 2 containers of cream cheese and tortellini in the last 30 min and it came out perfectly! The entire family LOVED it!! (I know I strayed from the original recipe, but I try to sneak in as many veggies as possible.😜). We will definitely be making this again!!
I added spinach as well. It was awesome!
Love this. And is a family favorite. With garlic, toasted baquette bread, I add some extra garlic, can of rotel tomatoes, and 2 cans tomato soup. If it’s possible, I think it’s better the second day.
Can you use chicken instead of sausage
sure
Could I Use 3 cans of tomato soup or 2 cans and tomato sauce or juice instead of a can of petite tomatoes?
you can try it
I made this the other day and my husband keeps going back for seconds. He really likes it and a lot and I also found it super tasty. The broth especially is lovely.
A few quick notes:
1) I had to use frozen tortellini, but I sort of semi thawed them and they worked perfectly well.
2) the amount of cream cheese needed was a bit more than 2 containers of the Philadelphia brand, so I eyeballed cutting up a third. I did not realize they needed to be taken out of the fridge, so I ended up with white flecks in my soup. Definitely have your cream cheese at room temperature.
3) make certain you like the sausage your using. This is where my husband and I differ. I picked a mild sausage because I have some (but not a lot of) spice tolerance. Over all, I found the mild sausage I picked to be both not sweet enough and not spicy enough. My husband loves it, but I end up picking around the sausage. Make sure you include a sausage you like.
I will definitely be making this again. It’s easy enough that even my adhd brain can focus enough to do it, and it’s super tasty and gives a number of meals afterwards. 10/10