Tortellini Soup

Those fun-filled noodles take center stage in this flavorful soup. The taste will remind you of chicken noodle with a cheese twist. MORE+ LESS-

By Betty Crocker Kitchens

December 26, 2017

tablespoons butter or margarine

garlic cloves, finely chopped

medium celery stalks, chopped (1 cup)

medium carrot, chopped (1/2 cup)

small onion, chopped (1/4 cup)

cartons (32 oz each) Progresso™ chicken broth (8 cups)

cups water

packages (9 oz each) dried cheese-filled tortellini

tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

1/2

teaspoon pepper

teaspoon freshly grated whole nutmeg

Freshly grated Parmesan cheese

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1

Melt butter in 6-quart Dutch oven over medium-low heat. Cover and cook garlic, celery, carrot and onion in butter 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
2

Stir in broth and water. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Stir in tortellini. Cover and simmer about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tortellini are tender.
3

Stir in parsley, pepper and nutmeg. Cover and simmer 10 minutes. Top each serving with cheese.

Nutrition Information

2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

If you love chicken noodle soup, you’ll love this cheesy riff on an Italian classic. Tortellini en brodo (in broth) is a simple soup consisting of broth and tortellini, which is traditionally served as a first course at Italian Christmas feasts. Betty’s version includes additional veggies, which together with the cheesy tortellini makes this recipe hearty enough to be a standalone meal. Even better, it’s still easy to make with the simplest of vegetables — carrots, onion and celery — your frozen ravioli and Progresso chicken broth. So next time you want to shake up your chicken noodle routine, give Tortellini Soup a try. Keep exploring Betty’s tortellini recipes and learn some handy tips for shopping for and keeping your tortellini fresh.