Chicken Tortellini Soup

Full of flavor hearty soups are the perfect cold weather weeknight meals that the whole family will enjoy. This recipe for Chicken Tortellini Soup is fairly simple to put together, with not a ton of active cooking going on. What makes this particular soup special is that it has not one but TWO unexpected ingredients – Worcestershire Sauce and Tabasco Sause. You get that deep earthly flavor from the Worcestershire and a pop of heat from the tabasco for a great bite.

I have listed Poultry Seasoning for this recipe as the main seasoning. I have also included my recipe for poultry seasoning (you can check out my other seasoning blends here). If you want to use your own poultry seasoning mixture, please make sure you have salt and pepper included. Many store bought mixtures omit the salt and pepper, and you don’t want to end up with none in your soup, it just won’t taste quite right. My recipe also calls for nutmeg and tarragon – both important for the final flavor.

For this soup, I have listed fresh or refrigerator tortellini. This is preference of mine and my families. The dried cheese tortellini don’t have as much cheese flavor, in my opinion, so I don’t use them. However, if you cannot find the refrigerated kind or don’t like them, you could use the dried version too. You will just want to put them in broth about 10 minutes sooner so that they have enough time to fully rehydrate.

Since this soup is really hearty and filling, I just served it up with baguette that I warmed up in the oven and then put a little butter on. I will say that this soup doesn’t keep all that well – the tortellini tend to get mushy and even start to “dissolve” the longer they sit in the liquid. When I serve these types of soups, I always like to do so in a wide shallow bowl – some times called a pasta bowl. It doesn’t just make it prettier, but it makes it easier to eat. With larger surface areas, you are able to eat it sooner.

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Chicken Tortellini Soup

A flavor filled broth loaded with chicken, veggies and cheese tortellini

Course Dinner, Main Course, Soup

Cuisine American, Italian

Keyword broth, caramelized onions, carrots, celery, cheese tortellini, Chicken, chicken broth, chicken soup, creamy garlic dressing, tortellini

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes

Servings 6

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp Butter
• 1 Medium White Onion diced
• 4 Garlic Cloves minced
• 3 Carrots diced
• 3 Celery Stalks diced
• 2 tbsp Poultry Seasoning see recipe below
• 2 qts Chicken Broth
• 2 lb Chicken Breast
• ¼ cup Lemon Juice
• 2 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 tsp Tabasco Sauce
• 2 lb Fresh Cheese Tortellini

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Instructions

• In a large stock pot over medium high heat, add butter. Once melted add garlic, onion, carrot, celery and half of poultry seasoning. Let saute until onions are mostly translucent.
• Add broth and chicken breast. Bring just to a boil. Then reduce heat to medium and let cook for 20 minutes. Remove chicken from pot and shred. Return to pot and reduce heat to medium low.
• Add lemon juice, remaining poultry seasoning, Worcestershire sauce and tabasco. And let cook for 30 minutes more.
• Increase heat to medium, and add tortellini. Cook for a final 15 minutes (or until tortellini are all floating).

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