Italian beef tortellini soup is made with jarred marinara sauce and lean ground beef. Tricolored tortellini make it super kid-friendly too!
When you live in Michigan, you pretty much live in soup weather for 3 out of 4 seasons, so that’s the better part of the year. I’m not complaining. Italian beef tortellini soup, or the ingredients that make this recipe, are foods that my toddler loves eating. Heck, I might start making this soup once a week just so he’ll reap the nutritious benefits from the ground beef, vegetables, and tomato sauce!
Along with Joey’s love for meat sauce and pasta, this soup was also inspired by a tomato basil soup recipe from Iowa Girl Eats. Kristin uses jarred marinara sauce as the base for her soup, which is a GENIUS idea in my book. Especially if you can find a jarred sauce that’s not too high in sodium. Plus, jarred sauce already has the Italian seasonings one would add to classify it as Italian, so why not take a cooking shortcut?
I boiled the tortellini separate from the soup so they wouldn’t soak up too much of the broth. I also served our soup with a nice sprinkle of parmesan cheese. That could also be the secret ingredient that gets Joey asking for “MO”…..
- 1 pound of 93% lean ground beef [or leaner]
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- ½ cup of onion, diced
- ½ cup of carrot, diced
- ½ cup of celery, diced
- 1-24 ounce jar of marinara sauce [I used roasted garlic from Trader Joe's]
- 32 ounces of low-sodium beef broth
- 1 cup of cheese tortellini, cooked
- Heat a large stock pot or dutch oven to medium-high heat. Add the ground beef and brown, breaking into small crumbles. Remove from pot and discard any liquid.
- Add olive oil to the pot and reduce heat to medium. Add onion, carrot, and celery. Sautee until tender, about 12-15 minutes.
- Add sauce and broth to the pot and heat through. Return beef to the pot, along with the tortellini.
- Serve immediately, with a teaspoon of parmesan cheese on top.
Yum! I think I know what’s for dinner tonight! 🙂
And maybe a few lunches too! 😉
I use jarred tomato sauce all.the.time.
Ditto! Using it for chicken parm this week too!
This soup looks perfect for a cold day!
It really is! Hearty and delicious!
I love the short list of ingredients needed for this recipe! And all my kids would love the “insides” minus the broth, even though 2 out of 3 of them can use spoons. You sure need to be creative when it comes to feeding young children 🙂
Yes!!! Maybe someday our kids will start slurping the broth?! I remember doing that as a kid lol!
Looks like a nice hearty soup!
Thanks David!
Now I know what to make for dinner tomorrow night! Great soup, Katie!
Thanks Julie! Let me know how you like it or if you made any changes!
This sounds so comforting!