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!
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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.
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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!