Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe

This Easy Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup is a super quick and simple copycat recipe with rich, creamy flavor you can’t resist!

Well, I maybe not. Sure, there’s something to be said for the going-out-to-eat experience overall. And the not cooking thing. But, sometimes you can’t make it to a restaurant or it’s not in your budget, or your baby just barfed all over you and restaurants generally frown on bringing sick kids to restaurants.

However, it’s not completely true that you can’t enjoy a recreation of a restaurant dish in the comfort of home — and probably for about half the cost. Whole websites have been created that are solely devoted to mimicking restaurant meals, after all. So when I set out to create one of my favorites — this Zuppa Toscana Soup — I did it with determination and I did it with you in mind: You, the one who cleans up the puke, who manages the bank account, who works two jobs and just wants a delicious bowl of soup in front of them at the end of the day. And, guys, I think I kinda nailed it.

Easy Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup

This Easy Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup is a super quick and simple copycat recipe with rich, creamy flavor you can’t resist!

Prep: 10min

Total: 40min

Yield: 4

Serving Size: 1 serving

Nutrition Facts: calories 833 kcal, Carbohydrate 16 g, Protein 25 g, Fat 76 g, Saturated Fat 38 g, Trans Fat 1 g, Cholesterol 246 mg, Sodium 3849 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 2 g, servingSize 1 serving

Ingredients:

• 1 pound spicy Italian ground sausage (use mild for kid-friendly)
• 4 tablespoons butter
• ½ white onion (diced)
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 2 cups water
• 4-5 yellow potatoes (cut into 1-inch pieces)
• 3 teaspoons salt (or to taste)
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 4 cups chopped kale
• chopped bacon or bacon bits and grated parmesan cheese for topping (optional)

Instruction:

1. In a large pot saute sausage 5-6 minutes until browned. Use a slotted spoon to transfer sausage to a plate and set aside.
2. In the same pot, add butter and saute onions over medium heat until translucent. Add garlic and saute for another minute until fragrant.
3. Add chicken broth, water, potatoes, salt, and pepper and bring to a boil. Boil until potatoes are tender. Stir in kale, and heavy cream. Add sausage. Taste and add salt and pepper if needed. Serve garnished with grated parmesan cheese if desired.

Zuppa Toscana – Olive Garden Copycat

Homemade Zuppa Toscana is loaded with Italian sausage, bacon, kale and potatoes. Learn how to make Zuppa Toscana soup as made popular by Olive Garden!

Prep: 10min

Total: 45min

Yield: 8

Serving Size: 1 serving

Nutrition Facts: calories 458 kcal, Carbohydrate 29 g, Protein 19 g, Fat 31 g, Saturated Fat 14 g, Cholesterol 84 mg, Sodium 906 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 2 g, servingSize 1 serving

Ingredients:

• 6 oz bacon (chopped)
• 1 lb Italian Sausage (The “Hot” variety)
• 1 medium head garlic (10 large cloves, peeled and minced or pressed)
• 1 medium onion (finely diced)
• 6 cups chicken broth/stock ((48 oz))
• 4 cups water ((32 oz))
• 5 medium russet potatoes (peeled and chopped into 1/4″ thick pieces)
• 1 kale bundle (leaves stripped and chopped (6 cups))
• 1 cup whipping cream
• Salt and black pepper to taste
• Parmesan cheese to serve (optional)

Instruction:

1. In a large pot or dutch oven (5.5 qt), over medium-high heat, add chopped bacon and sauté until browned (5-7 mins). Remove bacon to a paper-towel lined plate and spoon out excess oil, leaving about 1 Tbsp oil in the pot.
2. Add Italian sausage, breaking it up with your spatula and sauté until cooked through (5 min). Remove to paper towel lined plate.
3. Finely dice onion and add to the pot. Saute 5 min or until soft and golden then add minced garlic and saute 1 min.
4. Add 6 cups broth and 4 cups water, and bring to boil. Add sliced potatoes and cook 13-14 min or until easily pierced with a fork.
5. When potatoes nearly done, add chopped kale and cooked sausage and bring everything to a light boil.
6. Stir in 1 cup cream and bring to boil. Season to taste with salt and black pepper then remove from heat. Garnish with bacon and grated parmesan.

Zuppa Toscana Soup

It is so easy to make Olive Garden’s classic Zuppa Toscana Soup at home! This incredible copycat recipe is even better than the restaurant version and can be made on the stove top or in the crock pot!

Prep: 15min

Total: 60min

Yield: 6

Serving Size: 1 serving

Nutrition Facts: calories 537 kcal, Carbohydrate 26 g, Protein 17 g, Fat 41 g, Saturated Fat 19 g, Trans Fat 0.1 g, Cholesterol 111 mg, Sodium 1402 mg, Fiber 3 g, Sugar 4 g, unSaturated Fat 19 g, servingSize 1 serving

Ingredients:

• 1 pound ground Italian sausage (hot or mild)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 small yellow onion (diced)
• 3 cloves garlic (minced)
• 1 teaspoon hot sauce
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce (can sub Worcestershire sauce)
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 5 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 3-4 small russet potatoes (about 1 lb.)
• 3 cups kale (roughly chopped)
• 1 teaspoon EACH: mustard powder, dried parsley
• ½ teaspoon EACH: dried oregano, dried basil
• 1 Pinch of red pepper flakes (optional)
• Grated Parmesan
• Roughly Chopped Bacon

Instruction:

1. Cook and crumble the sausage in a large soup pot over medium heat until cooked through, about 10 minutes. Reserve 1 tablespoon drippings and set the sausage aside. (1 additional tbsp. butter can be used if you don’t have drippings.)
2. Add the drippings and butter to the soup pot and add the onions. Cook over medium heat until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, hot sauce, soy sauce, and seasonings and cook for 1 more minute.
3. Add the flour and stir continuously for 2 minutes, until the raw flour smell is gone.
4. Add the chicken broth in small splashes, stirring continuously. Add the heavy cream in the same manner. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer.
5. Clean the potatoes and pat them dry. Cut them in half lengthwise, then cut into 1/4-inch slices. Add the the potatoes to the soup along with the cooked sausage.
6. Simmer for 10 more minutes, or until the potatoes are nearly fork tender. Stir in the kale and simmer for 5 more minutes.
7. Transfer to serving bowls and garnish with red pepper flakes, grated Parmesan, and/or chopped bacon. Serve!

Dinner: Zuppa Toscana Soup (Olive Garden Copycat Recipe) – Natasha’s Kitchen

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