How to make an authentic Chicken Tortellini Soup

Name: Chicken Tortellini Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 3 carrots peeled and diced; 1 small onion diced; 4 stalks celery diced; 1 green squash diced; 2 cups baby spinach (85 g); 16 oz cannellini beans rinsed and drained (459 g); 12 oz sausage tortellini (336 g); 4 cups chicken stock (950 ml); season with black pepper and sea salt to taste

November 7, 2012 by Chef Dennis Littley 21 Comments

Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

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How to make Chicken Tortellini Soup. Not only does it warm the body but it warms the soul.I wanted to make something comforting for this post, and when so many have so little I didn’t feel a dessert was the message I wanted to convey. And then I remembered the day Mama Jeanette found me on that park bench. I was cold, wet, exhausted, and so very near the end of my rope, but when Mama Jeanette put that bowl of soup down in front of me for the first time in months, I felt hope. There’s just something magical about soup, it warms the body and warms the soul.

I wanted to make something comforting for this post, and when so many have so little I didn’t feel a dessert was the message I wanted to convey. And then I remembered the day Mama Jeanette found me on that park bench. I was cold, wet, exhausted, and so very near the end of my rope, but when Mama Jeanette put that bowl of soup down in front of me for the first time in months, I felt hope. There’s just something magical about soup, it warms the body and warms the soul.

So for my post today, I made one of my favorite soups, nothing fancy just a simple chicken soup. I happened to have some sausage tortellini on hand so they found their way into the soup pot, but any noodle would work just as well.

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Chicken Tortellini Soup

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time1 hr

Total Time1 hr 10 mins

Course: Soup

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Author: Chef Dennis Littley

Ingredients

3 carrots peeled and diced
1 small onion diced
4 stalks celery diced
1 green squash diced
2 cups baby spinach 85 g
16 oz cannellini beans rinsed and drained 459 g
12 oz sausage tortellini 336 g
4 cups chicken stock 950 ml
season with black pepper and sea salt to taste

Instructions

in a small stock pot add a tablespoon of olive oil, the diced carrots, celery, onion and zuchinni and allow them to cook for 5-7 minutes.
Add the chicken stock, bring to a boil, turn down the heat and allow to simmer.
Add the cannellini beans and continue to simmer for about 30 minutes.
Add in the spinach and tortellini and continue to simmer for another 10 minutes.
season with sea salt and black pepper to tatse
serve with a sprinkle of grated cheese and crusty bread.

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