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Easy 30-Minute Homemade Tortellini Chicken Noodle Soup
🧀😍🙌 All the comforting flavors of chicken noodle soup, but with the unexpected twist of using cheesy tortellini instead of egg noodles! This is hearty comfort food that’s EASY to make!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 5 servings
Calories: 428 kcal
Course:
Soup
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cups sweet Vidalia or yellow onion peeled and diced small (about 1 large onion)
- 1 ½ cups carrots peeled and sliced into thin rounds (about 2 large carrots)
- 1 cup celery diced small (about 2 large stalks)
- 3 to 4 garlic cloves peeled and finely minced
- 64 ounces 8 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 10 ounces cheese tortellini
- 2 to 3 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon pepper or to taste
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken use storebought rotisserie chicken to save time; or roast or cook your own chicken in a skillet
- ⅓ cup fresh Italian flat-leaf parsley leaves stems discarded, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice optional
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
Instructions
- To a large Dutch oven or stockpot, add the oil, onion, carrots, celery, and sauté over medium-high head for about 7 to 10 minutes, or until vegetables begin to soften. Stir intermittently.
- Add the garlic and sauté for another 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add the chicken broth, tortellini, bay leaves, thyme, oregano, pepper, and bring to a boil.
- Allow mixture to boil gently for about 5 to 6 minutes or until tortellini are tender and cooked through. Stir intermittently. At any time while making the soup, if the overall liquid level is lower than you like and you prefer more broth, adding a cup or two of extra chicken broth or water is okay. At the end you will adjust the salt level.
- Add the chicken, parsley, optional lemon juice (brightens up the flavor), and boil 1 to 2 minutes, or until chicken is warmed through.
- Taste soup and add salt to taste. I added about 1 teaspoon but this will vary based on how salty the chicken broth, rotisserie chicken, and tortellini are, and personal preference. Make any necessary seasoning adjustments (i.e. more salt, pepper, herbs, etc.), remove the bay leaves, and serve immediately.
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Notes
- Soup will keep airtight in the fridge for 5 to 7 days or in the freezer for up to 6 months.
- Adapted from Easy 30-Minute Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1serving
Calories
428kcal
(21%)
Carbohydrates
41g
(14%)
Protein
31g
(62%)
Fat
17g
(26%)
Saturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
7g
Cholesterol
64mg
(21%)
Sodium
910mg
(38%)
Potassium
752mg
(21%)
Fiber
5g
(20%)
Sugar
7g
(14%)
Vitamin A
6894IU
(138%)
Vitamin C
15mg
(17%)
Calcium
153mg
(15%)
Iron
4mg
(22%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 5servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 428
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 428kcal | 21% |
| Carbohydrates | 41g | 14% |
| Protein | 31g | 62% |
| Fat | 17g | 26% |
| Saturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Cholesterol | 64mg | 21% |
| Sodium | 910mg | 38% |
| Potassium | 752mg | 16% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 6894IU | 138% |
| Vitamin C | 15mg | 17% |
| Calcium | 153mg | 15% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.