Creamy Slow Cooker Tortellini Soup is a comforting soup that takes just a few minutes prep time, 7 ingredients, and basically makes itself.
Creamy Slow Cooker Tortellini Soup is just what your busy weeknights need! You can get it started in the slow cooker in the morning, and then just a few minutes before serving, throw the tortellini and spinach into the slow cooker to cook for a few minutes and you're done! It's quick, easy, and totally delicious!
I think the ingredient that really makes this slow cooker tortellini soup special is the cream cheese. It adds just a little tang to the soup that cream or bechamel doesn't. And, I LOVE that this soup only takes a total of 7 ingredients but tastes complex and hearty.
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Tips for Creamy Slow Cooker Tortellini Soup:
- This soup can be made on the stovetop, too! I like to use the slow cooker because I feel like it gives the soup that simmered-all-day-taste. But, if you'd rather just make it up quick and speedy on the stovetop you can totally do that! Just brown the sausage in your soup pot, add the sauce, mushrooms, broth and cream cheese as listed in the recipe and bring to a simmer. Add the tortellini and spinach and cook until the tortellini float to the top.
- Types of Sausage-- I love the flavor that pork sausage gives but I don't love all the fat. For this reason I like to use a 50/50 mix of pork and turkey Italian sausages. I buy a pound of each, split each in half and then store the remainder in the freezer until I need it again.
- Types of Cream Cheese- Some readers have had problems with using low-fat and fat-free cream cheeses as they curdle and don't blend well into the soup. I've personally used Neuftachel cheese without any problem, but to be on the safe side I recommend using regular, full-fat cream cheese.
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Tools Used for Creamy Slow Cooker Tortellini Soup:
- Ninja 3 in 1 Cooking System (My Slow Cooker): I've owned this slow cooker for about 6 years (when they were first introduced) and I still love it. The stovetop feature allows me to sear and cook meats before allowing them to slow cook (less dishes) and there's a bake feature as well.
- The Chop Stir Tool: This strange little tool makes short work of browning ground meat with its odd shape that allows it to crumble the meat quickly as it cooks.
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Creamy Slow-Cooker Tortellini Soup
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground Italian sausage I like ยฝ pork ยฝ turkey
- 24 ounce jar favorite spaghetti or marinara sauce
- 4 cup chicken broth
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 8 ounces sliced fresh mushrooms
- 16 ounces frozen cheese tortellini
- 2 ounces fresh spinach leaves
Instructions
- Brown and crumble sausage until cooked through on the stovetop. Place cooked sausage in the slow cooker.
- Add sauce, chicken broth, cream cheese and mushrooms to the slow cooker. Don't worry about stirring in the cream cheese, just put the whole brick in.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours or on HIGH or 2-3 hours.
- 20 minutes before serving, turn heat to high if it isn't already and stir in frozen tortellini and spinach. Cover and cook for 15 minutes or until tender and hot.
- Serve topped with parmesan cheese.
Traci says
I made this tonight with a few adjustments.... I used Roasted Red Pepper Alfredo sauce instead of red spaghetti sauce and I only used Turkey sausage. It turned out fantastic!
Heather says
Ooh, good idea with the alfredo sauce!
Susan says
Hubby loved this...I used the refrigerated tortellini and added some pre-cooked chicken meatballs. I would probably add the spinach for the last hour or two...kind of grey and overcooked. Otherwise yummy!
Sarah says
Just made this tonight! Turned out wonderful (and my boyfriend loved it too)!
I used ground turkey for my meat. I also added sautรฉed onions and lots of garlic ๐ As others advised, I added the spinach at the end with the tortellini and it worked out very well. I added quite a bit of cayenne pepper to kick it up a notch!
There is a lot of room to play around with this recipe. It is great as is, but next time I might throw in some other vegetables! Zucchini suggestions sounds great!
susan says
Oh my! I knew it was going to be good based on the pict but it was REALLY good and so simple!!! Instead of the ground beef I found some stew beef chopped on sale while buying ingredients, so just lightly browned and threw it in with the rest of the pot. I did add the mushrooms and spinach the last 45 minutes and it was perfect!! Wondering if anyone knows how well this would freeze? Would like to make another pot and freeze in individual bowls for winter.
Elizabeth says
Made this tonight after I found it on Pinterest. Absolutely amazing. I served it in bread bowls. Actually I think I'm going to go get another bowl. Thanks for adding a new recipe to my rotation.
Missy says
Wow! This was amazing. I made it on the stove. Used organic spaghetti sauce, organic cream cheese, ground turkey, small portabella mushrooms and I added a can of great northern beans. Delish,,
Anna Rousseau says
Trying this dish for my husband tonight...hopefully he loves it!
Melissa Gusman says
The soup was absolutely delicious! I took two other readers' comments and used 1/3 Philidelphia lower fat cream cheese and added it to the meat after it was drained to let it warm up and melted in with the meat. Add that to the red sauce and give a good stir. I also waited to put in the spinach until I added the tortellini at the end. It took about 30 minutes to fully cook the noodles. I added some Mrs. Dash Italian seasonings then too. My brother and husband loved it, plus it was very easy!
Cora says
I made this soup tonight for my boyfriend and me. He claims to hate soup, but he absolutely LOVED this. I saw that some people had issues with using reduced fat cream cheese, but I didn't have a problem with it at all; you just have to let it soften and blend it really well with the rest of the mixture. For some reason, I felt inclined to throw in a half teaspoon of curry powder and a teaspoon of cayenne pepper, which was a good choice. Long story short, this was an awesome dinner (served with Gouda grilled cheese) that I will definitely be making again! Thanks for the recipe!
Noel says
I made this soup today and it is SO delicious and so easy!! I actually used fat free cream cheese but with fat free you have to make a sauce first. I heated it up on the stove with a little broth until it was all melted and formed a nice, thick sauce then put it in the crock pot. It turned out great!
Kristi says
Thanks for the great recipe! I made it tonight with ground turkey and store-bought sauce on the stove. It was great! I think I will try the greek yogurt thing next time since we don't usually buy cream cheese.
Denise Wiersema says
@Jason Tieri. That's awesome...and yes, it totally does, so now I need to make this cause ear is one of my favorite soup ingredients :).