Chicken Tortellini Soup
Mother Nature must of heard me complaining about the heat last week because the weather we had this weekend was just gorgeous! It was about 70 degrees yesterday and it was actually a little cool outside last night which gave our A/C a much needed break. It was a perfect day to make some soup. Husband and I got a late start yesterday morning and were busy running errands all day getting more Halloween decorations (yes, my decorations are up already) and going to the store so I didn’t want to make anything too complicated for dinner. This chicken tortellini soup is barely a recipe, it is so easy to make and is done in under 30 minutes! You can make your own broth and cook your own chicken, but if you’re pressed for time, any chicken broth will do and you can use a rotisserie chicken from your grocery store!
Chicken Tortellini Soup
Serves 6-8
Ingredients:
– 9 cups chicken broth
– 2 cups cooked chicken, shredded or cut into small pieces
– 1 cup diced carrots
– 1 lb. cheese tortellini (I like Buitoni’s pasta from the refrigerated section)
– salt and pepper to taste
– chopped parsley and parmesan cheese (optional)
– Optional ingredients to add to soup: celery, spinach, diced tomatoes
Directions:
1. In a large pot, heat chicken broth on medium heat. Add carrots and simmer for 10 minutes. Add chicken to the broth. While the carrots are simmering, cook tortellini (leave slightly al dente). Add tortellini and simmer on low heat for additional 5 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with parsley and parmesan cheese.
P.S. If you are wondering what those delicious biscuits are, they are cheddar bay biscuits! I’ll post the recipe for them tomorrow!
20 Comments on “Chicken Tortellini Soup”
Looks delicious! It’s definitely the season for soup! Who knew we’d get a bit of cool weather this weekend?
This looks really good. So warm and cozy on a cool day. It’s absolutely freezing here. I had a sweater on today. *gasps in horror* I hate fall/winter, I’m a spring/summer gal. Lol
That looks so good! I love that you can make it completely from scratch, or you can pick up stuff from the store for a quick meal.
I hope someone is around the make this for me the next time I am sick. Looks yummy!
I really want to make this for dinner tonight. It looks so comforting and fresh. Yum!
I love chicken soup! And, the addition of tortellini just makes it sound even better! I am looking forward to cooler soup weather here, but it wont be for some time!
What a simple, yet fabulous soup!!! Perfect for these cooler evenings~
My son loves tortellini anything, and I’ll bet it’s really good in this wonderful soup!
I hate that it’s getting colder outside, but I love the food that we get to eat because of it! Like this delicious soup!
Yum yum! Definitely will try this!
YUM. This is perfect for winter.
My kind of soup! I am hungry for it. Have to make it soon.
This looks really nice today especially it’s cloudy and chilly in SF Bay Area…but! my eyes are already in the previous post – pumpkin pie popsicle? It’s too cold to eat, yet I gotta check that out! ;-)
chicken broth and tortellini-I will take a full bowl of that! Never had this and I sure have been missing out. thanks for sharing steph!
OOh, yummy! This looks so good! I’m totally in full on soup mode at the moment and this one is a keeper!
Oh, yum! TOTAL comfort food!
Stephanie…I love tortellini so much. But I love it the most in soups! I don’t know why that is! And the weather has dropped so much here in D.C. (and rain for the past 3 days!)….that this would have been perfect. I like to make a batch of soup on the weekend to have for lunch during the week. And this is on this weekend’s to do list! Awesome!
This soup looks SO PERFECT right now.
Sounds wonderful, Stephanie! And your picture looks great!
Tortellini soup is my go to meal when I need a little pick me up. Looking forward to trying your recipe.