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Spicy Italian sausage, fresh leaves, and potatoes in a creamy broth topped with crumbled bacon. An easy and yummy Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup recipe.
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Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup

Spicy Italian sausage, fresh leaves, and potatoes cooked in a creamy broth topped with crumbled bacon. This is an easy, healthy and yummy One Pot Zuppa Toscana soup recipe. It has got right flavors on one plate. Inspired by Olive Garden special Zuppa Toscana soup. You'll just love this.
Course Soup
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Author Jane Jojo

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Italian sausage
  • 4 slice bacon
  • 1 number onion ,medium size
  • 5 teaspoon Crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1 tablespoon garlic crushed or paste
  • 6 cup chicken broth
  • 3 number potato ,large size
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 2 ½ cup swiss chard / spinach / kale
  • salt
  • pepper powder

Instructions

  • Prepare ingredients - Chop bacon slices into 1.5-inch pieces. Chop sausage into 1-inch pieces. Dice onion into small pieces. Mince garlic. Clean the potatoes and thinly slice them.
  • Heat a large pot or Dutch oven and cook bacon until crisp. Drain them and keep it aside. Reserve the extra oil from the bacon.
    Spicy Italian sausage, fresh leaves, and potatoes in a creamy broth topped with crumbled bacon. An easy and yummy Copycat Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup recipe.
  • Spicy Italian sausage, fresh leaves, and potatoes in a creamy broth topped with crumbled bacon. An easy and yummy Copycat Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup recipe.
  • Spicy Italian sausage, fresh leaves, and potatoes in a creamy broth topped with crumbled bacon. An easy and yummy Copycat Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup recipe.
  • Into the same pot, add sausage and red pepper flakes. Cook it until brown and no longer pink. It should crumble as it cooks further. Drain them. Leave the extra fat in the same pot.
    Spicy Italian sausage, fresh leaves, and potatoes in a creamy broth topped with crumbled bacon. An easy and yummy Copycat Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup recipe.
  • Spicy Italian sausage, fresh leaves, and potatoes in a creamy broth topped with crumbled bacon. An easy and yummy Copycat Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup recipe.
  • Add onion and garlic into the same pot. Saute them until onion is soft and translucent. Add oil reserved from the bacon as needed.
    Spicy Italian sausage, fresh leaves, and potatoes in a creamy broth topped with crumbled bacon. An easy and yummy Copycat Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup recipe.
  • Spicy Italian sausage, fresh leaves, and potatoes in a creamy broth topped with crumbled bacon. An easy and yummy Copycat Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup recipe.
  • Pour the chicken broth into the pot. Bring it to a boil over high heat. Add back the fried sausage.
    Spicy Italian sausage, fresh leaves, and potatoes in a creamy broth topped with crumbled bacon. An easy and yummy Copycat Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup recipe.
  • Then, add the sliced potato and boil until fork, tender. Add sufficient salt. Sausage will get crumbled while it gets cooked again.
    Spicy Italian sausage, fresh leaves, and potatoes in a creamy broth topped with crumbled bacon. An easy and yummy Copycat Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup recipe.
  • Mix the leaves, spinach or kale or swisschard.
    Spicy Italian sausage, fresh leaves, and potatoes in a creamy broth topped with crumbled bacon. An easy and yummy Copycat Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup recipe.
  • Once the leaves are cooked, add cream and stir. Add half bacon and mix it. Season with salt and pepper as needed. Garnish the soup with the rest of the bacon. Serve immediately!
    Spicy Italian sausage, fresh leaves, and potatoes in a creamy broth topped with crumbled bacon. An easy and yummy Copycat Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup recipe.
  • Spicy Italian sausage, fresh leaves, and potatoes in a creamy broth topped with crumbled bacon. An easy and yummy Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup recipe.

Notes

Never compromise on the ingredients especially the Italian sausage, bacon and the chicken broth.
You can either use swiss chard or spinach or kale for leaves.
I have also tried replacing heavy cream with whole milk. It works :)
I use Organic Chicken base from Costco for the stock. It comes out well.