CHICKEN, SPINACH, AND TORTELLINI SOUP

Chicken, Spinach, and Tortellini Soup image

This is a quick and easy 'what's in the pantry' soup. I used homemade chicken stock that I had in the freezer and leftover store-bought rotisserie chicken, but the tortellini soup is great with whatever you have on hand.

Provided by apurplerooster

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Noodle Soup Recipes

Time 1h30m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
1 medium onion, chopped
½ teaspoon salt
3 cloves garlic, finely minced
3 cups frozen chopped spinach
5 cups chicken stock
2 ½ cups chopped cooked chicken
1 (15 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
1 cup water
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to taste
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 (12 ounce) package refrigerated cheese tortellini

Steps:

Melt butter over medium-high heat in a soup pot. Add onion and 1/2 teaspoon salt; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic; cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in spinach. Cook until thawed and tender, 10 to 12 minutes.
Pour chicken stock, cooked chicken, tomatoes, water, bay leaves, oregano, parsley, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper into the pot with the spinach. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and let simmer until reduced, about 40 minutes.
While soup is simmering, fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil; stir in tortellini and return to a boil. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tortellini float to the top and filling is hot, about 10 minutes. Drain.
Stir cooked tortellini into soup. Serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 365.8 calories, Carbohydrate 38 g, Cholesterol 74 mg, Fat 12.4 g, Fiber 5.7 g, Protein 28.6 g, SaturatedFat 5.1 g, Sodium 1204.9 mg, Sugar 3.2 g