ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND TOMATO SOUP

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If you love sausage and tomatoes, you are going to love this combination I created for this recipe.

Provided by Louise M. Soweski

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes Tomato Soup Recipes

Time 55m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 (16 ounce) package bulk turkey sausage
1 large onion, cut into chunks
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 pinch Italian seasoning, or to taste
salt and ground black pepper to taste
2 carrots, thinly sliced
1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 (14.5 ounce) can beef broth
½ (14.5 ounce) can chicken broth
1 (6.5 ounce) can tomato sauce
2 bay leaves
1 cup rigatoni pasta

Steps:

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir turkey sausage is browned, about 5 minutes. Add onion and garlic, cooking and stirring until onion is tender, about 5 minutes more. Season with Italian seasoning, salt, and black pepper. Stir in carrots; cook and stir until carrots start to soften, 5 to 7 minutes.
Pour beans, diced tomatoes, beef broth, chicken broth, and tomato sauce into turkey mixture. Stir in bay leaves. Continue to simmer until carrots are tender, about 5 minutes. Add rigatoni pasta; cook and stir until pasta is cooked through but firm to the bite, about 13 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 290.7 calories, Carbohydrate 27.6 g, Cholesterol 57.9 mg, Fat 10.8 g, Fiber 5.2 g, Protein 20.9 g, SaturatedFat 2.7 g, Sodium 1421.6 mg, Sugar 5.5 g