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Light Zuppa Toscana Soup
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Total Time
55 mins
 

A lighter version of Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana Soup

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: best, Comfort Food, copycat, Easy, Light, Olive Garden, Recipe, Soup, TikTok, Zuppa Toscano
Servings: 6
Calories: 421 kcal
Author: Cheri Renee
Ingredients
  • 3 slices bacon cut into bite size pieces
  • 1 onion diced
  • 1 pound Italian turkey sausage ground
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 3 Russet potatoes diced
  • 4 cups chicken stock
  • 2 cups kale chopped
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 1 1/2 cups white wine (I used Pinot Grigio)
  • 1/2 cup parmesan cheese shredded
  • kosher salt, pepper, crushed red pepper, season salt to taste
Instructions

  1. Cook bacon over medium to medium high heat in a large pot until cooked, drain the fat and add onion along with a sprinkle of salt, pepper, crushed red pepper flake. Cook until translucent.

  2. Add turkey sausage, breaking apart the meat as it cooks until brown.
  3. Add the garlic and potatoes, a few more sprinkles of salt, pepper, and season salt and cook 5 more minutes.

  4. Add the chicken stock, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low, simmer for 15 minutes. (Optional step: I like thicker, creamier soups, and one trick I do with all my soups is use my immersion blender and pulse it a few times. If you don’t have an immersion blender remove about a cup or two from the pot and put it in your blender or food processor (NOT when it’s super hot!) and return it to the pot. But, if you like the thinner broth type soups you can skip this part.)

  5. Add kale and let simmer for 5 minutes.
  6. Add heavy cream and white wine, check for seasoning after 5 minutes. Add seasoning as needed.

  7. Serve in soup bowls with a sprinkle of the shredded parmesan cheese.