This One Pot Italian Sausage Orzo Soup with Spicy Italian Sausage, Orzo Pasta with rich tomato flavour is delicious and takes only 20 minutes to make.
Delicious Italian Sausage Soup with Orzo is our new favourite. It has so much of flavour and texture in every spoonful of it. A loaf of crusty bread and a big bowl of this soup is definitely going to be a winter comfort food.
Refreshing tomato-based broth, spicy Italian Sausage, Orzo pasta and Spinach, this Soup is really very satisfying and filling. I am sure this Sausage Orzo soup will get you through the winter.
Soup doesn’t have to be boring and bland. Soup can easily be made tasty and healthy at the same time. And it took me years to convince the same to my husband. And now he can happily have a bowl of soup for dinner.
This Sausage Soup is already a household favourite. Tomato Soup is an all-time favourite and I make it very frequently. When the regular Tomato Soup gets an upgrade with spicy sausage and pasta, it is even better, isn’t it? My little one was very excited to see those cute little Orzo pasta and of course, there was a lot of cheese on the top for her.
TO MAKE ITALIAN SAUSAGE ORZO SOUP
TO MAKE ITALIAN SAUSAGE ORZO SOUPMaking Sausage Orzo Soup is pretty easy and quick. It comes together in just 20 minutes and you need only one pot to make it. Start with caramelizing the Onion and garlic in oil. Break sausage to small chunks and brown along with onion and garlic. We are talking about big flavours here and frying onion, garlic in oil and brown the sausage is what will give you flavours.
Browning and caramelizing the sausage helps to release flavourful oil to the pan. Once the browning is done, just dump all the ingredients to the pan except Spinach and let it cook till the pasta is done. Then add the spinach and let it soften. Tada!! it is done.
But wait! What’s comfort food without cheese or cream??? Well, you are not going to miss your favourite creamy Chicken soup because I have taken care of that. Add a couple of tablespoons of cream and a handful of parmesan cheese at the end before serving.
TO MAKE SAUSAGE ORZO SOUP IN THE CROCKPOT
TO MAKE SAUSAGE ORZO SOUP IN THE CROCKPOTWhile it is always easy and quick to make things on the stovetop, Slow cooking comes handy when you don’t want active involvement. This Italian Sausage Orzo Soup can easily be made in a crockpot. It can’t be a total dump and forget kind of recipe. Browning of Onion, garlic and sausage is an essential step to release all the flavours. So before adding all the ingredients to the slow cooker, it is important to brown in a pan.
Once the meat is browned, add Onion, garlic, Sausage Mixture to the Crockpot along with rest of the ingredients (except Spinach, cream and cheese). Cook on low for 6 hours or high for 3 hours. 20 minutes before the cooking time ends, add spinach to the pot. after 10 minutes add cream and cheese to the pot.
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Italian Sausage Soup With Orzo
Ingredients
- 500 grams Italian Sausage
- 1 cup Orzo Pasta
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1/2 Onion
- 1 tbsp Garlic
- 1 28 Oz Tomato
- 1 tspn Dried Oregano
- 2 tspn Dried Basil
- 1 tspn red chili Flakes
- 4 cups Chicken Broth
- 2 cups Spinach (Tightly Packed)
- 1/4 cup Half and Half
- 1 cup Parmesan Cheese
Instructions
- Heat Oil in a heavy bottom pan. Once Warm add chopped onion and garlic. Saute until the onion has softened and raw garlic smell is gone.
- Roughly break sausages to small chunks. Add to the pot. Saute for 5-6 minutes until they are browned and aromatic.
- Deglaze the pot by adding stocks. Scarp the bottom of the pan to remove any brown bits. Stir in the tomatoes.
- When the stock comes to a boil stir in Orzo Pasta, oregano, basil, Red chilli flakes, salt and pepper.
- Cover and let it cook for 10-12 minutes in the medium-low heat until Orzo is almost cooked.
- Stir in Spinach to the pot and let it cook for 2 minutes. Switch off the flame.
- Stir in half and half, grated parmesan cheese.
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Kim in East TN says
This has become the most requested recipe at my house. (I split the tomatoes – equal amounts of crushed tomatoes and tomato sauce.) I’ve made it several times now and will be teaching my 12 year old son how to make it today. He loves it so much he is now inspired to learn how to cook. Thank you!
Amie says
This was cooking on the stove when my hubby came home and he commented that it smelled good. It ended up being really tasty and will be a keeper in our rotation! Thank you!
Christina says
Thank you. Just made for my sister and friend who are on the mend and it’s lovely. One question. The park…. I didn’t stir it in worried might make the soup overly salty… is it meant for a garnish?
Carolyn says
This soup is amazing! One of the best recipes I’ve made on Pinterest!! Thank you for sharing!
Wendy Choser Sargent says
Best rated from family! Was a huge hit! Thank you so much for this recipe!
Gaby says
Great recipe. Super flavorful and my family’s new go to meal
subhasmita says
Thank you 🙂 Glad you liked it.
Kari says
Thanks for the recipe, it was delicious! I also added some cabbage, chopped green beans and leftover bits of bacon.
I’ll definitely make it again in other variations too.
Kelsey says
If using crockpot, leave out the orzo until you add the spinach, cream and cheese. If you add it at the beginning like the instructions say, it will blow up like a balloon and be mushy.
Marzette says
This soup is wonderful. Made it for the first time I used hot sausage. It was a hot with my family. Adding it to our soup rotation. Thanks for a yummy recipe
Jen says
How much salt and pepper do you add?
subhasmita says
It’s little difficult to tell. Amount of salt and pepper depends on your personal preferences. The sausage and stock already has salt in it. The amount of salt depends on the stock you use too. Because I use homemade stock,it’s less salty. So I add about 1/2- 1 teaspoon of salt.
Sondra says
This sounds amazing. Do you think it could be made in the instant pot?
subhasmita says
Instant Pot will definitely work. As I have not tried cooking Orzo I can not tell you exact timing or the amount of stock you would need for it. Would love to know if you tried in the Instant Pot.
Kari says
I just made it in the instant pot. I did high pressure for 15 minutes. Then added the cream, orzo, and spinach and did high pressure for 4 more minutes and it was perfect. This is probably my new favorite soup!
Sondra says
This sounds amazing. Do you think I could make it in the instant pot?
Dee says
Fresh or frozen spinach?
subhasmita says
Either would work.
Maegan says
The recipe says tomato, I only have a can of diced tomato and a can of tomato sauce. Which one would you suggest?
subhasmita says
Diced tomato.
Jen says
Do you think this would turn out OK with a different kind of pasta like shells or farfalle, if the cooking time is adjusted?
subhasmita says
It should work with any kind of pasta. You might have to adjust the amount of stock and cooking time. I would prefer shells or any other small sized pasta though.
Barb says
This is in the strove and house smells amazing
Can’t wait to try it
Jane says
Really great soup! So much flavor! We loved it!
subhasmita says
Thank you for trying. Glad that you liked the soup.
Sherri says
It says 28 oz Tomato. Crushed, whole? Tomato soup?
subhasmita says
Crushed Tomatoes.