Creamy Chicken Sausage & Tortelloni Soup
Elevated Dinners, Impressively Easy
- Milk
- Eggs
- Wheat
- Soy
Ever find yourself wondering, “Why have an average-sized bite of cheesy stuffed pasta, when you could have that same bite… but slightly bigger?” You’re asking the right questions, friend. That’s why our chefs created this dinner featuring tortelloni (the jumbo brother of tortellini), mixed with pan-seared chicken sausage and fresh spinach in a creamy, savory bowl of broth. Finish your bowls with Parmesan and scallions, and serve with a side of toasty garlic bread for a filling dinner idea that takes just 15 minutes to make. Thanks to tortelloni, you can go big and stay home!
Ingredients
9 ounce
Italian Chicken Sausage Mix
1 tablespoon
Cornstarch
2 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1 tablespoon
Italian Herb Paste
4 ounce
Cream Sauce Base
(Contains: Milk)
9 ounce
Tortelloni
(Contains: Eggs, Milk, Wheat)
5 ounce
Spinach
2 unit
Scallions
1 unit
Demi-Baguette
(Contains: Soy, Wheat)
2 tablespoon
Garlic Herb Butter
(Contains: Milk)
3 tablespoon
Parmesan Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Lemon
Not included in your delivery
1 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
Salt
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Drizzle oil in a hot pot. Cook sausage*, breaking up meat into pieces, until mostly cooked through, 3-4 minutes.
• In a bowl, mix cornstarch with 1 TBSP water (2 TBSP for 4) until smooth and no lumps remain. TIP: Mix with your finger to ensure there are no lumps! • Stir stock concentrates, cornstarch mixture, half the Italian herb paste (all for 4), and 2 cups water (4 cups for 4) into pot with sausage. • Cover pot and bring to a boil. Stir in cream sauce base, tortelloni, and spinach. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened, tortelloni are tender, and sausage is cooked through, 3-4 minutes. • Taste and season with salt if desired.
• While soup cooks, trim scallions; chop greens (save whites for another use). Quarter lemon.
• Cut baguette in half lengthwise; toast until golden brown. Spread with half the garlic herb butter (all for 4); halve on a diagonal. • Top soup with cheese, scallion greens, and a squeeze of lemon. Serve with garlic bread.
Chicken Sausage is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the creamy, comforting taste; some found it a bit bland and added extra seasoning for more depth 🍲.
- Ease of prep: Customers raved about how quick, simple, and easy this one-pot meal was to prepare.
- Suggestions: Consider adding more broth for a soupier consistency; some preferred kale over spinach or added extra veggies.
- Leftovers: Tastes even better the next day, though tortellini may absorb liquid and become less soupy.
- Portions: Generous serving size; many got 3-4 meals from the 2-person recipe.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was the best Hello Fresh recipe I've ever made. It was super quick and easy and the taste was spot on. In the past, the sausage has been too strong and I've been reluctant to use recipes with sausage, but you must've changed your supplier because this was wonderful. Will definitely make again.
Probably one of my new favorite creamy soups. I'll be adding it to my book of saved recipes to recreate in the future. Super simple. Very delicious.
Loved this meal! Lots of sausage and tortellini. Very hearty and filling. A great meal for a cold winter day.
Everything was perfect. The best tasting tortelloni soup I've had and the perfect amount of ingredients to make it with. Nothing went to waste.
The soup itself was really good! I cut the green onions up earlier & integrated them to cook longer as well as cut up the spinach really small due to some texture sensitivities, but otherwise followed the directions. The soup turned out great, though it took a bit longer than the directions called for in order to get the sauce to thicken appropriately. The baguette with the garlic butter was delicious, especially when combined with the creamy sauce from the soup!
Loved how quick this one was. I was able to walk away and do other chores and still have a solid meal at the end of it. Only critique would that it's pretty salty, including the pre-made tortellini. Still good!
The chicken sausage was very spicy and tasty, and elevated this meal above what I was expecting.
I like tortellini as it's a pretty easy and quick dish to make. It had nice flavors. I decided not to add the sausage as I thought it was pretty hearty already.
So good! I just wish the instructions would add more water since it's mostly tortellini with little soup
I am rather new to Hello Fresh and have not yet learned that a little garlic powder goes a LONG way. This recipe had WAY TOO MUCH garlic powder and should say "add according to taste." The chicken sausage was very garlicky and then there was more added. Also the flavor of the tortelloni was funky. Will not order again.
