One-Pot Italian Noodle Soup
with Chicken Sausage, Penne & Parmesan Toasts
- Wheat
- Soy
This is chicken noodle soup the way your Italian grandma would’ve made it. Naturally, there’s a soul-soothing broth flavored with garlic and Italian herbs. And it’s got all the veggies to make you strong, like carrot, tomato, and spinach. Although that old-world charm really shines through in the penne pasta, chicken sausage, and sprinkle of Parmesan cheese, not to mention a side of cheesy toast for dunking. If you want to claim this one as a generations-old family recipe, we’ll keep it a secret.
Ingredients
3 ounce
Carrot
¼ cup
Parmesan Cheese
1 unit
Ciabatta
(Contains: Wheat, Soy)
9 ounce
Italian Chicken Sausage Mix
1 unit
Onion
5 ounce
Spinach
2 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
6 ounce
Penne Pasta
(Contains: Wheat)
1 tablespoon
Italian Seasoning
1 unit
Tomato
1 teaspoon
Chili Flakes
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Trim, peel, and cut carrot into a small dice. Halve, peel, and finely chop onion. Dice tomato.
• Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add sausage* and cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned, 4-6 minutes (it’ll finish cooking in the next step).
• Add another drizzle of olive oil to pot with sausage, then stir in carrot, onion, and a big pinch of salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until veggies are just softened and sausage is cooked through, 5-7 minutes.
• Add tomato, half the Italian Seasoning (all for 4 servings), and ¼ tsp garlic powder (½ tsp for 4) to pot. (You’ll use more garlic powder in the next step.) Cook, stirring, until fragrant, 1 minute. • Stir in stock concentrates and 3½ cups warm water (6 cups for 4), scraping up any browned bits from bottom of pot. • Add half the penne (all for 4). Cover and bring to a boil, then immediately reduce heat to low. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until pasta is al dente, 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place 2 TBSP butter (3 TBSP for 4 servings) in a small microwave-safe bowl; microwave until just softened, 10 seconds (do not melt). • Stir in 1 TBSP Parmesan (2 TBSP for 4; you’ll use the rest in the next step), ¼ tsp garlic powder (remaining garlic powder for 4), a pinch of salt, and chili flakes to taste. • Halve ciabatta and toast until golden. Spread butter mixture onto cut sides, then halve on a diagonal.
• Stir spinach and 2 TBSP Parmesan (4 TBSP for 4 servings) into soup until spinach is wilted. Season with plenty of salt and pepper. • Divide soup between bowls; sprinkle with remaining Parmesan and a pinch of chili flakes if desired. Serve with toasts on the side for dipping.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the rich, savory taste; some found it spicy, while others wanted more seasoning.
- Ease of prep: Customers praised how quick and simple this one-pot meal was to prepare 🍲.
- Suggestions: Consider using smaller pasta like shells or orzo; some added extra veggies or broth for more soup-like consistency.
- Leftovers: Several noted it made enough for multiple meals and tasted even better the next day.
- Bread: The Parmesan toasts were a hit; try toasting the cheese in the oven for extra crispiness.
Reviews from our home cooks
Cooking the toast points the way the instructions say is key! When you dip the toasts into the soup it takes an already delicious soup up to a whole new level of deliciousness. I don't say this lightly but these Parmesan Toasts are fight worthy...I had to hide a piece from the kids. Maybe next time I'll just cut their pieces smaller, all I know is this was fantastic!
The soup was even better the 2nd day after all the flavors meld together. I would have preferred a harder bread over chibatta for dipping in the soup. This was my 1st time having the chicken sausage and it was quite tasty.
Excellent pot of soup and just the right amount for two people. It looks and tastes fancy, but it's a really easy recipe.
So flavorful. Easy to make. Loved it. I added more broth to make it more a soup because it is more a stew with all those veggies and noodles. Filling too, I got three servings out of my 2 serving order.
I've made hundreds of gallons of chicken soup but this was the best I've ever had. We did it without the chicken sausage and it still was delicious
Plenty of soup to make three portions. We are all about the spice so I used all the Italian seasoning and almost all the of rhe chili pepper flakes. Very good!!
Very tasty with intense flavor. Perhaps the full amount of italian seasoning isn't needed as the sausage is also spiced. Also, only one tomato was sent (for 4) - this seemed to be not enough to impact the flavor.
Delicious! The soup was perfect. Adding the cheese and butter mixture to the toast after it was toasted was a bit weird and I didn't care for it that way, so I put it back in to toast the cheese a bit and it was much better that way!
Everything was good except for the sweet Italian chicken...the seasoning was a little too strong and over powered the whole soup. It will be better with plain ground chicken or cubed chicken breast.
First time using chicken sausage and it was really good. Made a double batch and leftovers were great for lunch. Would add another carrot. We added cannelloni beans.
