Crockpot Sausage Tortellini Soup made with Italian sausage, tortellini, fresh spinach, canned tomatoes in a flavorful creamy broth. This crockpot soup recipe only takes a few minutes of prep and then the slow cooker does the rest of the work!

Crockpot Sausage Tortellini Soup is one of my favorite soup recipes. The flavors are amazing and I love how easy this soup is to put together. You do have to cook the sausage in advance, but everything else (including the tortellini) can just be thrown in the crockpot and left to cook.

The recipe also calls for cream cheese, which adds such a wonderful creaminess to the soup and of course extra cheesy flavor too! To me, this soup recipe almost tastes like lasagna, but it’s so much easier to make.

Ingredients in Crockpot Sausage Tortellini Soup

You will need Italian sausage for this recipe. I also use mild sausage, but if you like a little more kick, go for it! You could also use ground beef or even chicken if you prefer. If you are trying to avoid meat, you can make the soup without it and it’s still delicious!

I use fresh tortellini in the recipe -the kind that you find in the refrigerator section of the grocery store, usually next the cheese. I prefer the taste of this tortellini and it is already a lot softer, so it tends to cook a lot faster than frozen tortellini or the dry tortellini that you can buy from the store that is next to all of the other pastas. You can use those types of tortellini, but you will have to either boil the tortellini slightly before adding to the soup, or you will have to extend the cooking time by 2-3 hours to make sure the pasta gets cooked. I use cheese tortellini, but you could definitely use a different variety if you prefer.

Fresh spinach is the next ingredient in the soup. You could probably use frozen, but make sure it is well drained before adding to the soup.

You will also need 2 cans of diced Italian style tomatoes. If you have regular diced tomatoes, they will work fine too, but the Italian style tomatoes already have some spices added that will just add that much more flavor to your soup.

You will also need 4 cups of chicken broth which is convenient since chicken broth comes in 32 oz (4 cup) boxes at the store. You can also use homemade chicken broth if you prefer, or you can use chicken bouillon to make the equivalent of 4 cups.

The next ingredient is a block of cream cheese. I usually have regular cream cheese on hand, but you could easily use a reduced-fat or no-fat variety. Just make sure the cream cheese is cubed before adding to the soup so that it can melt easily.

The last thing to add to the soup is the spices. This soup recipe calls for dried basil, dried oregano, salt and ground black pepper.

How to make Crockpot Sausage Tortellini Soup

Place all of the ingredients in your slow cooker and stir them up just a little bit to make sure that the tortellini is covered by the broth. Cook on high for about 3 hours or on low for 5-6 hours, until the tortellini is cooked and soft.

Right before serving, stir the soup to fully incorporate the cream cheese and make sure it is melted completely.