Enjoy restaurant quality soup at home! Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe is a quick and easy meal to make. This soup is savory, delicious and full of flavor!
Zuppa Toscana Soup – if you love Olive Garden soup, you’ll love this even more!
Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe
Zuppa Toscana Soup! Have you visited Olive Garden lately? Whenever we do, I usually order soup & salad. It’s always delicious and you get those amazing breadsticks. There are a variety of soups to choose from so it makes decision making even easier, right?
I mean, you don’t have to make a decision, you can sample everything!
Do you have a hard time choosing a favorite soup when dining out?
Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe
Then I had a great idea – why not make one of my favorite soups at home? Everyone loves Zuppa Toscana Soup. It’s incredibly savory and very affordable – trust me when I say you’re going to adore this soup!
Grocery List for Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe
- Italian sausage
- onion
- russet potatoes
- garlic
- kale
- chicken broth
- half and half or cream
- white wine
- bay leaf
- salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes
Steps to make Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe
- Brown the sausage.
- While it is browning, peel the potatoes. Peel and chop the onion. Mince the garlic.
- Next, clean and chop kale.
- When the sausage is browned, add the onions, potatoes and spices.
- Sauté until these veggies just begin to soften.
- Add the kale and sauté for another minute or two.
- Then, add chicken broth and bring it to a boil. Boil uncovered until the potatoes are tender.
- Remove from the heat and stir in half and half. Serve and enjoy!
Don’t like kale? I think you’ll change your mind after trying this soup! But if you’re really not a fan of kale, you can substitute with Swiss chard or spinach.
Hearty, delicious and savory, this is a meal the whole family will love!
What can I serve with Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup?
Well of course I’m going to suggest breadsticks or a loaf of great homemade crust bread for dunking! A couple other great meal pairings are:
Where did Zuppa Toscana originate? It’s an Italian term and refers to a hearty type of soup in which the main ingredients are mostly vegetables. In America, the Olive Garden has popularized this tasty meal by adding sausage, resulting in a hearty soup with big flavor!
What I love about this soup is that it’s easy to make. It has all the flavors of a slow cooked meal but is done in less than 30 minutes, making it a perfect weeknight meal!
More hearty soup and stew recipes!
Zuppa Toscana Soup
Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe
You don't have to go out to your favorite Italian Restaurant to enjoy restaurant style soup at home! Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup is a quick and easy meal to make. So savory and delicious!
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound Italian sausage mild
- 1 onion chopped
- 2 russet potatoes peeled and diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 bunch kale stems removed, chopped into bite sized pieces
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 cup half and half
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- pinch red pepper flakes
- 1/4 cup dry white wine suggest using Chardonnay
Instructions
Start by by browning the sausage in a large stock pot over medium heat.
While it is browning, peel the potatoes. Dice, peel and chop an onion, mince one clove of garlic.
Next clean and chop kale. Remove the stems, chop the leaves into bite sized pieces, set aside.
When the sausage is done, add the chopped onions, diced potatoes and spices. Sauté until the veggies just begin to soften. Add the kale, sauté for another minute or two.
Add a splash of wine to the pan to deglaze. Scrape all of the brown bits off the bottom of the pan.
Increase the heat to high and add the chicken broth. Bring it to a boil. Boil uncovered until the potatoes are tender. Remove from the heat and stir in half and half.
Another Copycat soup you’ll find on my blog (and the perfect recipe for fall!) is my Butternut Squash Soup Recipe – if you enjoy the soup at Panera Bread you’ll love this meal! Made in the slow cooker, it’s a set and forget soup! Dinner will be on the table minutes after you get home and YOU can take all the credit!
Butternut Squash Soup – creamy, rich and velvety delicious
You don’t have to go out to your favorite Italian Restaurant to enjoy restaurant style soup at home! Zuppa Toscana Soup is a quick and easy soup – delicious!
OOohhhh! I LOVE kale. What a fun ingredient to add to your Italian soup recipe. A hot bowl full would be perfect tonight, it is so cold here!
Here too Sandi! This is the perfect meal for a cold night!
What a beautiful pan of soup. I’d love a big ole bowl with a hunk of crusty bread!
That’s exactly how we enjoyed it Julie, I hope you do too!
Don’t think I’ve tried anything like this before, it looks super warming and yummy though.
Time to get cooking Rachel, enjoy!!
I have always been a fan of Olive Garden Soups. Its so much fun to reverse engineer their soups, isn’t it? This soup looks just like their soup.
Yes! I do enjoy trying to figure them out!! Thank you!!
Perfect for cold weather. It’s tempting to stay at home and wrapped up and have some Zuppa Toscana soup. I’d like to make my own version of it
It is easy to stay at home! Big bowl of soup, a comforter and a good book and I’d be set for the evening!
I haven’t tried this soup before but it does look yummy. Perfect for cold nights like tonight!
You should definitely give it a try if you’ve never eaten it before. It’s so easy and has big flavor, thanks for stopping by Czjai!
It looks really good! I think it’s the kind of soup that you’ll really enjoy during this season. It’s also not so difficult to make!
Gotta love a quick and easy meal, I hope you give it a try AnnMarie!
this is my all time favorite soup! I might need to make some tonight!
Let me know what time dinner is ready Kimberly! 😉 Seriously though, I think you’ll really enjoy this soup, it’s a great hearty meal!!!
This is my favorite soup at Olive Garden & now, I can’t believe I have the recipe. Excited to try it out! 👍🏼 Thank You
Awesome, you’re going to love it Emma! So delicious and easy to make and you’ll save a ton-o-dollars making it at home, enjoy!
Actually, your butternut squash soup looks so delicious!
That soup is AMAZING, enjoy!
I’m totally feeling the soup vibes right now with our temps dropping, this looks perfect!
I’ll put your order in for a big bowl! 🙂 Seriously though, I hope you give it a try – enjoy!
This Zuppa Toscana soup looks delightful and tasty. This is perfect for winter. I will absolutely try to make this soup and will add this to my recipe book.
Wonderful! I know you’ll love it Elizabeth! It’s so hearty with big flavor. Just delicious!
This sounds like the perfect meal for a chilly winter day! I’m always looking for more soup recipes!
You found the right place to come! 😀 Thank you Madi and stop by anytime!
This is one of my FAVORITE SOUPS of ALL TIMES!! It is so hearty and WARMING. Great post!
Me too – Zuppa Toscana is just the BEST!!
This soup is a must try!! Thanks for sharing!!!
It’s an excellent soup, enjoy Jocelyn
I can eat soup all day long!
All day long and all year long for me Megan! 😀
I love quick meals like this!
Me too, so yummy – thanks Jennifer!
I swear I can almost smell your wonderful soup from here… It looks absolutely amazing!
I hope you give it a try Michele, mmmmm! It’s just the BEST!!
This soup is one of my favorites!
Me too, so much flavor Carolyn!
The soup looks incredibly delicious!
It’s just the BEST! I hope you give it a try!
. It’s a blustery 50 degree New Mexico afternoon, and it is calling for “Zuppa Toscana” for dinner. Easy and delish. Thanks for the recipe.
Enjoy Michelle this soup is so tasty! Stay warm!!!
This is my FAVORITE soup! I can’t wait to make it at home!
Even better than OG – enjoy Julie!!
We live several hours from an Olive Garden so I can’t wait to try this at home!
You’ll enjoy this even more!
I’ll be honest I have never tried this soup when at Olive Garden and I don’t know why I haven’t!! It looks absolutely delicious!! Putting this into my meal rotation for sure!
Most definitely try this recipe Malinda! I know you’ll love all the flavor and heartiness of this meal!!
I love Zuppa Toscana! It’s the perfect soup for winter!
Great soup, so filling and made in less than 30 minutes makes it even better.
Thanks, Danielle – I hope you give this a try!