This is the best zuppa toscana copy cat recipe you'll ever eat! This Zuppa Toscana soup recipe is extra hearty, extra creamy, fast and easy, and delivers a flavor identical to the soup served at Olive Garden. Add this to your weeknight dinner rotation!
Why This Recipe Works
This popular Zuppa Toscana soup is served at the Olive Garden restaurant. This recipe comes together in under 30 minutes and uses simple ingredients. I love it even more than Olive Garden because when you make it at home you can make it extra hearty!
About The Ingredients
- Potatoes - Olive Garden uses russet potatoes in their soup, but you can also use Red Potatoes. More on that below.
- Italian Sausage - you want to use milk ground Italian sausage in this recipe.
- Vegetable broth- I love using vegetable broth because it has much more flavor than chicken broth. You can sub vegetable broth for chicken,.
- Cream- You will need about ½ cup heavy cream.
- Kale- Kale is found in the product section.
- Bacon- This give the soup an extra element of flavor. My favorite bacon to use the precooked Costco brand. You can fry up your own bacon too!
How Do I Slice Potatoes So Thin?
To achieve Olive Gardens thinly sliced potatoes you will need a mandolin. I use this multifunctional vegetable chopper for several years and I love it. When potatoes are sliced this thin they will cook much faster! If you dont have a mandolin or prefer thicker potatoes you can cut your potatoes into 1 inch cubes instead!
How To Make Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe
- On Medium high heat add your onions and garlic to a pan. Begin to soften them.
- Add your sausage and brown, when almost fully cooked add in your bacon and cook.
- Add your sliced potatoes, chopped kale and broth. Simmer for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender. For instant pot and slow cooker instructions see recipe card.
- Remove from heat and stir in cream.
What Do I Serve with this Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Recipe?
Garnish your soup with extra cream and/or parmesan cheese. I highly recommend serving this soup with homemade bread or breadsticks. Both these recipes are so easy beginner bread makers can make them.
Zuppa Toscana FAQ
This soup is full of healthy ingredients like kale and potatoes. It is also gluten free. If you want to cut your carbs you can substitute your potatoes for cauliflower.
This soup will keep for 5 days in the fridge in an airtight container.
The work zuppa means "soup" and the word toscana means "tuscan". So it is a tuscan inspired soup. However - this soup was names but the Olive Garden restaurant. So it isn't really tuscan.
We do not recommend freezing this soup because it contains dairy. Dairy products do not freeze well. If you want to freeze it I recommend freezing before adding cream and after reheating then add in your cream.
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Olive Garden Zuppa Toscanas Copy Cat Recipe
Equipment
- Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 2 lb ground italian sausage
- 3-4 medium russet potatoes sliced thin
- 1 onion chopped
- ½ cup real bacon pieces
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 32 ounces chicken broth
- 1 cup chopped kale
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
Instructions
Stove Top instructions:
- Add garlic, onion and saute for a few minutes. Brown sausage in pan drain excess grease.
- Add chicken broth, sliced potatoes and kale in pan bring to a boil and let simmer for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender.
- Before serving add cream.
Slow Cooker Instructions:
- Brown sausage and onions in a large skillet.
- Add cooked sausage/onions, chicken broth, garlic, potatoes in slow cooker with along with broth.
- Cook on high for 3-4 hours until potatoes are soft.
- 30 minutes before serving add cream and kale to crock pot.
Pressure Cooker Instructions:
- Brown sausage on saute mode drain excess grease.
- Add garlic, onion and saute for a few more minutes until onions soften. Add chicken broth,potatoes and kale.
- Cook manual high pressure 4 minutes. Use a quick release to release the steam.
- Stir in cream. Serve hot.
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Cindy says
The best flavors!
Erin V says
A million times better than Olive Garden.
Kayleigh Larkins says
This is my favorite recipe!
Anna says
Made this last week and it turned out GREAT! One of my favs at OG.