Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana II
You can make this flavorful soup that tastes just like the Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup. Potatoes, Italian sausage, kale, onions, and cream make for a flavorful soup. This is my personal recipe for this. You may wish to add about a half teaspoon of fennel to this for an added taste.
1 lb. Italian Sausage
2 large Russet Baking Potatoes sliced in half, and then in 1/4 inch slices
1 large Onion, chopped
1/2 can. Oscar Meyer Real Bacon Bits (these are less fatty than real bacon)
2 cloves garlic minced
2 C. Kale or Swiss chard chopped
2 cans Chicken Broth
1 qt. Water
1 C. Heavy Whipping Cream
Cook sausage in a 300-degree oven. Bake approximately 1/2 hour, drain on paper towels and cut into slices.
Place onions, potatoes, chicken broth, water, garlic in pot, and cook on medium heat until potatoes are done. Add sausage, bacon, salt, and pepper to taste, and simmer for another 10 minutes. Turn to low heat, add kale and cream. Heat through and serve.
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(178 votes, average: 3.52 out of 5)
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This recipe is great! Very similar to the real deal… I chop up the sausage to make it more like the Olive Garden version.
This recipe is much better than Olive Garden’s version. Our local OG has cut
back on quality of ingredients lately and it is a watered down version of their
own recipe and not nearly as rich as this recipe. Many thanks for a quality recipe.
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Melissa
When you say “2 cans Chicken Broth”… What size cans are you talking about?
You can use the broth that comes in the standard sizes, these range from 14.5 oz to 16 oz.
How many servings come from a batch of this soup? Thank you!
When you say 1/2 can of bacon bits … how much is this. I keep a bag of bacon bits on hand as a staple.
I would use between 1/4 C to 1/3 C cup of these into the soup.
We make this all the time and love it. I use Hot sausage on mine… My husband loves the extra kick it gives.
Good recipe. I would add to use spicy Italian sausage. The 2 Olive Gardens that I’ve had this recipe had just a bit of a bite to the soup. Oh, though it may not seem like a lot, I would use 32 oz of chicken broth. Your recipe didn’t indicate the size of the cans.
Good recipe!
I love this soup. It’s very easy to make and taste like the the real deal..I brown my sausage in a skillet and chop it up more.
We just love this soup. I think it taste even better because it is alittle thicker than Olive Gardens sometimes is. Our family is hoping someone comes up with Olive Gardens’ new ‘Chicken Gnocchi Soup,also. It is scrumptous!!
Very good recipe! I love this soup at Olive Garden and have been wanting to give it a try at home. YUM!
I tried the recipe today and my family loved it. Actually, it’s better than the Olive Garden version. Yum Yum…
One word, four syllables…Phenomenal!!!
Thank you so much for this recipe!!!…and I have to agree with the above posts…better than the Olive Garden version!
Ok I made the soup. I loved it. I added some spice (extra pepper) to get the heat of the olive garden. My husband add "Petes Red Hot". I was glad it was not too "spice hot" because my kids loved it and asked for more. I bought too much kale so that means i have to make another yummy batch this time with spicy sausage (not really sad about this) Thanks for the awesome recipe.
I have made this soup with cauliflower instead of potatoes for a lower carb version. My family couldn’t even tell the difference! Great recipe!
Amy, that is a brilliant swap for those potatoes. I am sure it is just as good as with potatoes.
Anybody know the calorie count on this? My husband loves the Olive Garden version but with a cup of heavy cream and sausage I’m afraid to think of how fattening it is.
I added a touch of oregano to this recipe.
Bonnie
The Olive Gardens’ new ‘Chicken Gnocchi Soup recipe is actually on the olive garden website step for step on how to make it under recipe search.
I too was looking for the chicken gnocchi soup but all I found was the chicken gnocchi veronese. Oh and yes, this soup is as good as Olive Gardens.
I’ve made a very similar recipe, as well! It’s the Caldo Verde, from The Joy of Cooking…and I had no idea, but my roommate told me that it was just like her favorite soup from Olive Garden. The only difference is that it does not include cream (or any dairy). So light and tasty, though! And a LOT of fun to make! The recipe is on my blog!
If you want to make it closer to the OG recipe, you should add in a 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes. It gives you the kick!
Also, I typically cook the sausage the night before when I am making dinner for that night. Cool it over night and then slice the sausage.
The soup makes alot. I would say 6-8 servings. If you have a Panerra Bread by you, buy the soup bowls and use them. I do it that way for entertaining a luncheon with the OG salad.
I do go to our local OG for the salad, because it is cheaper than me making it!