Crockpot Creamy Tortellini Sausage Stew is a thick and creamy soup that only has a few ingredients including diced tomatoes and cream cheese.
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CROCK POT CREAMY TORTELLINI SAUSAGE STEW
I absolutely love when there is a little bit of chill in the air! It gives me an excuse to make some yummy and filling soups and stews. A good soup does not need a ton of ingredients. Most of us are even busier than ever with work, school and after-school activities. So we still need easy, affordable and quick prep time! This recipe checks off all of those boxes.
USING THE RIGHT BROTH
Because this recipe uses only a handful of ingredients, it’s important that those ingredients have a lot of flavor. This recipe uses College Inn broth as a main ingredient! College Inn crafts a deeper, richer broth; because every detail matters. They carefully select the finest, all-natural chicken and farm-grown vegetables. Purposely blend the most flavorful herbs and spices and then finish with a long, slow simmer. The savory taste of College Inn broth is the detail that helps you make any dish and every meal scrumptious! Delicious is definitely in the details.
CREAMY DELICIOUSNESS
Every great soup begins with a great base. Layer in your favorite veggies, meats and grains with College Inn broths and stocks for a flavorful bowl the whole family will love. I am adding just a few convenient items to make this a meal-type stew. 
CAN I USE ANY OTHER MEAT?
Sure can! If you’d rather substitute ground beef or chicken sausage in this, it’s easy to substitute!
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
Italian sausage (sweet, mild or hot)
salt & pepper
College Inn Chicken Broth (plus more to thin stew, to preference, optional )
Italian-style diced tomatoes
cream cheese
Italian seasoning
garlic powder
frozen cheese tortellini
fresh baby spinach
Parmesan cheese
HOW TO MAKE CROCK POT CREAMY TORTELLINI & SAUSAGE STEW:
Brown and crumble ground Italian sausage. Season with salt and pepper. Drain excess grease. Place cooked sausage into the bottom of a 4-quart crock pot.
Pour in College Inn Chicken Broth.
Add in Italian diced tomatoes. Then pour into crock pot. Top with chunks of cream cheese.
Sprinkle Italian seasoning and garlic powder onto soup mixture. Top with frozen cheese tortellini and baby spinach.
Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours.
Uncover and stir well. If cream cheese isn’t fully melted, cover and allow to cook for additional 20 minutes. Also, at this point, if the stew is too thick for your preference, then pour in additional College Inn Chicken Broth until you reach desired thickness/thin-ness.
Then serve! Top with shredded Parmesan cheese (optional.)
Enjoy!
CROCK POT CREAMY AND TORTELLINI SAUSAGE STEW
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground Italian sausage mild or hot
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 32 oz container College Inn Chicken Broth
- 2 14.5 oz cans Italian-style diced tomatoes, drained
- 1 8 oz block cream cheese, cut into chunks
- 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp garlic salt
- 1 19 oz bag frozen cheese tortellini
- 2 cups fresh baby spinach
- shredded Parmesan cheese for topping (optional)
Instructions
- Brown and crumble ground Italian sausage. Season with salt and pepper. Drain excess grease. Place cooked sausage into the bottom of a 4-quart crock pot.
- Pour in College Inn Chicken Broth.
- Add in Italian diced tomatoes. Then pour into crock pot. Top with chunks of cream cheese.
- Sprinkle Italian seasoning and garlic salt onto soup mixture. Top with frozen cheese tortellini and baby spinach.
- Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours.
- Uncover and stir well. If cream cheese isn't fully melted, cover and allow to cook for additional 20 minutes.
- Then serve! Top with shredded Parmesan cheese (optional).
Nutrition
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This sausage stew looks so creamy and yummy! I can’t wait to try it myself. Thank you for sharing it!
Very good! Only change is I’ll add a bit more seasoning next time. I used a mix of ground beef and ground pork. I had to let it cook an additional hour because the cream cheese did not melt and the spinach did not cook down.Very hearty and good for cold days.
I only have a 7-quart crockpot- will that matter? This sounds so delicious!
This was a hit! So incredibly easy and absolutely delicious. I used sweet sausage and grownup spinach (couldn’t find baby). I also did not add additional chicken broth at the end as I was fine with the consistency.
This recipe was phenomenal!! We enjoyed this so much. My husband couldn’t quit raving. I made this with a home made bread and it couldn’t have been better. Use high quality Parmesan cheese with this. It’s worthy of it. Thank you for a recipe that will be used again and again in our home.
Made this for dinner tonight and it was delicious! Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe perfect for a cold rainy Sunday dinner.
DELICIOUS!!! I made it exactly as written except I didn’t add the tortellini until about an hour before we ate. This was so yummy, and really delicious as leftovers too! Thanks for the recipe!
Love hearing this Leeny! Yay!!
Can i use heavy cream in place of cream chhese? And if so when do I add heavy cream
Hi Christine! I am sure you could but I haven’t tested it so I couldn’t say for sure. I’m sorry!
Super excited to make this tonight for dinner what is the serving sizes and is the nutrition for the whole thing?
Hey Michelle! I always encourage folks to use their own trusted nutrition calculators. My recipe card calculates an estimate but I don’t hold it to any exact calculations. Please use your own trusted calculated and enter in the amounts. Depending on how large your servings are, this should serve about 6 people. 🙂
This is truly one of my favorite recipes. My whole family loves it! So easy to make too! Thank you!