Pizza Soup is a hearty Italian-style soup full of flavors like sausage, pepperoni, green peppers and onions! Topped with cheese and croutons!
THE BEST PIZZA SOUP
1 lb. Italian pork sausage
½ cup onion, chopped
½ cup green pepper, chopped
4 cups water
2 (15 oz.) jars or cans pizza sauce
1 (6 oz.) package pepperoni, chopped
2 tomatoes, diced
1 tsp. sugar
½ tsp. Italian seasoning
½ tsp. garlic powder
¼ tsp. dried basil
½ tsp. dried rosemary
salt & pepper, to taste
Garnish: shredded mozzarella cheese and croutons
HOW TO MAKE THIS HEARTY ITALIAN SOUP:
Then stir in water.
Add in spices and seasonings (Italian seasoning, garlic powder, basil, rosemary, salt & pepper.)
Stir in sugar. Note: I like to add just a touch of sweetness to tomato-based soups and sauces. I think it helps balance out the acidity of the tomatoes without making actually making it sweet at all.
THE BEST PIZZA SOUP
Ingredients
- 1 lb Italian pork sausage
- ½ cup onion chopped
- ½ cup green pepper chopped
- 4 cups water
- 2 15 oz jars or cans pizza sauce
- 1 6 oz package pepperoni chopped
- 2 tomatoes diced
- 1 tsp sugar
- ½ tsp Italian seasoning
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp dried basil
- ½ tsp dried rosemary
- salt and pepper to taste
- Garnish: shredded mozzarella cheese and croutons
Instructions
- In a large pot, over medium heat, brown and crumble sausage along with chopped green pepper and onion.
- Season the meat with a little salt and pepper too.
- Once browned, drain any excess grease.
- Add in both jars (cans) of pizza sauce and water then stir.
- Add in spices, seasonings and sugar (Italian seasoning, garlic powder, basil, rosemary, salt & pepper).
- Stir in pepperoni and chopped tomatoes.
- Bring to a gentle boil, then reduce to low and allow it to simmer for just about 10 minutes.
- Then serve.
- Garnish with some shredded mozzarella cheese and croutons.
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Looks DELICIOUS! It is finally soup weather in Alabama. I will be giving this a try very soon.
That looks really good!
I've never thought of pizza in a soup, but now looking at your pictures it looks perfect!
I bought a pkg of the mini pepperoni so I wouldn't have to chop it and added mushrooms. Delicious!
Sounds fabulous, any version of pizza I am in!!
I made it using turkey sausage crumbles, and a jar of spaghetti sauce. I used one cup of beef stock and probably another two cups of water, since the sauce jar is a bit less than 2 cans of pizza sauce. I had frozen pepper and onion stir fry veggies, so I just chopped up some of that and threw it in. Shook on the usual Italian spices, some pepper, and at the last minute I threw in some ditalini. That only takes 10 minutes to cook up and adds a nice touch to the soup. It was delicious and really very easy. Great on this cold day.
Yum! Going to get the few ingred. that I don't have and make it for dinner tonight! Adding a pudding cake for dessert! Thank you for sharing and posting the recipe!,
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Tried this tonight with a few tweaks but loved it! Skipped the sausage and used pepperoni sticks sliced instead and fresh herbs and tomatoes from the garden. And breadsticks instead of croutons. Awesome soup!
I did the most amazing thing to this soup tonight... I put dumplings on top and it was aaaaamaaazinggg. ????
1 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cup Parmesan
1/2 tsp oregano
Mix together and add:
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/3 cup milk
Drop small spoonfuls onto simmering soup. Cover and steam 8-10 min. or until dough is done. I’ve made this soup many times and always ate it with breadsticks. This was a whole notch above that. We loved it. ????