This Sausage Minestrone Soup makes a perfect winter lunch or dinner. Hearty vegetables mix with browned sausage, pasta, and beans to create a comforting and delicious dish. This soup can be served alone or with a heaping plate of garlic bread for dipping.
We used thinner sausage links in this recipe but feel free to use a heartier sausage and different varieties like Italian sausage, smoked sausage or Andouille.
Cook the sausage in a skillet for 5-7 minutes, using 1 tablespoon of olive oil, on medium heat until golden brown on all sides. Chop into smaller pieces and set aside.
Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the carrots, celery, and onion. Cook for 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened. Add the minced garlic and Italian seasoning and stir.
Stir in the diced tomatoes, vegetable broth, and water. Bring the mixture to a gentle boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer for 10 minutes. Then add the cannellini beans, ditalini pasta, and butternut squash to the pot. Cook for an additional 8-10 minutes until the pasta is al dente. Stir occasionally to prevent the pasta from sticking.
Add the spinach and the sausage, cook for an additional 2-3 minutes until the spinach wilts.
Serve with fresh parsley and Parmesan cheese.
Sausage Minestrone Soup FAQS:
You will need the following ingredients:
sausage links, olive oil, carrots, celery, white onion, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper, diced tomatoes, vegetable broth, water, cannellini beans, ditalini pasta, butternut squash, spinach, parlsey, Parmesan cheese.
You will need the following supplies:
skillet, Dutch oven
To store, place in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 5 days. Can also freeze for up to 1 month. Reheat on the stove or in the microwave until heated through. You may want to add some water or vegetable broth if the soup becomes too thick.
This Sausage Minestrone Soup is best enjoyed hot.
Notes:
- We used thinner sausage links in this recipe but feel free to use a heartier sausage and different varieties like Italian sausage, smoked sausage or Andouille.
- You can experiment with substituting the butternut squash with potatoes, like Yukon Gold potatoes. Just make sure that the potatoes are fully cooked through before serving.
- This soup is great served with fresh bread or garlic bread for dipping.
Sausage Minestrone Soup
Ingredients
- 12 ounces sausage links
- 2 tbsps olive oil
- 3 medium carrots, diced
- 2 celery ribs, chopped
- 1 medium white onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- Salt and black pepper, to taste
- 1 can (28 oz) diced tomatoes
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 1 cup water
- 1 can (14 oz) cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 8 ounces ditalini pasta (or any small pasta)
- 1 cup diced butternut squash
- 2 cups fresh spinach, roughly chopped
- Fresh parsley, chopped (for garnish)
- Grated Parmesan cheese (optional, for serving)
Instructions
- Cook the sausage in a skillet for 5-7 minutes, using 1 tablespoon of olive oil, on medium heat until golden brown on all sides. Chop into smaller pieces and set aside.
- Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the carrots, celery, and onion. Cook for 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened. Add the minced garlic and Italian seasoning and stir.
- Stir in the diced tomatoes, vegetable broth, and water. Bring the mixture to a gentle boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add the cannellini beans, ditalini pasta and butternut squash to the pot. Cook for an additional 8-10 minutes until the pasta is al dente. Stir occasionally to prevent the pasta from sticking.
- Add the spinach and the sausage, cook for an additional 2-3 minutes until the spinach wilts.
- Serve with fresh parsley and Parmesan cheese.
Notes
- We used thinner sausage links in this recipe but feel free to use a heartier sausage and different varieties like Italian sausage, smoked sausage or Andouille.
- You can experiment with substituting the butternut squash with potatoes, like Yukon Gold potatoes. Just make sure that the potatoes are fully cooked through before serving.
- This soup is great served with fresh bread or garlic bread for dipping.
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