One Pot Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup! Comfort food at it’s best! Loaded with bacon, sausage, potatoes, and kale! So delicious and filling, the whole family will love this soup! Don’t forget the dinner rolls or crescent rolls to serve alongside this delicious soup!
Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe
Back in November of 2011, I shared the recipe for my favorite soup ever, Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana soup. It went bananas and has since been one of the most popular recipes on my site. It’s a recipe that I make at least once a month and more like once a week during the winter. My whole family loves it and you guys do too!
After numerous requests, I shared a slow cooker version of the soup in 2014. That version has also been insanely popular and well-loved by my readers.
Here we are in 2017, and I am now sharing a one pot version that makes this soup so simple and easy, you’re going to make it more than ever. Instead of baking the bacon and browning the sausage in the oven, everything is done in one pot. I used my new dutch oven that my Dad got me for Christmas! I love how all the drippings from the sausage and bacon add so much flavor to the soup! It’s fantastic!
I also doubled the amount of kale. For some reason, my boys think this is the best part of the soup… Who am I to argue? I love buying the pre-chopped kale to make things easy. I also use a mandoline for slicing the potatoes. It takes about one minute to have them all perfectly and uniformly sliced.
I add a bit of crushed red pepper flakes to the soup as well as a bit of salt and pepper. Totally optional. The soup already has a lot of salt from the bacon and heat from the spicy Italian sausage so feel free to omit if you’d like.
I know you’re going to go crazy for this one pot Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana soup! Less dishes is always a good thing 🙂
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How To Make Zuppa Toscana Soup
One Pot Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup
Ingredients
- 16 oz spicy Italian sausage
- 8 slices of bacon
- ½ large onion diced
- 2-3 cloves of garlic minced
- 28 oz low-sodium chicken broth
- 3 cups water
- 5 medium russet potatoes thinly sliced
- 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes optional
- Salt and pepper optional
- 4 cups chopped kale
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Brown sausage in a large pot or dutch oven.
- Remove sausage with a slotted spoon and set aside.
- Cut bacon into small pieces.
- Add bacon to pot and cook until crispy.
- Stir in chopped onion. Cook for 5 to 6 minutes or until onion is translucent.
- Stir in minced garlic and cook for 1 minute, stirring frequently.
- Add chicken broth and water to the pot. Add crushed red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper if desired.
- Add thinly sliced potatoes (I use a mandoline) and the cooked sausage to the pot and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
- Continue cooking until potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes.
- Add the kale to the soup, and simmer for an additional 5 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Stir in the heavy cream and let heat through.
- Ladle soup into bowls and serve with Parmesan cheese.
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Originally published January 22, 2017.
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P T Thomas says
I HATE Kale. Can I use Spinach instead?
Kale just tastes too bitter for my tastes, so I usually substitute Spinach.
Hope it will work in this recipe because the rest of the ingredients make it sound delicious!
Thanks!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Yep, spinach works great in this recipe!
Edwin Sim says
Hi Trish,
I have been wanting to try this recipe for a long time in the event that something happens to Olive Garden (God forbid). This has been my long standing favorite every time we go to Olive Garden (especially during the cold winter months). So today I finally took the plunge and was so pleased as it’s almost spot on the same as Olive Garden. Needless to say, it was delicious. Thank you, thank you and Thank You!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
I appreciate this so much Edwin!
avanti handa says
I rarely ever comment on recipes but I must say this recipe is fabulous And the taste is perfect! Thank you for sharing! One of my favorites!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thank you so much Avanti!
Peter Espinoza says
Made it. Loved it.
Saving this recipe just in case it disappears into the dark web.
Goes great with a toasted baguette.
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Thank you Peter!
Jen Litowski says
Made this tonight and my family loved it. It comes together pretty quickly with fairly common ingredients. Very tasty. I’ll be putting this on the rotation 😊
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
So happy to hear it Jen! We eat this AT LEAST twice a month and it never gets old. So glad you gave it a try!
Terri says
My husband can be a picky eater. Made this for the first time tonight and we love it! Will definitely make it again. Thank you for sharing!
Joy and Darling says
This soup will be your favorite. We are on Keto, so I exchange potatoes for Cauliflower. This is the perfect Keto lo-carb soup.
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
I’ve been wanting to try that! So glad to know it works! Thank you!
Keyna Kester says
i substitute zucchini for potatoes.
Jamie says
Best soup ever! I’ve already made it for my husband three times!
Question: there are 532 cals in 1 serving, and this recipe makes 8 servings, but how much soup is one serving? Thanks!
Vanessa Siciliano says
Great recipe I will be making again. It was a hit with the family. I did add 2 bay leaves, thyme and herbs of essence.
Roberta Taylor says
Do you suggest peeling the potatoes also?
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
I never peel mine but you absolutely can if you prefer.
Karen Richard says
Absolute best soup I’ve ever had!!!
Heather Mack says
Just made this for the first time – we will make this again and again and again!! Perfect for this cold weather and my hubby said it is exactly like his favorite Olive Garden soup. Thank you so much!!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Woohoo! Thanks Heather!
CM says
Do you put the potatoes in uncooked?
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
Yes!
d says
By far my favorite soup, I made your recipe and loved it. I wanted it the other night again and never have cream so sprinkled instant garlic mash potatoes packs in place of cream and garlic and added little milk. I used spinach due to that’s all I had available and it was wonderful
a little bit thicker which was more filling but same flavors. Now I do thinner when a side and thicker if main course.