Love Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana? Try This Almost Authentic Recipe!
Craving Olive Garden’s famous Zuppa Toscana? This recipe captures the textures, flavors, and all the hearty goodness you love. It’s no wonder it’s Olive Garden’s most popular soup!
What is Zuppa Toscana?
Zuppa Toscana is an Italian soup featuring sausage, potatoes, kale, and a creamy broth. The name translates to “soup in the style of Tuscany.” While Olive Garden has Americanized it, the traditional Italian version includes kale, zucchini, cannellini beans, potatoes, celery, carrots, onion, tomato pulp, extra virgin olive oil, salt, and powdered chili.
You can also make this Zuppa Toscana Recipe in the Instant Pot.
Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana Recipe
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
To recreate this beloved soup, you’ll need the following ingredients:
- 1 pound bulk Italian Sausage
- 1/4 to 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 2 large russet potatoes, halved and sliced into 1/4″ pieces
- 1 (14 ounces) can chicken broth
- 4 cups water
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/3 cup cooked bacon pieces
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cups chopped kale
- 1 cup heavy cream
How to Make Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana
- In a medium skillet, brown the sausage over medium heat. Add red pepper flakes and continue cooking until fully browned.
- In a large saucepan or soup pot, cook onion, potatoes, chicken broth, water, and garlic over medium heat until the potatoes are tender.
- Stir in the cooked sausage, bacon, and pepper. Simmer for 10 more minutes.
- Reduce heat to low, add chopped kale and heavy cream. Heat through and serve.
Jazz It Up!
- For a spicy kick, use “Hot” Italian sausage or a mix of Hot and Mild Italian Sausage.
- This soup is naturally gluten-free and grain-free.
- To make a Keto-friendly Zuppa Toscana, substitute potatoes with cauliflower.
How to Store Leftover Zuppa Toscana
Refrigerate leftovers and consume within three days.
Love Olive Garden Copycat Recipes?
Try making their Stuffed Chicken Marsala or Alfredo next!v
Copy Cat Zuppa Toscana Recipe (Just Like Olive Garden)
Looking for Olive Garden's soup recipe? We've cracked Olive Garden's recipe for Zuppa Toscana! Some might say it's better than the original.
Ingredients
- 1 pound bulk Italian Sausage
- 1/4 to 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 2 large russet potatoes, halved, cut into 1/4" slices
- 1 (14 ounces) can chicken broth
- 4 cups of water
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/3 cup cooked bacon pieces
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 cups chopped Kale
- 1 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- In a medium skillet, brown the sausage over medium heat. Add the red pepper flakes and continue browning the sausage until it is completely cooked.
- In a large saucepan or soup pot, over medium heat, cook the onion, potatoes, chicken broth, water, and garlic until the potatoes are cooked through.
- Stir in the cooked sausage along with the bacon, and pepper.Simmer for another 10-minutes, then the heat to low and add the chopped kale, then the cream.
- Heat through and serve.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 6 servings Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 583Total Fat: 40gSaturated Fat: 18gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 23gCholesterol: 101mgSodium: 1017mgCarbohydrates: 33gFiber: 4gSugar: 6gProtein: 24g
Nutritional information may not be accurate
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