Tuscan-style Creamy Chicken Tortellini Soup is one of the easiest and most flavorful soups you’ll ever make. Packed with roasted chicken, fire-roasted tomatoes, garlic, kale and cheese tortellini…..this velvety soup recipe will be on repeat all year long.

Creamy Tuscan Chicken Tortellini soup in a steel pot with a wooden spoon in it.


Chicken Tortellini Soup

Soup season can be celebrated a number of ways. With a bowl full of chicken soup that’s brothy and light, or a cup of creamy broccoli soup. But this easy Chicken Tortellini Soup is one for the record books.

And a creamy chicken soup can seem like a gut buster but this one has so many healthy ingredients it kind of balances it all out. I like to add kale to the mix and garlic because everything that has tomatoes in it should also have garlic.

To keep it creamy but a little lighter, I used half and half  instead of heavy cream with excellent results. And I am happy to say that this is one of the BEST recipes I have made in a VERY long time. It’s made me so excited and proud and almost giddy to share it with you.

It’s like a creamy tomato bisque and chicken soup had a baby…..and that baby was cheese tortellini soup with chicken and kale and epic flavor.

two white bowls with chicken tortellini soup in them.

What is Tortellini Soup?

This Creamy Chicken Tortellini Soup recipe couldn’t be easier…..or FASTER to make! I had the whole shebang finished and on the table in about 40 minutes, that included cooking the chicken!

If you want to make this glorious soup recipe even faster you can totally use your leftover chicken from your Sunday dinner or just grab a rotisserie chicken up at the grocery store on the way home from work.

This Tortellini Soup is made with tomatoes and kale but you can switch out the kale for spinach if that’s more your speed. And if you don’t like chunks of tomatoes swimming around in your soup you can totally use a can of tomato sauce in it’s place for a smooth and even creamier version of tortellini soup recipe.

two bowls stacked with chicken tortellini soup in them and a floral napkin behind it

Ingredients You will Need

Creamy Tortellini Soup is made with super easy to find ingredients you probably already have in your house. My recipe calls for wine but you can totally skip it if you’re adverse to alcohol.

creamy chicken tortellini soup in a pot with a wooden spoon in it.

More Easy Soup Recipes

This Creamy Tuscan Chicken Tortellini Soup recipe is just as easy and flavorful last this Italian Sausage Soup that I’ve been making for years and everyone always asks for the recipe. It’s a close tie for first place with this Creamy Chicken Soup with Artichokes and Mushrooms……and this Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup recipe. You might as well add all of them to your weekly rotation for one epic soup week. 

Want something for the Crock Pot? Try this easy Chicken Pot Pie Soup!

This Creamy Chicken Gnocchi Soup is one for the record books, as is, this Sausage Tortellini Soup!

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Creamy Tuscan Chicken Tortellini soup in a steel pot with a wooden spoon in it.

Get the Recipe: Creamy Chicken Tortellini Soup Recipe

Rich, velvety and comforting, this Creamy Tuscan Chicken Tortellini Soup is quick and easy to make with a few pantry staples.
5 from 6 votes

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 cup diced onion
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 tablespoon Italian Seasoning
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • 1 14.5 ounce cans diced Fire Roasted Tomatoes
  • 4 cups low sodium chicken stock
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped cooked chicken breast
  • 9 ounces refrigerated cheese tortellini
  • 1 cup half and half
  • 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped kale
  • salt and pepper, to taste

Equipment

  • 1 stockpot

Instructions 

  • Heat the olive oil in a large dutch oven or stock pot over medium/high heat.
  • Add the onion to the pot and cook until softened, approximately 3-4 minutes.
  • Stir in the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the Italian seasoning and tomato paste, stirring to combine. Continue cooking for 2-3 minutes longer or until the tomato paste begins to turn a deep burgundy color.
  • Add the wine to the pot and using a wooden spoon, scrape up the brown bits on the bottom of the pot. Bring to a boil and cook until reduced by half.
  • Add the tomatoes, chicken stock and chicken to the pot stirring to combine. Bring the soup to a boil, then reduce the heat to low.
  • Stir in the tortellini and cook for 7 minutes. 
  • Slowly stir in the half and half and cheese, then add the kale. Simmer for an additional 1-2 minutes then season with salt and pepper to taste.
  • Serve immediately with extra parmesan cheese, if desired.

Notes

Best if served immediately. If you serve later and the broth has absorbed into the tortellini, add approximately 1 cup extra chicken stock to the soup when you reheat it.
Calories: 452kcal, Carbohydrates: 33g, Protein: 26g, Fat: 21g, Saturated Fat: 8g, Cholesterol: 72mg, Sodium: 766mg, Potassium: 510mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 5g, Vitamin A: 2360IU, Vitamin C: 25.4mg, Calcium: 373mg, Iron: 3mg