Kate's Spicy Sausage Tortellini Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb hot italian sausage
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 large onion
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 1 cup celery
• 1 cup chopped carrot
• 1 cup mushroom, sliced
• 2 teaspoons italian seasoning
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 3 cups spicy clamato juice
• 1 can red kidney beans, drained
• 1 package frozen cheese tortellini

Recipe

• 1 steam sausage for 15 minutes to reduce fat content.
• 2 let cool, and slice into bite sized pieces, removing casing if desired.
• 3 spray large pot with no-stick spray.
• 4 place sliced sausage in large pot with oil and let brown lightly. remove sausage and pour off excess oil.
• 5 in same pot add onions,garlic, celery, carrots, and mushrooms until softened but not browned, then add back sausage.
• 6 stir in seasoning, tomatoes, stock and clamato juice.
• 7 bring to boil and simmer covered for 30 minutes.
• 8 add frozen pasta and kidney beans; simmer covered for 20 minutes.
• 9 if too thick, dilute with water or more broth.
• 10 season to taste.