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 Chicken Tortellini  and White Bean Soup

Chicken Tortellini and White Bean Soup is a delicious soup recipe perfect for lunch or dinner.

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ChickenTortellini and White Bean Soup

This weeks Sunday Supper is all about soup. Soup is the perfect meal for the cold winter days. 

Here where I live in Florida it was 81 during the day this past week . Sorry….. really I am not rubbing it in!

Last weekend it went down in the 40’s and boy did I wish I had a big piping hot bowl of soup to eat. This recipe is one that I have been thinking about creating for a long time. So when I saw the theme of this weeks #SundaySupper I jumped in.

 I love making soup. Most of the time I don’t even follow a recipe. I use whatever I have on hand. Most of the soups I enjoy making start out with chicken but I also love making a vegetable and pasta soup. 

When I am being lazy I throw all my ingredients into the crock pot. Other times I just make it on the stove in a big pot.

I make homemade soup all year long. It is a dish I love any time of the year.  If you would like to read how I make a pot of chicken soup stock you can click on the link for Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup .    I like to use a really easy technique that uses whatever ingredients I have on hand in my kitchen.

How to make Chicken Tortellini and White Bean Soup

INGREDIENTS
  • 6 cups water
  • 1 lb Boneless Chicken Breast
  • 1 small whole white onion, peeled
  • 1 carrot, peeled and diced
  • 1 tsp black peppercorns
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 2 large Bay leaves
  • 1 tsp garlic, finely chopped
  • 4 cups chicken stock
  • 1 8 ounce package Barilla 3 Cheese Tortellini
  • 1 15 ounce can Cannellini Beans, drained and rinsed
  • handful of very baby spinach leaves (optional)
  • Handful of fresh parsley (optional)
DIRECTIONS
  1. Add first 8 ingredients to a stock pot.
  2. Bring to a boil. Boil 10 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer. Simmer until chicken is cooked completely.
  3. Remove chicken,onion and bay leaves from the pot. Discard onion. Allow chicken to cool.
  4. Strain liquid from the stock pot through a fine mesh strainer, reserving the pieces of carrot and liquid. Discard solids from strainer.
  5. Wash the pot and return the reserved liquid, bay leaves, carrots and 4 cups of chicken stock to the pot.
  6. Return heat to high and bring to a boil.
  7. While the water is heating pull apart the chicken meat into bite size pieces.
  8. Add the dry tortellini to the pot of boiling water and stir to keep the tortellini from sticking. After about 5 minutes add the can of rinsed cannellini beans and chicken meat to the pot and stir.
  9. Continue boiling until the tortellini is tender and cooked through about 12 to 15 minutes.
  10. Serve with bread or crackers.
  11. If you have some baby spinach leaves or parsley on hand you can rinse and roll the spinach leaves and slice them thinly and add to the hot soup. For parsley rinse and chop finely.

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Chicken Tortellini and White Bean Soup

  • Author: Arlene Mobley
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 35 minutes
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
  • Category: Soup
  • Method: Stove Top
  • Cuisine: American
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Description

Chicken Tortellini and White Bean Soup is a delicious soup recipe perfect for lunch or dinner.

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Ingredients

  • 6 cups water
  • 1 lb Boneless Chicken Breast
  • 1 small whole white onion, peeled
  • 1 carrot, peeled and diced
  • 1 tsp black peppercorns
  • 1 tsp sea salt
  • 2 large Bay leaves
  • 1 tsp garlic, finely chopped
  • 4 cups chicken stock
  • 1 8 ounce package Barilla 3 Cheese Tortellini
  • 1 15 ounce can Cannellini Beans, drained and rinsed
  • handful of very baby spinach leaves (optional)
  • Handful of fresh parsley (optional)

Instructions

  1. Add first 8 ingredients to a stock pot.
  2. Bring to a boil. Boil 10 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer. Simmer until chicken is cooked completely.
  3. Remove chicken,onion and bay leaves from the pot. Discard onion. Allow chicken to cool.
  4. Strain liquid from the stock pot through a fine mesh strainer, reserving the pieces of carrot and liquid. Discard solids from strainer.
  5. Wash the pot and return the reserved liquid, bay leaves, carrots and 4 cups of chicken stock to the pot.
  6. Return heat to high and bring to a boil.
  7. While the water is heating pull apart the chicken meat into bite size pieces.
  8. Add the dry tortellini to the pot of boiling water and stir to keep the tortellini from sticking. After about 5 minutes add the can of rinsed cannellini beans and chicken meat to the pot and stir.
  9. Continue boiling until the tortellini is tender and cooked through about 12 to 15 minutes.
  10. Serve with bread or crackers.
  11. If you have some baby spinach leaves or parsley on hand you can rinse and roll the spinach leaves and slice them thinly and add to the hot soup. For parsley rinse and chop finely.

Notes

Fresh spinach or parsley is not necessary for the flavor of the soup but makes a nice contrasting color to the other ingredients.

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Our host for the fun this weekend is Pam from TheMeltaways.

Be sure to stop by and thank her!

The #SundaySupper family will be digging out their stock pots and slow cookers to serve up these amazing soups:

 

Do The Chicken Dance (chicken {or other poultry} soups)

 

Where’s The Beef (Beef Soups)

 

Pass The Pork. Please (Pork or Sausage Soups)

 

Under The Sea (Seafood Soups)

 

Eat Your Veggies (Chock Full o’ Vegetables Soups)

Some Don’t Like It Hot (Chilled Soups)

 

Of course once you have seen all of the recipes for the day, you’ll not want to miss our  #SundaySupper conversation on twitter each Sunday. 

We tweet throughout the day and share recipes from all over the world. This week we will be sharing out special soup recipes!

Our weekly chat starts at 7:00 pm ET and you do not want to miss out on the fun.

Follow the#SundaySupper hash tag and remember to include it in your tweets to join in the chat.

Don’t forget to check out our #SundaySupper Pinterest board for more fabulous recipes and food photos.

Join us Around the Family Table this Sunday at 7pm Eastern Time and share your favorite soup, stew, chowder or bisque recipes with us!

 

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About Arlene Mobley

Arlene Mobley author of Flour On My Face-a Food & Lifestyle website helping busy families get dinner on the table by serving easy recipes every week.

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  2. Erin @ Dinners, Dishes and Desserts

    So hearty, love this soup! It is snowing like crazy here today, so I think it is a soup day!

    Reply

  25. Renee

    I’ve had tortellini in pasta salads but never thought of it in soups. I really don’t know why. Thanks for the inspiration and it is a lovely soup. Love the white beans.

    Reply

  29. Laura | Small Wallet, Big Appetite

    I am the same way when it comes to soup, I very rarely use a recipe. It is a fantastic way to use up leftovers. I absolutely love tortellini so this soup sounds amazing

    Reply

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