Chicken and Tortellini Soup

This weekend has been cool and rainy.  A change from the heat we had last week.  It's starting to feel more like fall although we'll be back to the 80's again in a few days.  With the temporary fall-like weather, I felt like making some soup. 

Ingredients (printable recipe)

8 carrots cut into bite sized pieces

10 cups chicken broth

1~19 oz. bag tortellini (fresh or frozen)

3 1/2 cups chicken, cooked and cut into bite sized pieces*

Freshly ground pepper and salt

Green onion 

Directions

1. In a large saucepan, simmer the carrots in the broth until tender, 12-15 minutes.

2. Add the chicken and heat through, stirring occasionally.

3. Add the tortellini and simmer until tender,  about 2 to 4 minutes.

4. Season with freshly ground pepper and salt as desired and sprinkle with green onion in bowls just before serving. Serves 8-10

*3 1/2 cups chicken is equal to about 2 med. chicken breasts. You could also use a rotisserie chicken.

Adapted from Real Simple

The Results...
This soup comes together quickly, especially if you already have some cooked chicken on hand or use a store bought rotisserie chicken.  This would be an easy and healthy meal on a busy weeknight.

Chicken and Tortellini Soup is good, but not outstanding.  We liked it, but no one raved about it, except my little 4 yr. old.  She loves tortellini and she loved this soup.  My husband thought it needed more flavor.  I would still make this again, but next time I'll experiment with some seasonings and maybe add some celery, too.  It's definitely worth a try!

Like tortellini?  Here's another tortellini recipe, Tortellini with Fresh Vegetables.

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