Zucchini Tomato Italian Sausage Soup Recipe – Delicious, nourishing, and packed with healthy vegetables. You’ll enjoy every spoonful of our zucchini tomato Italian sausage soup. It is an easy 30-minute soup recipe that cooks right on the stovetop for a satisfying and healthy dinner. Try this Italian sausage soup and add some warmth to your day. Enjoy!
This soup is like a complete meal by itself. You should try and add it to our meal prep planner!
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Ingredients list for the Zucchini Tomato Italian Sausage Soup
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 pound Italian sweet sausage, removed from casings
- 1 cup diced celery
- 2 cups chopped onion
- 2 cups red bell pepper, diced (about one large pepper)
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- A pinch red pepper flakes
- ¼ cup tomato paste
- 2 pounds zucchini cut into bite-sized pieces
- 5 fresh plum tomatoes, diced
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 quarts (2 l) low-sodium chicken broth or vegetable broth
- 1 cup coarsely grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon of parmesan rind (optional)
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- 1 fresh thyme sprig
- 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese for garnish, optional
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Directions
1. To make the zucchini tomato Italian sausage soup: In a large pot or large Dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add Italian sausage meat and cook, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon, until browned – approx. 5 minutes.
2. Once the Italian sausage meat has browned, add onion, celery, and bell pepper and sauté for four minutes.
3. Move the meat and vegetables to the sides and lower the heat to medium (If your pot isn’t large enough, remove the meat and veggies to a salad bowl, you’ll add them back afterward). Add garlic, pepper flakes, and tomato paste to the center of the Dutch oven and cook for two minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Add tomatoes, zucchini, pepper, chicken broth, Parmesan rind, and Parmesan cheese along with fresh basil and fresh thyme and stir well to combine.
5. Bring the soup to a simmer and cook covered until the vegetables are tender – about 10 to 15 minutes.
6. Remove the soup from heat and take out the Parmesan rinds. Serve the zucchini tomato Italian sausage soup immediately with more fresh basil and Parmesan cheese on top. Enjoy!
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Samantha
2025-04-17 20:18:30
This was sooooo good! Definitely will be making again! Thank you!!
Lisa
2025-03-02 20:34:30
The soup was not disappointing at all! Delicious! I do agree with another review about adding the parmesan during the cooking process. It only sticks to everything. Probably, the best idea is to add it to your soup bowl when you serve it up. I also used the canned tomatoes, dried basil and thyme. It was delicious!
Tracy virola
2025-02-11 21:11:57
It's delicious I use canned tomatoes and added shredded carrots and some yellow squash and some spinach i used half can of tomato sauce too and just used granulated garlic
Jennifer
2025-02-10 16:01:44
Love this recipe! Has anyone made it ahead and frozen it? I am concerned it the zucchini might get mushy.
Quin
2024-02-11 16:22:17
I've made this soup a bunch of times, and it's very forgiving. My most common swap is using a mix of mild and hot sausage, and sometimes canned tomatoes if I don't have fresh. My pantry friendly version is to use canned tomatoes, dry thyme, and dried basil. Honestly I think it's fine without fresh basil unless you specifically love that flavor. I do try to always have a Parmesan rind on hand for it, but I've made it without cheese and it was still very good. I usually skip the shredded Parmesan, and sometimes I'll add some short noodles to the soup if I feel like making it more stew-like, but it's great without (especially with a side of crusty bread).
Paula
2023-11-01 10:52:11
Great recipe. I used ground turkey instead of Italian sausage and added a can of black beans and a can of Rotel. Other than that, followed the recipe.
Cindy
2023-09-16 16:02:19
Love this recipe and have made it many times. No way does it only take 30 minutes, if you include the time to chop all of the vegetables. More like 2 hours. Worth it though.
Maria
2023-09-11 10:18:12
Very good!
Jill
2023-03-14 21:45:57
Great soup recipe. My only additions were a can of cannellini beans and a can of Rotel to spice it up a bit. Absolutely delicious! Thanks for this great recipe.
Christina
2023-03-09 20:40:37
This was wonderful! Used spicy Italian instead of sweet and left out the red pepper. Threw in a few handfuls of Kale I needed to use up. Hubby had two servings which says a lot! I can wait for lunch tomorrow too have some more!
Angela
2023-01-20 19:51:11
I made this tonight, it's yummy. I loved reading the reviews, seeing how easy it seems you can adapt and tweak it to what you have in the house or your situation, etc. I gave it four stars because my criteria when it comes to recipes is, it has to be quick and easy prep. I prefer the recipe be completed in half an hour. However, I'm okay if longer cooking is required, as long as the prep is fairly quick. The prep time listed for this recipe is 10 minutes and cook time 25 minutes. It took me almost 25 minutes to prep the vegetables, wash them, peel them, cut them, etc. and, I used my food processor! I don't think (unless you are a world-class chef) this recipe can be prepped in 10 minutes. Otherwise, nice soup. I served it with a large Italian salad, ciabatta bread, Bartenura Rosso Toscano wine and a Flora Torta Custard Cake for dessert .
Erica
2023-01-04 07:57:30
This is quite delicious! It freezes well also. I made a few small tweaks. My red pepper only produced 1 cup diced so I added 1 cup diced carrots. I also only had 8 oz of sausage which turned out to be plenty. I added 2 cans of great northern beans as a replacement for the missing meat. Provided great texture. I did use the parm rind but did not add the shredded parm during cooking, instead added to each serving. I found a can of V8 in my pantry so on a whim I decided to add 1 cup, reducing the broth from 8 to 7 cups. Last, I added a few handfuls of fresh spinach at the end. Overall, great recipe and easy to adapt to what is available. Definitely will make again.
Jenny
2022-10-18 22:51:33
Really good. Next time I will not put shredded Parmesan in…it clumped and stuck to bottom of pan. Will just put on individual servings.
Susan
2022-10-14 14:25:36
Made this soup last night and it’s absolutely delicious! Used canned crushed tomatoes, but otherwise as recipe directed.
Ernie
2022-10-09 16:15:06
I modified it only slightly by using only crushed tomatoes and not cut-up ones to cut down on acid and I also have done this in the crock pot several times depending on how much time I have. No matter how I prepared it has come out great. Agree on holding off on crushed red pepper until each person wants to add to their own bowl. I like it spicy, but found others prefer more mild taste. Great cool weather dinner!
Samantha
2022-08-28 20:51:04
i only used 1 lb of zucchinin, should have used 1.5 lbs. it was delicious.
Jamie Lynn
2022-08-17 12:06:01
Although I am sure original recipe would be amazing, I used this as a base recipe for items I had on hand. I used ground hot sausage, a large yellow squash, half a bag of frozen mixed vegetables, chopped red onion, 3 garlic cloves, Italian seasoning, oregano, garlic, and onion powders, jar of crushed tomatoes plus a fresh tomato cut up, and 4 cups of vegetable broth. Very hearty and delicious!
Rey
2022-07-07 20:17:05
Great dish, I accidently put the shakes of red pepper flakes and it came out spicy but good. Kids couldn't really it. So next time leave it out and add it to our dish.
Jackie
2022-03-02 07:50:18
This is delicious! Will be making again for sure. Thanks.
Jim
2022-02-10 04:21:14
Excellent recipe! I halved the amount of zucchini and used yellow squash to make up the difference.
Amanda
2022-01-15 09:47:24
The most amazing receipt ever! Would love to know if this is doable in a crock pot?
Kristen
2021-12-27 20:58:12
Love this soup! So flavorful! I use a large can of diced tomatoes instead of family fresh plum tomatoes and it comes out great! A favorite!:)
Sydney V
2021-12-12 18:27:33
So delicious I have been eating it for two days straight!, it’s so hearty and the Parmesan is a great topping choice to finish off such a delicious combination of foods
Bev
2021-11-11 03:19:46
Made this 3 times now and it is so easy and so delicious! My hubby loved it and he's not a soup guy.
Evelyn Jones
2021-10-28 17:27:37
So delicious! I added a pound of ground turkey, along with the sausage & canned tomatoes. Turned out great.
Sandy
2021-10-14 15:24:11
Question: I have a pound of pork breakfast sausage in the freezer Could I use instead of sweet Italian ? Can’t wait to try!
Barb
2021-10-04 17:48:41
Soup was delicious. Used crushed tomatoes instead of fresh. Added Chicago steak seasoning instead of ground pepper.
Julie
2021-03-21 21:06:48
This is one of my favorite recipes now. My only critique is the servings number on the recipe - I feel like like this could feed an army lol. Seems easily more than 8 servings. I don’t get tired of it. I ate it for breakfast lunch and dinner yesterday.
Ann Delahunty
2021-01-05 22:41:46
Great soup. My whole family loved it and I will make it again. Froze what we didn’t eat and it was great defrosted. I added some GF pasta to for my younger family members. It was a winner.
Amy
2020-12-04 08:05:32
This soup is so good! I used mild Italian sausage and I didn’t have any basil so I used a few spoon fulls of basil pesto. So good!
Charlene
2020-11-14 15:29:10
I have made this three times already. The last time I used italian sausage links both sweet and hot and it was great. Baked the sausage in the oven first and then sliced it up for the soup. Worked out great.
Lauren Walker
2020-11-08 13:41:47
This soup was really good! My vegetables (red pepper, zucchini, tomatoes) got very mushy, so definitely need to adjust some cooking times there but flavor was delicious!
Natalie
2020-11-06 08:54:31
This soup is delicious! Hearty and rich without being too heavy. I make a pot of soup about once a week during the fall and winter, and this will definitely be a new regular in my rotation!
Mike
2020-11-02 20:07:47
Haven't made it yet. Is there a way to do this in the instapot?
