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Creamy Chicken Tortellini Soup

An easy one pot soup using rotisserie chicken and quick-cooking tortellini, made in 40 min start to finish!

Ingredients
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter
  • 1 sweet onion, diced
  • 3 carrots, peeled and sliced
  • 2 ribs celery, diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 ½ teaspoons Italian seasoning
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup dry white wine
  • 6 cups chicken stock
  • 1 bay leaf
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 3 cups leftover shredded rotisserie chicken
  • 1 (9-ounce) package refrigerated three cheese tortellini
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • ½ cup frozen green peas
  • 1 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Directions
  1. Melt butter in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, carrots and celery. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 3-4 minutes.
  2. Stir in garlic and Italian seasoning until fragrant, about 1 minute.
  3. Whisk in flour until lightly browned, about 1 minute.
  4. Stir in wine, scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
  5. Stir in chicken stock and bay leaf; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, until flavors have blended, about 10 minutes.
  6. Stir in chicken and tortellini and cook until tender, about 4-5 minutes.
  7. Stir in heavy cream, peas, lemon juice and parsley until heated through, about 2 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
  8. Serve immediately.