Easy Lasagna Soup with Spicy Italian Sausage

Easy Lasagna Soup with Spicy Italian Sausage brings ground beef, Italian sausage, marinara, broth, and broken lasagna noodles together in a pot. The ricotta topping is stirred separately, then added to each bowl with fresh basil.

The recipe starts by cooking the meats, then builds the soup with onion, garlic, tomato paste, spicy marinara sauce, seasonings, and chicken broth. Once the noodles are tender, it is ready to ladle and finish.

Why You'll Love This Recipe

This soup uses both lean ground beef and ground Italian sausage, with spicy marinara sauce and red pepper flakes included in the pot. Italian seasoning appears in the soup and again in the ricotta topping.

Instead of baking layers of pasta and cheese, the lasagna noodles cook directly in the broth. Each serving gets a scoop of the seasoned ricotta topping after the soup is ladled into bowls.

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Ingredients You'll Need

The soup begins with lean ground beef, ground Italian sausage, salt, freshly ground black pepper, chopped white onion, olive oil, and minced garlic. Tomato paste, a jar of spicy marinara sauce, red pepper flakes, Italian seasoning, and low sodium chicken broth complete the soup base.

Ten lasagna noodles are broken into pieces before they are added to the pot. Ricotta cheese is stirred with pepper, Italian seasoning, and olive oil for the topping, and fresh basil is used as the final garnish.

How To Make It

In a large pot over medium-high heat, cook ground beef and sausage until browned. Drain grease and remove meat from the pot. In a large pot heat olive oil over medium heat. Toss in diced onion and sauté for about 5 minutes.

Add in minced garlic and cook for another 1-2 minutes. Stir in tomato paste, cook for 1-2 minutes.

Add in marinara sauce, spices, and broth. Return meat to pot.

Bring to boil then add broken lasagna noodles to pot and reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, until noodles. are tender.

For ricotta topping:. In a small bowl, stir together pepper, Italian seasoning, olive oil, and ricotta cheese.

Ladle the hot soup into bowls, and dollop a scoop of the ricotta mixture on top. Garnish with fresh basil and enjoy.

Wrapping Up

This recipe moves from browned beef and sausage to a broth-based lasagna soup with noodles, ricotta topping, and basil. Serve it once the noodles are tender and the bowls are finished. Recipe created by cookingwithcj for Trust Me Try It.

Easy Lasagna Soup with Spicy Italian Sausage

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Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 8

Ingredients

• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 lb ground Italian sausage
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper , to taste.
• 1 cup chopped white onion.
• 3 tbsp olive oil.
• 1 tbsp minced garlic.
• 2 tbsp tomato paste.
• 1 24 ounce jar spicy marinara sauce.
• 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1 tsp Italian seasoning.
• 7 cup low sodium chicken broth.
• 10 lasagna noodles, broken into pieces.
• 10 oz ricotta cheese.

Instructions

• In a large pot over medium-high heat, cook ground beef and sausage until browned. Drain grease and remove meat from the pot.
• In a large pot heat olive oil over medium heat. Toss in diced onion and sauté for about 5 minutes.
• Add in minced garlic and cook for another 1-2 minutes.
• Stir in tomato paste, cook for 1-2 minutes.
• Add in marinara sauce, spices, and broth.
• Return meat to pot.
• Bring to boil then add broken lasagna noodles to pot and reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, until noodles.
• are tender.
• For ricotta topping:
• In a small bowl, stir together pepper, Italian seasoning, olive oil, and ricotta cheese.
• Ladle the hot soup into bowls, and dollop a scoop of the ricotta mixture on top.
• Garnish with fresh basil and enjoy!