How To Cook Olive Garden Zuppa Soup In The Crock Pot

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Do you love that amazing sausage and potato soup from Olive Garden? Our Crock Pot Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Recipe is that same hearty Tuscan soup, adapted for your crock pot.

Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Recipe: Fantastic hearty Tuscan soup. One of our favorite Olive Garden Copy Cat Recipes.

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We found the base recipe for this tasty soup in Gooseberry Patch's Church Suppers and it quickly became our favorite of the Olive Garden copy cat recipes we have attempted. This soup has been a staple every winter since we first saw it shared on my dear friend Jent's blog years ago. (Check out her stove top version of the soup).

Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Recipe {Crock Pot Copycat}

So, the other day I decided to try and take my hand at making it in the slow cooker instead and it was fantastic– as always. It is one of those great recipes I can put on in the slow cooker and run to get Add from school or a couple errands and come back to perfection every time.

A couple notes:

We aren't huge kale fans in this family… however, we LOVE it in this recipe. It can be found in your produce aisle either in bunches or even cut up in bags.
We love the little yellow butter potatoes or reds in this soup. You can really use any potato you like, but I prefer the creamy texture of the softer potatoes.
If you are looking to cut the recipe down a bit fat wise, you can substitute half and half for the cream. We have done this often and you don't really miss it.

Crock Pot Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup Copy Cat. Savory sausage, potatoes and kale in a creamy broth soup.

1 lb. ground pork sausage
3/4 cup onion diced
6 slices bacon diced
1 teaspoon garlic minced
4 cups chicken broth
1 cup potatoes cut into bite sized pieces
2 cups kale thinly sliced
3/4 cup whipping cream

Cook your sausage in a large skillet and brown over medium heat
Drain and set aside
Place your onion and bacon to the skillet and saute over medium heat until the onions are translucent.
Place sausage, onions, bacon and garlic in your crock pot along with broth and potatoes.
Cook on low for 4-6 hours
Add your kale and whipping cream to your crock pot and stir before serving

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As with any of our recipes, carb counts, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly. As a result, your nutritional content depends on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish. The auto-calculation is just an automated estimate and should NOT be used for specific dietary needs.
Finally, all slow cookers cook differently, so cooking times are always a basic guideline. Recipes should always be tested first in your own slow cooker and time adjusted as needed .

Slow Cooker Recommendations

I am in big-time love with my new all-in-one slow cooker that has a browning setting to allow you to brown your sausage (and cook up your onion and bacon) IN the crock pot. It works perfect for this soup and I LOVE how easy the non-stick surface cleans up! However, this soup will do well in any 5-6 qt slow cooker.

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