Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Recipe {Crock Pot Copycat}

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.

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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.

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Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Recipe {Crock Pot Copycat}

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

4 hrs

Total Time

4 hrs 15 mins

 

This Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Recipe is a fantastic hearty Tuscan soup that is one of my family's favorite Olive Garden Copy Cat Recipes. We altered a great recipe we found in Gooseberry Patch's Church Suppers to make this a crock pot recipe.

Course: Soup

Servings: 4 -6

Author: Cris

Ingredients

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

Instructions

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

 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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