Quick Italian Ground Turkey Soup Recipe (2024)

With a little bit of this, and a little bit of that, our quick Italian turkey soup was created. It has our favorite parts of our favorite soups, all rolled into one. This is one you NEED to try this week!

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The recipe for this quick Italian ground turkey soup was created from taking all the parts of my favorites soups and putting it all together. And, boy is it amazing!

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It is one of my easy family dinner recipes that my kids also love so it is a win win. Plus then I can hide all of the veggies in the soup that they wouldn’t always normally like, or rather change their mind’s about liking.

You can make this ground turkey recipe up in no time and it is a delicious healthy soup recipe that you will actually look forward to eating. Sometimes when recipe are labled “health” delicious does not always ensue, but this soup recipe is absolutely delicious!

For sides to serve with this soup, try our cheesy carlic Texas toast, easy homemade french bread, or homemade cornbread. They are all perfect for dipping in this flavorful soup recipe.

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Ingredients You’ll Need For Our Quick Italian Ground Turkey Soup Recipe:

  • Olive oil
  • Ground turkey
  • Onion
  • Minced garlic
  • Italian seasoning
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Stewed tomatoes, Italian style
  • Great northern white beans (rinsed and drained)
  • Chicken broth
  • Dried oregano
  • Dried parsley
  • Rotini (cooked)
  • Shredded carrots
  • Zucchini
  • Fresh spinach
  • Freshly grated Parmesan cheese

How To Make Our Quick Italian Turkey Soup Recipe:

Get out your large stock pot and turn on a burner on medium-high heat and pour the olive oil in.

After the oil is hot, add in the diced onions, minced garlic, ground turkey, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.

Cook all fo the together until the turkey is completely browned.

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Once all of those ingredients are cooked, add the can of stewed tomatoes (juice and all!) great northern beans (drained and rinsed), shredded carrots, sliced zucchini, chicken broth, parsley, and oregano into the stock pot as well.

Give it a good stir, and then reduce the heat to simmer.

Let it all simmer together for about 10-15 minutes, or until the carrots and zucchini are tender.

While this is simmering, cook your noodles according to the package if they are not already cooked.

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Then, add the spinach to the turkey and veggie mixture in the stock pot, and stir it all together until the spinach is wilted.

Now add in the salt and pepper to taste.

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Add in the cooked noodles and stir it all together.

When that is done you are ready to serve your turkey soup. Just pour it in a bowl and top it off with a little bit of Parmesan cheese and you are good to go!

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To Make This Easy Dinner Recipe You Will Need:

  1. Large stock pot (THIS is a great one!)
  2. Can opener
  3. Spatula
  4. Ladle

Do You Need to Use Rotini noodles?

Nope! That is just our favorite to use. Feel free to use noodles you know your family will love or none at all.

Easiest Way to Shred Carrots:

I know you can always go buy shredded carrots if you do not have any in the house, but you can also make them too! Since my kids love carrots, I generally tend to keep extra in the fridge.

They come in handy when I want to add them to a recipe. Plus when you shred the carrots they are easier to hid in recipes! Love and Lemon give a great instructions on how to shred carrots that is super simple.

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Serves: 6 people

Quick Italian Ground Turkey Soup Recipe

5 from 1 vote

This Quick Italian Turkey Soup Recipe is simple, delicious, and full of flavor.

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

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Ingredients

  • Tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 pound ground turkey
  • 1 small onion diced
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 (15oz) can can stewed tomatoes, Italian style
  • 1 (15oz) can Great Northern white beans rinsed and drained
  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 Tablespoon dried parsley
  • 1 cup rotini cooked (can use any pasta)
  • 1 cup shredded carrots
  • 1 zucchini thinly sliced
  • 5 cups fresh spinach chopped (I chopped it into very small pieces)
  • freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  • Pour olive oil into large stock pot and turn on burner to medium-high heat.

  • When oil it hot, add onions, garlic, ground turkey, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.

  • Cook until turkey is completely cooked.

  • Add canned tomatoes (including juice), beans, carrots, zucchini, broth, parsley and oregano.

  • Reduce heat to simmer and simmer for 10-15 minutes (or until carrots and zucchini are cooked).

  • While this is simmering, cook your noodles according to the package if they are not already cooked.

  • Then, add the spinach to the turkey and veggie mixture in the stock pot, and stir it all together until the spinach is wilted.

  • Add additional salt and pepper to taste.

  • Add in cooked noodles and stir it all together.

  • Top each serving with Parmesan cheese.

Notes

Do You Need to Use Rotini noodles? Nope! That is just our favorite to use. Feel free to use noodles you know your family will love or none at all.

Nutrition

Calories: 291 kcal · Carbohydrates: 34 g · Protein: 27 g · Fat: 6 g · Saturated Fat: 1 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 42 mg · Sodium: 1200 mg · Potassium: 1181 mg · Fiber: 7 g · Sugar: 5 g · Vitamin A: 6145 IU · Vitamin C: 32 mg · Calcium: 155 mg · Iron: 6 mg

Equipment

  • large stock pot

  • Can Opener

  • spatula

  • Ladle

Recipe Details

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian

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  1. Lindsay says:

    Yummy! This looks so delicious! pinning it!

  2. Angie Pangie says:

    I wanted to let you know I made this for dinner tonight and we LOVED it! We're all recovering from a nasty cold virus, so this really hit the spot. I didn't change a thing (that NEVER happens, btw) and I had it on the table in under 45 minutes. I served it with homemade rolls and honey butter. My family acted like I'd made a feast. :) Thanks!!

  3. Camille says:

    Angie, thank you so much for your kind words!!! We appreciate it so much and we are so happy to hear that you loved it! :)

  4. Unknown says:

    can you freeze this?

  5. Kim Moore says:

    Sounds delish!! Do you know how many servings this makes? Trying to figure out the calorie count (5 pounds to go until I book a cruise to celebrate my weight loss!)

  6. Six Sisters says:

    8 servings for this recipe. Soon our "Magic" buttons will be up and running and you can get nutritional value and calories and all kinds of great things. Coming in January!! Congrats on your weight loss and we are so excited for you and your cruise vacation! -The Six Sisters

  7. Stacy Kroptavich says:

    Made this tonight and it was so good. My husband said it was one of his favorite soups and our 2 year old slurped up the spinach like crazy! I did make one change. I used ground chicken since I already had that in our freezer. Turned out great! Thanks for a great recipe.

  8. Melmel says:

    when do you add the noodles?

  9. Melmel says:

    oh nevermind!! they're supposed to be cooked already!

  10. SANDRA says:

    I COOKED THIS FOR MY FAMILY LAST NIGHT AND THEY LOVED IT. MY HUSBAND IS DIABETIC AND GOT A BAD REPORT FROM HIS DOCTOR, SO WE ARE TRYING TO EAT HEALTHY AND CUT BACK ON THE FAT GRAMS. I WILL BE LOOKING FOR MORE RECIPES TO HELP WITH THIS. THANKS FOR THIS ONE.

  11. Christine says:

    Just had to let you know I made this and my family LOVED it. And I love all the veggies they ended eating. I used grounded turkey and gluten free pasta.I tripled the recipe and they tore it Up! Thank You!

  12. Rachel says:

    Made this tonight and it was great! I just used regular spaghetti and forgot to add the parmesan on top but it was an easy meal!

  13. Lauren Fryer says:

    My husband and I love this soup. We often make it on the weekend and then take it for lunches each day at work with a side salad. It's quick, easy and so delicious! Thanks so much for sharing. We have probably made it 6 times since discovering it in the fall!

  14. Nancy says:

    Great recipe. I added extra tomatoes and spinach and a sprinkle of red pepper flakes and cayenne peppers. I don’t do spicy foods but the splash I added helped the recipe go from blandish to perfect. Great recipe

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