If you love Olive Garden’s Zuppa Tuscana you are going to love this Copcyat version that you make in the crockpot. My college roommate Christa Chesutt gave this recipe to me and it is amazing! Be sure to “PIN” this great recipe so you will have it when you are ready to make it. Please follow us on Pinterest and enjoy hundreds of recipes, crafts, party planning ideas, gardening, DIY and more.
Copycat Olive Garden – Zuppa Tuscana Recipe
Source: Christa Chesnutt
Recipe type: Soup
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Serves: 6
Ingredients
- ½ a bag of Southern Hashbrowns
- 1 lb of browned Italian Sausage
- 5 ½ cups of chicken broth
- 2 c of chopped kale
- ½ tsp. of red pepper flakes
- ½-1 c of frozen diced onions
- 1-2 Tablespoon of minced garlic
- ½ c of evaporated milk or cream
Instructions
- In a crock pot put:
- Southern Hashbrowns
- browned Italian Sausage
- chicken broth
- chopped kale
- red pepper flakes…more if you like it spicy
- frozen diced onions
- minced garlic
- Cook on high for 3 hours or low for 6-8
- In the last 30 minutes add
- evaporated milk or cream
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Thanks! That sounds fantastic!
that sounds so delish! <3
I have been looking for this type of OG recipe forever and you made it crockpot friendly! I am in heaven and can’t wait to try it, thanks.
This sounds so good~can’t wait to try it!
After reading “Southern hash browns” I was sold. It sounds delicious.
Will this work in a 4qt crock pot?
No you need a 6 Qt.
Could I use spinach instead?
No the soup color becomes too green.
when do you add the OTHER 5 cups chicken broth?
Sorry that was a typo – my 5 was cut off – it is updated now.
this recipe makes no sense….what do you need 5 c broth and 2 cups of kale for if you don’t use it?
Got it updated now – sorry!
This recipe is fantastic!! My husband and I love the Olive Garden soups, and the Zuppa Tuscana is my absolute favorite. We made this recipe yesterday and added some red pepper flakes while browning the sausage, and added 2t more red pepper flakes when combining it all in the crock pot. Everything else we followed exactly.
Thank you so much for sharing this fantastic, EASY and delicious recipe!!!
It turned out AMAZING. Exactly like the Olive Garden’s version!! About an hour after eating my husband said “I wish I were hungry so I could eat more of the soup!!”
I shared this site with all my family, and highly recommend this! I can’t give it enough praise