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Lasagna Soup (No Ricotta)

Created by: Sarah Mock
One Pot Lasagna Soup in a white bowl. square image close shot
prep time5 minutes
cook time30 minutes
total time35 minutes
Makes 6

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Ground Beef
  • 1 medium onion (chopped)
  • 4-5 cloves Garlic
  • 1 jar Pasta Sauce (28-32 ounces pasta/spaghetti sauce)
  • 1 14 oz. can of diced tomatoes
  • 2 Tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 tablespoon dried basil
  • 1 tablespoon oregano
  • 1 tablespoon parsley
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 4-6 Cups chicken stock
  • 8 Lasagna Noodles (broken into bite-sized pieces)
  • ½ Cup Heavy Cream
  • 1 Cup mozzarella cheese (shredded)

Instructions
 

  • In a Dutch oven or large pot, brown the meat over medium-high heat, breaking it up as it cooks. You want no pink left and an internal temperature of 160F. Do not drain the fat; it carries flavor into the next step, and draining it now means you'll be adding oil back in later to make up for it.
    Ground beef browning in a pot with onions, dried herbs, tomato paste, and a bay leaf, stirred with a wooden spoon—an aromatic base for hearty Lasagna Soup.
  • Add the chopped onion and garlic to the meat and sauté in the drippings until the onion turns soft and translucent, about 3 to 4 minutes. You'll smell the garlic turn fragrant; that's your cue to move on.
  • Add the tomato paste and dried herbs to the meat and onion mixture. Stir until the paste darkens slightly and coats the meat; that's the paste's raw edge cooking off.
    A pot of thick, chunky meat sauce with tomatoes and a bay leaf, being stirred with a wooden spoon—the perfect hearty base for Lasagna Soup.
  • Pour in the pasta sauce and the chicken stock. Stir to combine; the mixture will look thin at this point, that's expected before it reduces.
    A wooden spoon rests in a blue pot filled with simmering, tomato-based Lasagna Soup on a stovetop.
  • Bring the soup to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and let it go for 10 minutes to reduce the liquid slightly. You'll see it start to deepen in color as it thickens.
    A wooden spoon rests in a blue pot filled with simmering, tomato-based Lasagna Soup on a stovetop.
  • Add the broken, uncooked lasagna noodles to the soup and stir to combine. Simmer for 10 minutes, or until the noodles are just tender; pull the pot off the heat right at that point, since they'll keep softening in the residual heat.
    dry lasagna noodles added to the soup
  • Just before serving, off the heat, stir in the heavy cream and three-quarters of the shredded mozzarella. The broth will turn from red to a soft, rosy pink; that color change is how you know it's ready.
    Lasagna Soup
  • Serve in bowls, garnished with the remaining shredded cheese. Serve it hot, right off the stove; the soup will continue to thicken as it cools.
    One Pot Lasagna Soup in a white bowl. square image close shot

Notes

  • ground sausage can be substituted for the ground beef or switch out ½ ground pork for ground beef.
  • ground turkey can be substituted for a portion or all of the ground beef.
  • Roasted garlic or garlic confit can be substituted for fresh garlic cloves
    garnish with extra shredded mozzarella cheese and/or ricotta cheese.
  • To reheat the soup, an extra splash of chicken stock can be added to loosen the soup as it heats.
How to make lasagna soup in the crockpot :
  1. The night before: brown the meat, adding the chopped onion and garlic to the meat and sautéing them in the meat and fat drippings. Add the tomato paste and dried herbs to the meat and onion mixture. Cool and store in the refrigerator overnight. Set out the canned goods so you are ready to dump and go in the morning.
  2. In the morning: Dump the container of browned meat, veggies, and spices into a crockpot. Add in the rest of the ingredients, holding out the lasagna noodles, heavy cream and the mozzarella cheese, stir to combine. Cook on low for 6-8 hours. Add the broken noodles and cook for 10-20 minutes. Then add the stir in the heavy cream and ¾ of the shredded mozzarella cheese. Serve in bowls, garnished with remaining shredded cheese. 

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