🧀🍅 My Lazy Lasagna Soup gives you all the rich flavor of your favorite homemade lasagna, minus the work! A family favorite, it’s hearty and comforting but not as heavy as lasagna and is perfect for busy weeknights, especially when it’s chilly outside!
30-Minute Lazy Lasagna Soup
I love lasagna, but rarely make it, because it can be a little more work than I’m up for after a long day. So, when I’m craving those cheesy, savory flavors, I make this lazy lasagna soup recipe instead!
- I’ve made countless batches of this soup, and it’s still a favorite with my whole family.
- The soup is hearty and comforting without the need to fuss with a baking dish, cooking pasta, and layering eggs, cottage cheese or ricotta, etc. However, free from ricotta cheese and layers of noodles and pasta sauce, it’s not as heavy as traditional lasagna, which I like. Just like traditional lasagna, it tastes even better the next day after the flavors marry!
- Juicy tomatoes are combined with onions, garlic, oregano, basil, and parsley for great depth of flavor. The melted cheese on top just makes my day. Cheese lovers, unite! This recipe is guaranteed to become a fast family favorite.
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Ingredients You’ll Need
Here’s what you’ll need to make this quick and easy Italian sausage lasagna soup:
- Olive oil
- Johnsonville Fresh Italian Hot Ground Sausage: Rather than ground beef, I swapped and used Johnsonville Fresh Italian Hot Ground Sausage. It’s so convenient if you don’t wish to de-case sausage links. Johnsonville’s links and ground Italian sausage – as well as their meatballs and breakfast sausage – come in a variety of flavors and spices, giving you more flavor and saving you time in the kitchen. You can also use turkey or chicken sausage. If you prefer ground beef or ground turkey, try my one-pot lasagna soup with ground beef instead
- Sweet Vidalia onion: Feel free to use a yellow onion if preferred
- Garlic: Make sure to use fresh garlic cloves, not garlic powder
- Chicken broth: Use low-sodium chicken broth to avoid an overpoweringly salty taste.
- Canned tomatoes and tomato paste: I use petite, diced tomatoes with no salt added. This replicates the flavor you get with marinara sauce or spaghetti sauce in most lasagna recipes
- Herbs and spices: Bay leaves, dried oregano and basil, salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper. For a little extra oomph, add a dash of Italian seasoning, too
- Lasagna noodles: Don’t bother cooking the pasta ahead of time. There’s no need to boil or drain the noodles as they’ll cook right in the soup. Lasagna noodles are the traditional choice, but you can use 10 ounces of any short and sturdy pasta you like (penne, rotini, bow tie, etc.). Or, get creative with frozen ravioli or fresh cheese ravioli instead
- Fresh parsley: Fresh basil also tastes great
- Cheese: Shredded mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Lazy Lasagna Soup
I like to call this “lazy” lasagna soup because it’s made in one pot, is done in 30 minutes, and there are minimal ingredients I have to chop up for the soup. Here’s an overview of how it’s prepared:
- Add the olive oil, sausage, and onions to a large stockpot, and cook over medium-high heat until the onions have softened and the sausage is browned.
- Add in the garlic, and sauté until fragrant, stirring intermittently.
- Add the noodles and the remaining ingredients except the two types of cheese.
- Let the soup boil gently until the noodles are tender.
- Optionally ladle the lasagna soup into oven-safe bowls, and sprinkle with the cheese mixture. Transfer the bowls to a cookie tray. Then, pop them under the broiler until the cheese is melted and golden brown.
Do I Have to Broil the Cheese?
I opted to ladle the cheesy sausage lasagna soup into bowls and broil the top of the cheese to brown it. However, you can omit this step if you don’t want to fuss with your broiler! Instead, simply ladle the finished soup, top with cheese, and serve as is.
What to Serve with Lazy Lasagna Soup
Lazy Lasagna Soup with Italian Sausage
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound Johnsonville Fresh Italian Hot Ground Sausage, (de-cased Johnsonville Fresh Italian Hot Sausage Links or mild sausage may be substituted)
- 2 cups sweet Vidalia or yellow onion, peeled and diced small (about 1 large onion)
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled and finely minced
- 48 ounces low-sodium chicken broth, (6 cups)
- 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes and juice, (I used petite diced, no-salt-added)
- 14.5 ounce can fire roasted tomatoes and juice
- 2 rounded tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 or 3 bay leaves
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 1 to 2 teaspoons salt, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper, optional and to taste
- 8 ounces lasagna noodles, (about 10 noodles, broken into bite-sized pieces)
- ⅓ cup fresh Italian flat-leaf parsley leaves, discard stems, finely minced
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
- 1 cup parmesan cheese, divided
Instructions
- To a large Dutch oven or stockpot, add the olive oil, sausage, onions, and sauté for about 8 minutes over medium-high heat, or until sausage is cooked through and onions are lightly golden browned. Stir and flip intermittently.
- Add the garlic and sauté for 1 to 2 minutes. Stir intermittently.
- Add the chicken broth, both kinds of tomatoes and juice, tomato paste, bay leaves, oregano, basil, salt, pepper, optional cayenne pepper, noodles, and bring to a boil. Allow mixture to boil gently for about 15 minutes, or until noodles are tender and done. If at any point the overall liquid level looks low or you prefer your soup to have more broth, add 1 to 2 cups of water or additional chicken broth; you’ll adjust the salt and seasoning levels at the end. Stir intermittently.
- Add the parsley, stir to combine, and boil 1 minute.
- Taste soup and add salt to taste. This will vary based on how salty the sausage, chicken broth, tomatoes, and tomato paste are, and personal preference. Make any necessary seasoning adjustments (i.e. more salt, pepper, spices, etc.). Remove bay leaves.
- Preheat oven to the broiler setting.
- Ladle soup into oven-safe bowls and top each bowl with about 1/3 cup mozzarella and 2 tablespoons parmesan. Place bowls on a baking sheet and set under the broiler. Broil for about 1 minute or until cheese is melted and is as lightly golden browned as desired. Keep a very watchful eye so that it doesn’t burn which can happen in seconds. Serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I have really enjoyed this soup! I even did the chicken tortilla soup! Both of them have been great I am looking forward to trying all the other ones that you have listed.
I have really enjoyed this soup! I even did the chicken tortilla soup! Both of them have been great I am looking forward to trying all the other ones that you have listed.
That is great to hear and I hope the other soups are winners for you, too!