One Pot Lasagna Soup

A 30-minute delicious and easy one-pot lasagna soup recipe with ground beef, tomatoes, mozzarella, and lasagna noodles.

This yummy fix works for me when I’m craving lasagna but not ready to go out to an Italian restaurant or cook the classic lasagna at home. My other easy fix is a skillet lasagna.

Easy lasagna soup recipe will make a great, surprising, dinner, and has amazing Italian flavors, and we know, Italians are very good at making comfort food.

Not to worry, we are excellent at it too, and I can definitely say one-pot lasagna soup is one of my favorite non-standard soup recipes.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Delicious soup recipe for a cold winter night – so heartwarming and comforting! If your loved ones (and yourself) are like me and the way to your heart is through your stomach, this meal is definitely it.
• One pot recipe means easy clean-up, no mess, and almost a dump-and-go type of dish.
• Cheesy, beefy, and creamy lasagna soup – isn’t it a combo for a perfect dinner? Makes amazing leftovers too.

Ingredients Notes

• Ground beef (or Italian sausage). Lean ground beef would be healthier, or you can go for ground turkey or ground chicken.
• Lasagna noodles, broken into pieces. You can buy lasagna sheets like for normal lasagne and simply break them while they are still dry. Feel free to use the gluten-free option.
• Olive oil for cooking the ground beef before adding it to the soup.
• Onion, chopped, and minced garlic for amazing aromas and flavors.
• Crushed tomatoes. Diced tomatoes work too, I just find crushed ones preserve more juices.
• Beef broth. Chicken broth (or chicken stock) or vegetable stock would also work, but beef broth or beef stock would make for a better meaty flavor. Low-sodium broth is always a healthier choice.
• Tomato sauce or tomato paste. Any pasta sauce in a jat will work, Marinara is a great choice.
• Seasonings: Italian seasoning, dried basil, salt, and black pepper to taste. Whatever dried herbs you want to use – go ahead. Paprika is also great in this soup.
• Fresh herbs: chopped basil or parsley for garnish (optional)

Ricotta Cheese Mixture

• Shredded mozzarella cheese
• Freshly grated parmesan cheese. The recipe is best with Parmesan cheese and Mozzarella but technically you can use any melty cheese.
• Ricotta cheese for garnish (optional) or cottage cheese (they are quite similar).

Kitchen Equipment

• Large pot or large Dutch oven. The one-pot lasagna soup recipe can also be made in a crock pot.

How to make one pot lasagna soup

1: Brown The Ground Beef

1. Combine the ground beef and olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven. Heat over medium heat, browning the beef (or sausage) until no longer pink. Drain the excess fat, if any.
2. Note that I first brown the beef and then saute the onion and garlic, not vice versa.

2: Saute The Vegetables

1. Add the onion and garlic and continue cooking until the onions have softened. This should only take 3-4 minutes.
2. Stir in the crushed tomatoes, broth, tomato sauce, and seasonings (Italian seasoning, basil, salt, and pepper), and bring to a simmer with the lid.

3: Add Pasta

Add the broken lasagna noodles to the pot. Cook them in the mixture until tender – approx 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon to keep the noodles from sticking.

4: Add Cheese Toppings

1. Remove from the heat, stir in the mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Ladle soup into individual serving bowls.
2. Garnish with ricotta cheese topping and fresh basil when ready to serve. Serve soup with garlic bread or some focaccia.
3. Green and garden salads are great side dishes for lasagna soup as well!

Storage

Storing. You can store leftover lasagna soup in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-5 days. This lasagna soup is great for weekly meal prep.

Freezing. You can freeze the lasagna soup base without noodles and cheese mixture once it is cooled completely for up to 6 months. Thaw overnight, and complete the cooking steps. Fully assembled and cooked soup can be frozen for up to 3 months.

Reheating. From the fridge reheat the leftovers in the microwave for 1-2 minutes. Reheating thawed soup be careful not to turn noodles into a mushy soggy substance.

Substitutions & Variations

• Vegetarian lasagna soup recipe can use nutritional yeast instead of cheeses, and substitute meat with veggies like bell peppers, spinach zucchini, squash, or mushrooms, or high in protein red lentils. Well, of course, you can use any of these ideas in a non-vegan recipe too. Dairy-free milk, cream, and even vegan ricotta cheese are easy to find in vegan stores.
• You can upgrade the ricotta mixture with heavy cream or heavy whipping cream and fresh parsley.
• Powdered onion and garlic work too but they don’t have the same flavor and texture, of course.
• Spice things up with some red pepper flakes or cajun seasoning.
• For a tart flavor stir in some vinegar in the sauce.
• You can also use Mafalda pasta instead of lasagna noodles – it is wavy wide noodles, great for soup.

Expert Tips To Make The Best Lasagna Soup

• If using heavy cream, first cook pasta until al dente, then stir in the heavy cream and keep cooking until the lasagna noodles are tender.
• Ground beef can be ground at medium-high heat too, make sure to keep stirring and breaking it down. Reduce heat if it starts to burn.
• The lasagna soup is easy to make in a stockpot or Dutch oven like I did, but you can always use a slow cooker or an Instant Pot. It will only take around 3 minutes on high pressure in the instant pot. In a slow cooker, it will take 3-4 hours on high or up to 8 hours on low. The cheeses will go in the pot 30 minutes before the end of cooking time.
• The consistency of the soup can be easily adjusted with the broth.
• Measure tablespoons of tomato paste and freeze them in a freezer bag laid flat. You can use a few cubes for any recipe. 

If you love this comfort food dinner recipe, you’re going to love these other cozy meals too. Please click each link below to find the easy, printable recipe!

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