Hot Sausage Soup Aka Cindys Soup Recipes

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Break sausage into chunks into pot.
• Let brown on bottom about 3 minutes, then turn and break up sausage and cook until no longer pink. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate, leave rendered fat in pot over medium-high heat.
• You should have about 1 Tbsp fat in pot, if needed add a little more olive oil or drain off some excess fat if there's too much.
• Add onions, carrots, celery and bell pepper and saute until starting to soften, about 6 minutes. Add garlic and saute 1 minute longer.
• Pour in broth, tomato sauce, tomatoes, and add Italian seasoning. Return sausage to pot and season mixture with salt and pepper to taste (you shouldn't need much salt).
• Bring to a simmer then cover, reduce heat to medium-low and let simmer 5 - 10 minutes until veggies are almost soft.
• Add orzo. Cover and let simmer, stirring occasionally (while scraping along bottom of pot as orzo will tend to stick). Cook until nearly al dente. About 8 minutes.
• Remove from heat. Stir in some ice (1/2 cup or so) if you want to help stop the orzo from cooking and getting mushy. Stir in fresh parsley and basil.
• Serve warm, topping servings with grated parmesan if desired.

HEARTY SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown kielbasa in batches. Transfer to a 6-qt. slow cooker. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cook, covered, on low 6-8 hours or until vegetables are tender. Skim fat.

HOT ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink., Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, combine the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender. , Drain sausage; add to soup and heat through., Freeze option: Cool soup and transfer to freezer containers. Freeze up to 3 months. To use, thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Transfer to a saucepan. Cover and cook over medium heat until heated through.

HOT SAUSAGE SOUP (AKA CINDY"S SOUP)

Steps:

• cook hot sausage, pepper, onion and garlic in 6 quart dutch oven until meat is cooked through and vegetables are tender.
• Drain off fat. Pat with paper towell to remove most of grease.
• Add water, undrained tomatoes, chicken broth, sugar, spices and worcestershire sauce.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer 45 minutes.
• Stir in pasta.
• Cook uncovered 10 to 15 minutes until pasta is tender.
• Serve in bowls and enjoy.

MARY'S HOT & SPICY SAUSAGE & CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Slice the sausage, onion, celery and place in 6 quart pan. Add the diced tomatoes and tomato juice.
• Boil first 6 ingredients until onion and celery are tender.
• Add salt, cayenne, splenda and garlic. Adjust to taste preference. If soup is too thick, add a cup of water.
• Add cabbage and cook just until the cabbage is tender--will only take 5-10 minutes.