Italian Sausage And Greens Soup Recipes

SAUSAGE & GREENS SOUP

Steps:

• In a 6-qt. stockpot, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add sausage, onion, celery and carrot; cook 6-8 minutes or until sausage is no longer pink and vegetables are tender, breaking up sausage into crumbles. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer., Stir in Swiss chard, tomatoes, bay leaf and seasonings. Add broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 10-12 minutes or until Swiss chard is tender. Stir in beans and lemon juice; heat through. Remove bay leaf.

SLOW COOKER LENTIL SOUP WITH SAUSAGE AND GREENS

Steps:

• In a large, dry skillet over medium-high heat, cook the sausage, breaking it up with a spatula, until it is in small, coarse pieces, and starts to brown and sizzle in its own fat, about 8 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the cooked sausage to a 5- to 8-quart slow cooker. There should be a thin layer of fat covering the bottom of the skillet. If there is much more than that, pour a bit of the fat off. If there is not enough fat to cover the bottom of the pan, add a drizzle of olive oil.
• Add the onion to the skillet, season generously with salt, and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and translucent, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low, add garlic and cook until softened and fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add the onion and garlic powders, the herbs, red-pepper flakes and several generous grinds of black pepper. Stir to combine. Increase heat to medium-high, pour in the wine and stir well, scraping the bottom of the pot. Let the wine bubble until the pan is almost dry, about 3 minutes.
• Scrape the skillet mixture into the slow cooker with the sausage. Add the bay leaf and the lentils. Add the tomatoes with their juice. If using whole, crush the tomatoes into pieces using your hands as you add them with their juice. Pour in the chicken stock. Season generously with pepper and add 1/2 teaspoon salt if you are using low-sodium stock or 1 teaspoon salt if using homemade unsalted stock. Do not add salt now if you are using fully salted stock. Stir well to combine all ingredients. Cover and cook on low until the lentils are tender, about 6 to 8 hours. (Taste the lentils to make sure they are firm but creamy on the inside; black lentils can vary in their cooking time depending on their age and the heat of your slow cooker.) The soup holds well on warm for 2 additional hours.
• Switch the heat to high. Remove and discard the thyme sprigs. Stir in the greens and cook until wilted and tender, about 2 minutes for baby spinach, 10 minutes for kale. Stir in the vinegar. Serve in bowls, topped with chopped basil and grated Parmesan.

TURKEY ITALIAN SAUSAGE & GREENS SOUP

Steps:

• -Brown ground meat in large sauce pot (6 quart with a lid).
• -Turn heat to low and layer the following vegetables on top of meat according to cooking time: carrots, onions, fennel, kale, chard, mushrooms.
• -Place the lid on the pan and allow vegetables to steam for about 20 minutes; then, fill up the pot with enough broth to completely cover the vegetables, you can add tomatoes at this time.
• -Cook until the carrots and fennel are tender, then add rinsed and drained garbanzo beans.
• -Place the fresh spinach in the bottom of your serving bowl and spoon the soup on top. The spinach should stay green and be simply wilted. This gives the soup a fresher taste.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND GREENS SOUP

Steps:

• Saute Italian sausage and fennel seeds in olive oil.
• When browned, pour into soup pot.
• Saute the bacon until brown.
• Pour into soup pot.
• In same skillet, saute onion and garlic.
• When lightly brown, pour into soup pot.
• Saute mushrooms until tender and pour into soup pot.
• Add beans to soup pot.
• Add chicken stock to soup pot.
• Add enough water to cover contents and bring to boil.
• Add pasta,cover, and simmer for 7 minutes.
• Add chopped greens and more water if needed to come to about two inches below greens.
• Cover and simmer for 20 minutes until greens are tender.
• Enjoy! - Better the second day!

SAUSAGE, PASTA, AND COLLARD GREEN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Squeeze sausage out of the casings into the hot pan. Cook, breaking sausage up with a wooden spoon, until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain.
• Bring chicken stock to a boil in a large pot. Add sausage, cannellini beans, collard greens, and pasta to the boiling stock. Cook until pasta is tender yet firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes.

BEST ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, cook sausage over medium heat until brown. Remove with a slotted spoon, and drain on paper towels. Drain fat from pan, reserving 3 tablespoons.
• Cook garlic and onion in reserved fat for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, wine, broth, basil, and oregano. Transfer to a slow cooker, and stir in sausage, zucchini, bell pepper, and parsley.
• Cover, and cook on Low for 4 to 6 hours.
• Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta in boiling water until al dente, about 7 minutes. Drain water, and add pasta to the slow cooker. Simmer for a few minutes, and season with salt and pepper before serving.

SAUSAGE AND GREENS SOUP

Steps:

• Cut the ribs out of the greens and coarsely chop.
• Saute onion and garlic until translucent.
• Add the Italian seasoning and red pepper flake.
• If the sausage is raw add it crumbled at this point and cook through.
• If the sausage is already cooked, remove casings and crumble.
• Add the greens and carrots and cover until the greens wilt.
• Add the chicken broth, beans and rotel.
• Cover and simmer for 20mins.