Kale Sausage Lentil Skillet Recipes

SAUSAGE & KALE LENTIL STEW

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook sausage, carrots and onion over medium-high heat until sausage is no longer pink, breaking up sausage into crumbles, 8-10 minutes. Stir in garlic; cook 2 minutes longer. Drain., Place tomatoes and red peppers in a food processor; process until finely chopped. Add to sausage mixture; stir in lentils, broth and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 20 minutes, stirring occasionally., Stir in kale; cook until lentils and kale are tender, 10-15 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Freeze option: Freeze cooled stew in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally.

LENTIL SOUP WITH KALE AND SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Heat the EVOO in a soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, crumbling with a wooden spoon, until browned. Add the garlic, bay leaves, rosemary, carrots, onions and potatoes and season with salt and pepper. Cook until the vegetables are soft, 7 to 8 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the kale and nutmeg. Add the wine to deglaze the pot, stirring and scraping up any browned bits from the bottom. Stir in the chicken stock and 2 cups water and bring to boil (for thicker soup, use 2 cups less liquid).
• Stir in the lentils and cook at a low, bubbly simmer until the lentils are tender, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove the rosemary stems and bay leaves.
• Ladle the soup into bowls and top with a drizzle of EVOO and the shaved Pecorino.

SAUSAGE, KALE, AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup pot or large Dutch oven, heat 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil. Add the sausage, breaking it into pieces, and cook until lightly brown. Add the onions, celery, carrots, potato, chile pepper, rosemary, garlic, cumin, salt, and pepper, and cook to soften, 8 to10 minutes.
• Wilt in the kale, and season the kale leaves with a little freshly grated nutmeg. Stir in the tomato paste for 30 seconds, then add white wine. Cook to reduce by 1/2 and stir in the lentils, stock, and water. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, and simmer the soup until the lentils are tender, about 35 minutes. Serve immediately or cool, store, and reheat. Serve with chopped celery greens, to garnish.

SAUSAGE, LENTIL, AND KALE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven or heavy pot,heat oil over medium-high. Add sausageand cook, breaking up meat witha wooden spoon, until golden brown,about 5 minutes. Add celery and onionand cook until softened, about 5 minutes.Add lentils, broth, and 1/2 cup waterand bring to a boil. Reduce to a rapidsimmer, partially cover, and cook untillentils and vegetables are tender,25 minutes.
• Add kale and season with salt.Return soup to a rapid simmer, cover,and cook until kale wilts, about5 minutes. Remove soup from heat,stir in vinegar, and season withsalt and pepper.

KALE, SAUSAGE & LENTIL SKILLET

Steps:

• In large skillet, heat 1 tsp of the oil over medium heat and cook sausages until browned on all sides, 4 to 5 minutes total. Transfer to a clean cutting board.
• Add remaining 2 tsp oil and the onion to pan and cook until browned, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Add garlic and crushed red pepper and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 15 seconds.
• Add water and wine, increase heat to high and bring to a boil, scraping up any browned bits.
• Add lentils, reduce heat to maintain a simmer and cook, partially covered 40 minutes.
• Add kale, sage and salt and cook, covered, stirring occasionally, until the lentils and kale are tender, about 10 minutes more.
• Slice sausages and stir into pan along with pepper.
• Cover and cook until heated through, about 2 minutes.