Turkey Sausage Bean Soup Recipes

TURKEY SAUSAGE & WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven or soup pot to medium heat. Add the onion and cook 3-4 minutes or until slightly soft. Add the sausage and cook 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until its browned (if using ground, break the sausage up with a wooden spoon as it cooks). Stir in the garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, black pepper and crushed red pepper flakes and sauté 30-60 seconds or until fragrant.
• Add the beans, diced tomatoes and stock and bring to a simmer. Stir in the spinach or kale and let simmer another 5-6 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning, if necessary.
• Serve soup in bowls with Parmesan cheese.
• Heat the olive oil in a skillet to medium heat. Add the sausage and cook 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until its browned (if using ground, break the sausage up with a wooden spoon as it cooks). Transfer to the bowl of a slow cooker.
• Add the onion, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes, beans, diced tomatoes, stock and spinach or kale to the slow cooker bowl. Cook on high 2-3 hours or low 4-5 hours.
• Serve soup in bowls with Parmesan cheese.

TURKEY SAUSAGE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook sausage, onion, fennel and celery root over medium heat 4-5 minutes or until sausage is no longer pink, breaking into crumbles; drain. Stir in tomatoes, water, bay leaves, beef base, Italian seasoning and pepper., Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in beans; heat through. Remove bay leaves. If desired, top servings with cheese. Freeze option: Freeze soup without cheese in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally. If desired, top with cheese.

TURKEY SAUSAGE AND BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a medium frying pan, saute sausage and onion until sausage has browned. Drain.
• In crockpot, mix water and dressing mix. Add kidney and garbanzo beans, and black-eyed peas.
• Add sausage and onion to crockpot.
• Simmer on low 3-4 hours, or until heated through.

TUSCAN TURKEY SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Let cool and slice. , In a large saucepan, whisk together the broth, soup, mushrooms, onion, Italian seasoning, garlic and herb seasoning, caraway seeds and fennel seed. Add sausage. Bring to a boil. , Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Add beans and leek. Simmer 10 minutes longer or until vegetables are tender.

SPICY GARBANZO BEAN AND TURKEY SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in heavy large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add turkey sausage and chopped garlic and sauté until sausage is golden brown and cooked through, breaking up sausage with back of fork, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Add tomatoes with their juices, sliced jalapeño chili, ground cumin and chopped fresh rosemary and simmer 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Add garbanzo beans with their liquid and chicken broth and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer soup 15 minutes. Stir in fresh lemon juice. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium heat before continuing.)
• Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle soup with chopped fresh cilantro and top with sliced avocado. Serve immediately.

HEALTHY BLACK BEAN SOUP WITH TURKEY SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Spray a soup pan with cooking spray and bring up to medium high heat. Add onions and cook for about 2 minutes. Add the sausage and cook for another two minutes. Add the bell pepper and garlic. Cook an additional 2 minutes.
• Add the broth, cumin, and tomatoes. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and add chipotle and beans. Cook covered for about 10 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Serve with a sprinkle of Cilantro or some fat free sour cream.
• **Variation Idea: I have tried this as a smooth soup -- brown off the turkey in a separate pan, following all of the other directions up until the point the beans are added. I use a hand held blender to blend up the soup. Afterwards I add the turkey and some additional beans to give a little texture.