Best Italian Sausage And Greens Soup Recipes

COLLARD GREENS AND WHITE BEAN SOUP WITH ITALIAN CHICKEN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Heat 1 T oil in large soup pot over med-high heat. Add sausage and cook until browned. Remove sausage and set aside. To the pot, add remaining 1 T olive oil. Lower heat to medium. Stir in onion, carrot, and celery. Cook until onion is translucent, about 8 minutes. Add collard greens, stirring as they wilt and shrink down into the pot. Add beans, salt and pepper, bay leaf, stock, and additional water, as needed, to cover. Simmer soup until the flavors meld, at least 15 minutes. Add sausage into the soup and simmer another minute to heat sausage through. Serve with grated Parmesan, if desired.

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!