Winter Sausage Soup Recipes

WINTER SQUASH AND SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Turn a slow cooker on high, and melt the butter in the crock while it warms up. Add the leeks and garlic; replace the lid and allow to soften--about 20-30 minutes. Add the remaining veggies, herbs, and the sausage. Replace the lid and allow to soften--about 30-45 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add the chicken broth and allow to cook on high for 6-8 hours.
• 30 minutes before serving, switch the heat to the low setting and add the greens. Replace the lid and allow the soup to simmer until the greens have melted into the soup.

SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup pot, cook sausage over medium heat until no pink remains.
• Add onions, celery, and carrots. Cook uncovered for 5 minutes, or until onions are soft.
• Add tomatoes, chicken broth, cabbage, and basil. Bring to a boil. Stir in macaroni, and cover. Simmer for 10 minutes, or until pasta is tender. Season with garlic salt. Serve.

WHITE BEAN-SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Cook sausage, onion and garlic in a large saucepan 5 to 10 minutes or until the sausage is browned and the onion is tender. Drain off fat. Stir in beans, tomatoes, broth, the water, Italian seasoning, and pepper. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Stir in kale (or spinach). Simmer, uncovered, 1 to 3 minutes more or until the kale is tender (or the spinach is wilted).

SUMMER/WINTER SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Saute garlic & carrots.
• Add beef broth, vegetable broth, bok choy, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce and diced tomatoes. Cook until carrots are tender, about 1 hour.
• Add cauliflower, broccoli and both sausages. Cook about 30 more minutes.

WINTER COUNTRY SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat butter over medium-high heat; saute sausage with pepper and shallots until browned., Add kale; cook, covered, until kale is wilted, 2-3 minutes. Stir in all remaining ingredients except orzo; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 20 minutes., Return to a boil. Stir in orzo. Cook until pasta is tender, 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a stockpot or Dutch oven, brown sausage with garlic. Stir in broth, tomatoes and carrots, and season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 15 minutes.
• Stir in beans with liquid and zucchini. Cover, and simmer another 15 minutes, or until zucchini is tender.
• Remove from heat, and add spinach. Replace lid allowing the heat from the soup to cook the spinach leaves. Soup is ready to serve after 5 minutes.