Toscano Soup
Description
If it's difficult to get your family to eat greens, they'll gobble them up in this potato-based soup featuring healthier turkey sausage and a garnish of crispy bacon.
Ingredients
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1 (4 ounce) package Idahoan® Roasted Garlic Flavored Mashed Potatoes, dry
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3 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
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3 Italian turkey sausage links
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1/2 onion, diced
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3 cloves garlic, minced
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5 cups chicken stock
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5 cups 2% milk
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2 cups green Swiss chard or kale, chopped
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Pinch of crushed red pepper, or to taste
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Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Directions
1
Cook the bacon in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Drain on a paper towel.
2
Crumble and set aside.
3
Remove the turkey Italian sausage links from the casing and place in the Dutch oven along with the diced onion.
4
Saute until the onion is soft and the sausage is cooked. Add the garlic, stirring frequently for 45 seconds.
5
Add the chicken stock, milk, and potatoes.
6
Add Swiss chard or kale along with the crushed red pepper, sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste.
7
Cook on medium low for 15 minutes or until hot.
8
Ladle into soup bowls and garnish with crumbled bacon.