Portuguese Bean Soup II Recipe

Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 130 min
Servings: 15
Yield: 15 servings

Description

This Portuguese bean soup with spicy linguiça Portuguese sausage simmers with ham, veggies, beans, pasta, and tomatoes for a rich and flavorsome meal.

Ingredients

2 pounds spicy Portuguese sausage, sliced
1 pound ham hocks
1 onion, sliced
2 quarts water
2 carrots, diced
3 potatoes, diced
1 small head cabbage, chopped
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
2 (15 ounce) cans kidney beans
1 (16 ounce) package macaroni

Directions

1 Gather the ingredients.
2 Combine sausage, ham hocks, onion, and water in a large pot over low heat. Cover and simmer for 1 hour. Remove ham hocks from soup; remove meat, tear into small pieces, and return ham to the pot. Stir in carrots, potatoes, cabbage, and tomato sauce until well combined. Cover and cook for 1 to 1 ½ hours.
3 Stir in beans and pasta; add more water as needed. Cook until heated through and pasta is tender yet firm to the bite, about 10 minutes.