Portuguese Sausage Soup

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

This is an easy and fun soup recipe to make that is full of flavor from Portuguese linguica sausage. It's delicious served with warm, crusty bread.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
3 medium Yukon Gold potatoes, diced
1 large sweet onion, chopped
1/2 cup diced carrots
1/2 cup diced celery
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or more to taste
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 bunch kale, stems removed and leaves chopped
2 bay leaves
5 cups chicken broth
1 (14 ounce) can garbanzo beans, with liquid
1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1/2 pound linguica sausage, diced
1/2 pound chorizo sausage, diced

Directions

1 Heat oil in a soup pot over medium heat until it sizzles, about 1 minute. Add potatoes, onion, carrots, and celery; cook and stir 3 to 4 minutes. Add garlic, red pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper; cook and stir 2 to 3 minutes.
2 Add kale and bay leaves; cover until kale wilts, 2 to 3 minutes.
3 Add chicken broth, garbanzo beans with their juices, tomatoes, linguica, and chorizo; bring to a boil, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium; simmer until vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes.