Easy Portuguese Kale Soup

Description

An easy and delicious way to impress your family and friends! This recipe has a spin on it by using Polish kielbasa instead of linguica. My fiance cannot get enough of this dish Enjoy!

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 (16 ounce) package kielbasa (Polish) sausage, diced
  • 3 potatoes, cut into cubes
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
  • 2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 (15 ounce) can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
  • 3 carrots, chopped
  • 1 bunch kale, cut into thin ribbons
  • 1 cup small elbow macaroni
  • 6 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese, or to taste (Optional)

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a stock pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until fragrant
  2. about 1 minute. Add kielbasa; cook and stir until browned
  3. about 5 minutes. Stir potatoes into kielbasa mixture
  4. season with salt and pepper
  5. and continue to cook and until the potatoes begin to brown
  6. about 2 minutes.
  7. Pour chicken broth and water into the stock pot; add kidney beans
  8. carrots
  9. and kale. Bring the mixture to a boil
  10. reduce heat to medium-low
  11. and cook at a simmer for 45 minutes.
  12. Stir macaroni into the soup; continue cooking until the macaroni is tender yet firm to the bite
  13. about 15 minutes. more. Top each bowl with 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese to serve.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Servings: 6

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