Portuguese Kale Soup

Description

The best Portuguese soup made by my mother, Christina L. Pacheco

Ingredients

  • ½ pound dried white pea beans
  • ½ pound chorizo sausage, thinly sliced
  • 1 pound beef soup bones
  • 1 quart water
  • 1 medium head cabbage, chopped
  • 2 bunches kale – rinsed, dried and chopped
  • 5 potatoes, peeled and cubed
  • 1 quart hot water or as needed
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Soak beans in twice their volume of water 8 hours or overnight.
  2. In a large pot
  3. place drained beans
  4. chorizo
  5. soup bones and 1 quart water (or more as needed to cover). Cook over medium heat until beans are just beginning to be tender
  6. 1 hour.
  7. Stir in cabbage
  8. kale
  9. potatoes and enough hot water to cover. Cook until potatoes are tender
  10. 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Total Time: 8 hrs

Servings: 10

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