Turkey Sausage Barley Soup

Description

Turkey sausage with spinach and barley is the perfect soup.

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 large onion, diced
• ¾ pound bulk turkey sausage
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• 1 (32 fluid ounce) container chicken stock
• 6 ounces frozen chopped spinach
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• ground black pepper to taste
• ⅓ cup barley

Instructions

1. Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in hot oil until soft
2. about 5 minutes. Add turkey sausage and garlic
3. breaking sausage into small pieces with a wooden spoon; cook and stir until sausage is browned
4. about 5 minutes. Pour chicken stock over the sausage mixture. Stir spinach into broth; bring to a simmer and season with kosher salt and black pepper. Bring the soup to a boil
5. reduce heat to medium-low
6. and cook at a simmer for 20 minutes.
7. Stir barley into the soup and continue to cook until the barley is tender
8. about 1 hour.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Servings: 6