Best Kale And Potato Soup Recipes

SAUSAGE, POTATO AND KALE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Crumble sausage into pot; cook and stir until browned, about 10 minutes. Drain and discard grease.
• Stir half-and-half, potatoes, chicken broth, milk, onion, oregano, and red pepper flakes into sausage, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Simmer until potatoes are tender, about 30 minutes. Season with black pepper; stir kale into soup. Simmer until kale is tender, 10 to 15 more minutes.

SAVORY KALE, CANNELLINI BEAN, AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir the onion until softened and translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the carrot and garlic, and cook for 5 minutes more.
• Pour in the chicken broth, water, and white wine; stir in the potatoes, rosemary, sage, and thyme. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. Add the cannelini beans, kale, chile pepper, and black pepper, and simmer, covered, for 30 more minutes.

PORTUGUESE KALE AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 5-quart heavy pot over medium-high heat until it shimmers, then brown sausage, stirring often, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a bowl. Add 2 tablespoon oil to fat in pot and cook onion and garlic with 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper over medium heat, stirring often, until browned, 7 to 8 minutes.
• Add potatoes, water, and 1 teaspoon salt and simmer, covered, until potatoes are very tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Mash some potatoes into soup to thicken, then add kale and simmer, uncovered, until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in sausage and cook until just heated through, 1 to 2 minutes. Drizzle with remaining tablespoon oil and season with salt and pepper.

SAUSAGE, KALE, AND SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add hot sausage, mild sausage, salt, and pepper; cook, breaking up sausage with the back of a wooden spoon, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes.
• Stir onion and celery into the pot; cook and stir until onion is soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add chicken broth, sweet potato, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil; cook over medium-high heat for 10 minutes.
• Stir great northern beans and diced tomatoes into the pot. Cook until beans are heated through and sweet potato is soft, about 10 minutes. Add kale; simmer until wilted, about 5 minutes.

SAUSAGE, POTATO AND KALE SOUP

Steps:

• Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Add the potatoes and boil until they're just starting to soften, then drain and set aside.
• In a large pot, crumble and brown the Italian sausage with the onions over medium heat, about 5 minutes. Drain as much of the fat as you can (blotting the surface with paper towels helps). Add the chicken broth, milk, half-and-half, oregano and red pepper flakes to the pot with the sausage and onions, bring to a simmer and simmer for 30 minutes. Give it a taste and adjust the seasoning as needed with salt, pepper and more red pepper flakes if needed.
• Add the potatoes and a splash of heavy cream for richness, then stir in the kale. Cover and simmer for an additional 10 minutes, then serve.

SWEET POTATO AND KALE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic and saute for 2 minutes. Stir in turmeric, coriander, curry powder, and coriander. Add sweet potatoes; saute for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Pour in broth and bring to a simmer. Cover and simmer until sweet potatoes have just begun to soften, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in kale and chick peas; simmer for 5 minutes more. Stir in coconut milk and adjust salt to taste.

POTATO AND KALE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pan, cook onion in oil until tender.
• Mix in garlic, potatoes, and water; bring to a boil, boil 4 minutes; reduce heat and cook 20 minutes or so or until potatoes are tender.
• Mash potatoes into the liquid; mix in the kale and pepper; simmer 15 minutes more or so, till kale is done, then serve.

SLOW-COOKER CURRIED SWEET POTATO SOUP WITH COCONUT AND KALE

Steps:

• Combine the sweet potatoes, onion, garlic, oil, sugar, turmeric and salt in a 5- to 8-quart slow cooker. Add more than half of the jar of curry paste (about 1/3 cup) and 1 cup of water. Stir to combine all the ingredients and cook on low until the potatoes are quite tender, about 8 hours.
• Add the coconut milk, peanut butter, remaining curry paste and 2 1/2 cups water to the slow cooker. Using an immersion blender, purée the soup until it is uniformly creamy. Add the lime juice and the kale, and stir to combine. Cook on low until the greens are wilted and tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in more warm water if you would like a looser texture. Taste and add more lime juice or salt if necessary. Serve in bowls with peanuts on top.

PORTUGUESE KALE AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a kettle cook the garlic, the onions, and the carrot in the oil over moderately low heat, stirring, until the vegetables are softened. Add the russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces, the broth, and 4 cups water, bring the liquid to a boil, and simmer the mixture, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender. While the potatoes are cooking, in a skillet cook the chorizo over moderate heat, stirring, until it is browned lightly and transfer it with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. With the slotted spoon transfer the cooked potatoes to a blender, add about 1 1/2 cups of the cooking liquid and purée the mixture until it is smooth. Stir the purée into the broth mixture, add the chorizo, the kale, the red potatoes, cut into 1-inch pieces, and salt and pepper to taste, and simmer the soup, covered, for 10 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender.

KALE, WHITE BEAN, AND SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Place beans in a large bowl, and cover with water. Let soak overnight, and drain.
• Cut a 7-inch square of cheesecloth. Place 1 rosemary sprig at one end, and roll, enclosing sprig; secure with kitchen twine. Place beans, wrapped rosemary, onion, and 6 cups water in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to a simmer, and cook until beans are just tender, about 25 minutes. Drain beans in a colander. Discard onion and rosemary; set beans aside.
• Heat oven to 425 degrees. Wrap garlic in aluminum foil. Cook until soft, about 40 minutes. Remove garlic from oven, and allow to cool. Slice garlic in half crosswise, and squeeze, removing cloves; set cloves aside.
• Bring a large stockpot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add tubetti, and cook until al dente, about 8 minutes. Transfer to a colander, drain, and set aside.
• Place a 6-quart low-sided saucepan over medium heat. Add olive oil; heat until oil is hot but not smoking. Add leeks, remaining sprig rosemary, and roasted garlic cloves. Cook until leeks become translucent. Add sweet potato; cook, stirring until the potato pieces just begin to soften, about 8 minutes.
• Add kale; cook until kale begins to wilt, about 4 minutes. Add stock; cook until potato pieces are tender, about 10 minutes. Add reserved beans, pasta, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper. Cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Divide among six plates; serve.

POTATO SOUP WITH KALE AND CHORIZO

Steps:

• Heat 3 tablespoons oil in large pot over medium heat. Add onion; cook until translucent, about 8 minutes. Add chorizo and paprika; stir 1 minute. Add potatoes and broth. Increase heat and bring to boil. Add kale; stir until wilted and soup returns to boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 1 hour, stirring occasionally. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Refrigerate uncovered until cool, then cover and chill. Rewarm before serving.
• Meanwhile, heat 2 tablespoons oil in large skillet over medium heat. Add bread cubes and sauté until golden, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle croutons with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD: Can be made 4 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.
• Divide soup among bowls. Top with croutons and serve.
• *Sometimes labeled Pimentón Dulce or Pimentón de La Vera Dulce; available at some supermarkets, at specialty foods stores, and from tienda.com.

KALE, BEAN, POTATO AND SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Slice the sausage into rounds about 1/2-inch thick. Heat two tablespoons of the oil in a heavy 3- to 4-quart saucepan, add the sausage and saute over medium heat until the sausage is just beginning to brown. Remove the sausages from the pan, draining well.
• Add the onion to the pan and saute over low heat until it is soft but not brown. Stir in the garlic. Add the potatoes and six cups of water. Bring to a boil and simmer about 15 minutes, until the potatoes are tender.
• Drain the potatoes, leaving the cooking liquid in the saucepan, and roughly mash them. Stir the mashed potatoes back into the liquid. Season with salt and pepper.
• Add the kale, sausage, beans and 2 tablespoons olive oil to the soup. Bring to a boil and simmer until the kale has wilted, 6 to 8 minutes. Check seasonings and serve

CREAM OF POTATO WITH CHORIZO AND KALE SOUP

Steps:

• Bring chicken broth and water to a boil in a saucepan; cook potatoes in the boiling broth mixture until soft, 15 to 20 minutes. Mash or blend potatoes into the broth using a potato masher or fork.
• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion, mushrooms, and broccoli stalk until softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add chorizo to onion mixture and cook over low heat until chorizo is heated through, about 5 minutes; stir in garlic.
• Stir onion-chorizo mixture into potato mixture; bring to a simmer. Add kale, about 1/4 cup at a time, to mixture, cooking until kale wilts before adding more. Season soup with salt and pepper.
• Reduce heat to low and stir heavy whipping cream and light cream into soup; cook until heated through, about 1 minute.

SAUSAGE, KALE AND SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Heat oil in a skillet.
• 2. Add the onion, garlic, celery and bell pepper and saute 5 minutes.
• 3. Remove casing from the sausage. Cut sausage into slices.
• 4. Add slices to the skillet and brown.
• 5. Place the sausage, onion, garlic, celery and peppers in a large soup pot.
• 6. Add the broth, wine and sugar and bring to a low boil.
• 7. Add the carrots,sweet potatoes, beans and spices.
• 8. Reduce heat and simmer stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until carrots and potatoes are soft.
• 9. Add the kale. Simmer for 10 minutes until tender.
• 10. Add the rice and cook 5 minutes until heated through.

SAUSAGE, KALE AND SWEET POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• In large pot, heat oil over medium heat. Add Italian sausage links and cook, turning until browned and cooked through, about 8-10 minutes.
• Take sausage out of pot and slice 1/4" thick.
• Add onion to the drippings in pot and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, 2-3 minutes.
• Return sausage to pot with garlic powder and pepper. Cook, stirring, for one minute.
• Stir in water and chicken bouillon granules. Add sweet potatoes. Cover; bring to simmer over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are tender, 10-12 minutes.
• Stir in kale. Cover; cook over low until kale is wilted, 5-6 minutes.
• Sprinkle old-fashioned rolled oats over soup. Cover; cook, stirring occasionally, until oatmeal is softened and cooked through, 5 minutes.
• Serve with crusty bread.

KALE, SWEET POTATO AND WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In soup pot over medium heat, saute onion and ginger in olive oil until soft (3 min). Add celery, sweet potato, beans and mirin, and stir. Add kale and enough vegetable stock to cover all ingredients by an inch. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes to cook potatoes through and allow flavors to develop. Season to taste with nutmeg, salt and pepper; and serve topped with gomashio or toasted sesame seeds.

SKINNY PORTUGUESE KALE AND POTATO SOUP (CALDO VERDE)

Steps:

• In a large pot, cook chourico or sausage over low heat. Turn and cook until brown, about 10 minutes. Remove from pot and let cool. Cut sausage into slices. Remove any fat from pot, but leave the cooked on bits.
• Add oil to pot, add onion and cook on medium until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 minute more. As you stir, scrape up the bits from the bottom of the pan.
• Add broth potatoes, and black pepper, bring to a boil and cook 20 minutes. Remove the pot from heat and either lightly mash the potatoes with a potato masher or food processor, or I like to use my immersion blender to puree the entire mixture.
• Add chourico or sausage, red pepper flakes and bring back to a simmer. Cook covered for about 4 minutes. Add kale and bring back to a simmer. Cook partially covered until the kale is cooked. Adjust salt if needed.

SMOKED SAUSAGE, KALE AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Sauté sausage slices in heavy medium saucepan over medium-high heat until beginning to brown, about 3 minutes. Add chicken broth, sliced potatoes and white wine and bring mixture to boil. Reduce heat to medium, cover and simmer until potatoes are almost tender, about 10 minutes.
• Add kale and caraway seeds to soup. Simmer soup uncovered until potatoes and kale are very tender, about 10 minutes longer. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls and serve immediately.

SAUSAGE, POTATO, AND KALE SOUP (PIONEER WOMAN)

Steps:

• Prepare the kale and set it aside.
• In a medium pot, boil sliced potatoes until tender. Drain and set aside.
• In a large pot, crumble and brown the Italian sausage. Drain as much of the fat as you can.
• Stir in the red pepper flakes, oregano, chicken broth, milk, and half and half. Simmer for 30 minutes.
• Give it a taste and adjust seasonings as needed.
• Add the potatoes, a splash of heavy cream for richness, then stir in the kale. Simmer an additional 10 to 15 minutes, then serve.

SWEET POTATO, KALE, AND CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a stockpot over medium-high heat. Pat chicken dry with paper towels; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add oil to the pot and cook chicken in batches, skin-side down, until golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove chicken from the pan. Discard skin and drippings, reserving 2 tablespoons in the stockpot.
• Cook and stir onion in the drippings over medium-high heat until tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Add garlic; cook for 1 minute longer. Pour in broth and stir to loosen browned bits from the pan. Bring to a boil.
• Return chicken to the pot and add celery, carrots, sweet potatoes, bay leaves, and thyme. Reduce heat to low, cover, and let simmer for 10 minutes. Add kale and mushrooms; continue to simmer until chicken is tender and no longer pink in the centers, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to a plate. Remove soup from heat and add noodles. Let stand, covered, until noodles are tender, 20 to 22 minutes.
• Meanwhile, when chicken is cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones and shred into bite-size pieces.
• When noodles are tender, return chicken to the stockpot. Stir in lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Remove bay leaves and serve.