MICROWAVE SAUSAGE AND CLAM SOUP

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Hot Italian sausage and clams are popped in the microwave with mushrooms, tomatoes, white wine and basil in this easy soup.

Provided by Joe Beck

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Seafood

Time 45m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1 ½ pounds hot Italian sausage
¼ cup olive oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 onions, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 bunch snipped fresh parsley
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 (28 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes with juice
1 cup dry white wine
4 (6.5 ounce) cans minced clams, drained with juice reserved
1 teaspoon salt

Steps:

In a large microwave-safe dish, microwave sausage 5 minutes on high, until no longer pink. Remove sausage from dish. Stir garlic and olive oil into sausage drippings and microwave 1 minute. Stir in onion, bell pepper, parsley and basil and microwave 4 minutes, until just tender.
Stir in the mushrooms and cook 2 minutes. Then stir in the tomatoes, wine and reserved clam juice. Cover and cook 10 minutes, stirring once.
Stir in the sausage and cook 5 minutes more. Let stand 5 minutes before stirring in the clams and salt. Serve hot.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 634.5 calories, Carbohydrate 25.8 g, Cholesterol 127.1 mg, Fat 33.5 g, Fiber 4.1 g, Protein 50.1 g, SaturatedFat 9 g, Sodium 1668.6 mg, Sugar 8 g