TURKEY SAUSAGE BARLEY SOUP

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Turkey sausage with spinach and barley is the perfect soup.

Provided by Juli Carvi

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes Barley Soup Recipes

Time 1h45m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 9

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

Steps:

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in hot oil until soft, about 5 minutes. Add turkey sausage and garlic, breaking sausage into small pieces with a wooden spoon; cook and stir until sausage is browned, 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, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer for 20 minutes.
Stir barley into the soup and continue to cook until the barley is tender, about 1 hour.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 175 calories, Carbohydrate 12 g, Cholesterol 43.3 mg, Fat 8.8 g, Fiber 3.1 g, Protein 13.6 g, SaturatedFat 2.2 g, Sodium 1587.3 mg, Sugar 1.7 g