Best Sicilian Sausage And Spinach Soup Recipes

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP WITH BEANS AND SPINACH

Steps:

• Remove sausage from casings (if any) and crumble it into a very large pot. (I use a 9-quart Dutch oven.)
• Cook, stirring occasionally, until sausage is browned and cooked through.
• Remove sausage to a paper towel-lined plate and spoon out and discard all but about one tablespoon of fat from the pot.
• Lower heat to medium. Add onion, carrots and celery, along with the salt, and stir to coat with fat. Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until carrots are fairly tender and veggies are lightly browned in spots.
• Add garlic and cook, stirring, one minute more.
• Stir in tomatoes and their juices, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
• Pour in stock.
• Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to simmer for ten minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta shells to al dente in a separate pot of well-salted water. Drain and toss with the olive oil.
• Back in the big soup pot, add beans, reserved sausage, and spinach.
• Simmer until spinach is wilted.
• Off the heat, stir in parsley and black pepper.
• Ladle soup into bowls, stirring some pasta shells into each. Serve with cheese to pass at the table.

BEST ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, cook sausage over medium heat until brown. Remove with a slotted spoon, and drain on paper towels. Drain fat from pan, reserving 3 tablespoons.
• Cook garlic and onion in reserved fat for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, wine, broth, basil, and oregano. Transfer to a slow cooker, and stir in sausage, zucchini, bell pepper, and parsley.
• Cover, and cook on Low for 4 to 6 hours.
• Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta in boiling water until al dente, about 7 minutes. Drain water, and add pasta to the slow cooker. Simmer for a few minutes, and season with salt and pepper before serving.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a stockpot or Dutch oven, brown sausage with garlic. Stir in broth, tomatoes and carrots, and season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 15 minutes.
• Stir in beans with liquid and zucchini. Cover, and simmer another 15 minutes, or until zucchini is tender.
• Remove from heat, and add spinach. Replace lid allowing the heat from the soup to cook the spinach leaves. Soup is ready to serve after 5 minutes.

SPINACH SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown sausage over medium heat until no longer pink. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, combine the broth, potatoes and salad dressing mix. Bring to a boil; cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender. , Drain sausage. Add sausage and spinach to broth mixture; heat through.

SICILIAN SAUSAGE AND SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or Dutch kettle, add olive oil, Italian sausage, and diced onion. Saute on medium heat breaking up and browning the sausage,and cooking the onion until transparent. Add canned tomatoes, chicken broth, rice and cheese. Cover and simmer for 25 minutes or until rice softens.During the last 5 minutes, add chopped spinach. Serve. Sprinkle with additional Parmesan cheese, if desired. :-)