Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, kale, sausage & leftover mashed potato soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
I sauteed the sausage first so my kale would not be quite so wilted. I took the sausage out and sauteed the onion in the frond and tossed in a clove of finely chopped garlic with about a minute to go on softening the onion. Then I added in the kale and cooked it for a few minutes before adding in the cooked sausage and tossing that together. Cook the sausage Heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat and add the bulk sausage; if you can't find bulk sausage, remove the casings on the links.
Kale, Sausage & Leftover Mashed Potato Soup is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Kale, Sausage & Leftover Mashed Potato Soup is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook kale, sausage & leftover mashed potato soup using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Kale, Sausage & Leftover Mashed Potato Soup:
- Make ready 1 medium onion, chopped
- Prepare 1 large stem celery, chopped
- Get 3 medium carrots, cut into 1/4" thick discs (or however you like to chop carrots for soup)
- Make ready 4 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
- Prepare 1/2 Tablespoon oil
- Take 1 bunch kale, washed well, stems removed, and rough chopped
- Take optional: 4 cups arugula or spinach (I just happened to have arugula that needed to get used up)
- Take 6 cups unsalted liquid (water or broth of choice)
- Make ready 1/2 Tablespoon salt
- Prepare 1 pound sausage, cut into bite sized pieces
- Get 4 tomatoes, chopped or one 15 oz. can diced tomatoes (I just happened to have fresh ones that were starting to get wrinkly…)
- Prepare 1 bay leaf
- Make ready 1 teaspoon oregano
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- Make ready 2 cups leftover mashed potatoes
Add half-and-half and season with salt and pepper. Add kale, beans, tomatoes, carrots, onion, garlic, seasonings and stock to slow cooker. Check out my other kale recipes: Kale Salad with Warm Andouille Sausage. While the sausage is cooking, remove the woody stems from the kale, then slice it crosswise into thin strips.
Steps to make Kale, Sausage & Leftover Mashed Potato Soup:
- In a 4 to 5 quart pot, bring 1/2 Tablespoon oil up to medium heat and sweat onions, carrots, celery, and garlic until onions start to turn translucent. (About 3 minutes or so.)
- Add kale, arugula, liquid, salt, and cook, covered, for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Once kale has wilted, add tomatoes, sausage, bay, and oregano and cook, COVERED, for another 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add mashed potatoes and cook COVERED again for another 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Before the last 10 minutes of cooking, adjust seasoning if needed.
- Enjoy! :)
Check out my other kale recipes: Kale Salad with Warm Andouille Sausage. While the sausage is cooking, remove the woody stems from the kale, then slice it crosswise into thin strips. Rinse the kale well, then add it to the skillet. Stir it into the sausage and continue to cook until it is fully wilted (this happens within a few minutes). Stir in chicken broth, water, Italian seasoning, and cooked sausage and bring to a boil.
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