Sausage Kale Soup
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Published Oct 14, 2016, Updated Jan 27, 2023
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Warm up with this sausage kale soup. It’s packed with flavor and veggies, only requires 10 ingredients and it can be made on the stove top or in the slow cooker.
Cooler weather is here and I’ve been craving warm and comforting meals like curries, stews and soups. If it’s steamy, aromatic and full of flavor, count me in!
Using Sausage in Soup
Sausage has SO MUCH flavor and makes for such a rich and delicious soup.
For this soup, you can use whatever sausage you’d like. I used a local ground sage pork sausage, but if you’re looking for a leaner option you can use chicken or turkey sausage. And if you’re vegetarian or vegan, you can sub with veggie sausage or your favorite beans. I bet white beans would work great!
Like I mentioned before this soup is easy! Once you’ve cooked the sausage and veggies a bit, just let your slow cooker do the rest. Set it and forget it for a few hours. Add your kale right before serving so it doesn’t get overcooked and you’ve got a warm and comforting dinner. I recommend serving each bowl of soup with a little parmesan cheese and a few slices of crusty bread. Delish!
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Be sure to check out my full collection of kale recipes as well as all of the soup recipes here on EBF.
Sausage Kale Soup
Ingredients
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 cups chopped carrots
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 2 (32 ounce) cartons chicken stock or broth, about 8 cups
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt or more to taste
- 4 cups chopped kale
- 1 pound ground sausage, I used sage sausage
- parmesan cheese, for serving (optional)
Instructions
Slow Cooker
- In a large skillet or pot, cook sausage over medium heat while breaking into pieces. Once brown, remove with a slotted spoon and drain on a plate lined with paper towels. Drain fat from pan, leaving about 1 Tablespoon.
- Cook garlic, onion, carrots and celery in reserved fat for 4-5 minutes or until fragrant.
- Transfer veggies into a slow cooker, add stock, pepper, salt and stir in sausage.
- Cover and cook on high for 3 hours or low for 6 hours. Add kale to the slow cooker about 10 minutes before serving.
- Portion soup into bowls, season with additional salt, pepper and parmesan if using.
Stove Top
- In a large pot or Dutch oven, cook sausage over medium heat while breaking into pieces. Once brown, remove with a slotted spoon and drain on a plate lined with paper towels. Drain fat from pot, leaving about 1 Tablespoon.
- Cook garlic, onion, carrots and celery in reserved fat for 4-5 minutes or until fragrant.
- Add stock, pepper, salt and the cooked sausage to the pot. Bring soup to a boil then reduce heat to a simmer and kale and cook for about 15-20 minutes.
- Portion soup into bowls, season with additional salt, pepper and parmesan if using.
Notes
- For a leaner option you can use ground chicken or turkey sausage.Â
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
These soups are just in time for the chilly weather that is happening right now! I am in need of ALL the comfort food so all of these sound perfect, great job ladies! 🙂
I’m a sucker for ANYTHING with sausage! This is SO going on my dinner table soon!
If you love sausage, you will love this! Enjoy babe.
you know this is one of my FAV combos, right? i adore kale and sausage together… FOREVER! haha. <3 you
No! I didn’t know this, but if that’s the case you must try this soup! 🙂 Mwah!
I’ve never made a soup with sausage, but this lookz amazeballs. I bet Mark would love it!
I’ve only ever had soup with sausages once before, and since it was absolutely delicious, I think I need to try this recipe as well. I’m so pumped about all the soups that I’m going to have now that the cold weather is here – it really is such an easy and tasty way to get in a lot of veggies!
Emma, http://www.martinyfood.com
I want a huge bowl of this for lunch! Can’t wait to make it!
Can this be made just simmering in a pot for a few hours? Or does it have to be in the slow cooker?
Totally!! Once the sausage and veggies have cooked, I think you could simmer it for 20-30 minutes and be fine. Of course, it will get more flavor the longer is simmers. Let me know if you try it without the slow cooker!
Anyone try this recipe with an Instant Pot?
I did this on the stovetop adding kale with broth & 3 tablespoons of miso paste. Let it simmer 2 hours. Delicious.