Lentils and Sausage Soup
Recipe: #11742
January 06, 2014
Categories: Beans, Pork Sausage, Gluten-Free, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, more
"This soup is very flavorful and better even the next day. I make it with Hillshire Farm hardwood smoked chicken sausage"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (440.4 g)
- Calories 418
- Total Fat - 19.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.3 g
- Cholesterol - 37.6 mg
- Sodium - 1571.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 37.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 16.7 g
- Sugars - 4.1 g
- Protein - 22.7 g
- Calcium - 101.2 mg
- Iron - 5.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 14.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.6 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In a medium sized stock pot, saute the sausage until it is browned and fragrant. Remove sausage and set aside, leaving the drippings in the pot.
Step 2
Add in onion into the pot with drippings, saute for 3-5 minutes, until tender. Add the garlic and saute an additional minute.
Step 3
Add 2 cups of chicken broth to deglaze the pot making sure to scrape up any browned bits that remain. Add the remaining broth, lentils, and seasonings. Bring pot to a boil. Add the browned sausage, carrot, celery and spinach, place a lid on the pot, and simmer for 35-45 minutes, or until lentils and vegetables are tender.
Step 4
Add salt and pepper according to your taste.
Step 5
Serve.
Tips
No special items needed.