Hearty Italian Sausage Summer Soup

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If you love an Italian sausage and pepper sandwich, then try making it in a bowl! This soup combines the great flavors of sausage but adds lots of hearty vegetables and beans. It’s a great filling soup for a stormy summer night.

Hearty Italian Sausage Summer Soup
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Hearty Italian Sausage Summer Soup

Recipe by The Cooking LawyerCourse: Dinner, SoupCuisine: Italian, AmericanDifficulty: Easy
Servings

8

servings
Prep time

15

minutes
Cooking time

30

minutes
Total time

45

minutes

Ingredients

  • 5 sweet Italian sausage links or 1 lbs. of sweet Italian sausage without casings

  • 1 onion, diced

  • 1 bell pepper, diced

  • 2 stalks celery diced

  • 2 cloves garlic

  • 1/4 cup Marsala wine

  • 1 large can whole tomatoes

  • 6 cups of chicken stock

  • 1 can cannellini beans

  • 1 can chick peas

  • 2 Bay leaves

  • 1 tsp dried rosemary

  • 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes

  • 4 zucchini, diced

  • Salt and pepper to taste

  • Non-stick cooking spray

Directions

  • Dice onion, celery, bell pepper, garlic, and zucchini. Chop the sausage links into bite-sized pieces if using links. If using sausage without the casings, skip to step 2.
  • Heat large soup pot for a minute. Then spray with non-sticking cooking spray and add sausage. Let the sausage brown for 2-3 minutes per side. You don’t need to cook it all the way – just brown it.
  • Deglaze the pan with the marsala wine.
  • Turn the heat to low, and add the onion, bell pepper, and celery.
  • Once onion is translucent, add the garlic.
  • Add the tomatoes and chicken stock. Turn heat back up to high to bring to a boil.
  • Mash the tomatoes as they are cooking.
  • Rinse and drain the beans. Add to the pot.
  • Add the rosemary, bay leaves, crushed red pepper, and salt and pepper to taste.
  • Let the soup simmer for about 15 minutes.
  • Add the zucchini and cook for another 10 minutes until zucchini is softened.
  • Serve in a large bowl with a crostini or piece of crusty bread.

Notes

  • You can substitute other vegetables for the zucchini, like swiss chard. You can even add macaroni to make it like a sausage pasta fagioli soup.

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