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Potato, Sausage and Kale Soup

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Creamy Potato, Sausage and Kale Soup is hearty, comforting and delicious. Pork sausage is cooked with onions and garlic in a creamy broth with cooked red potatoes and kale. I like to serve this soup with a slice of crusty bread or a melty grilled cheese sandwich. This soup serves 6 in about 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Course Soups, Stews & Chilis
Cuisine American
Keyword homemade, kale, potato, sausage, soup
Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Calories 470
Author Laurie McNamara

Ingredients

  • 6 to 8 small red potatoes up to 8 depending on size
  • 2 teaspoons light olive oil
  • 1 cup diced yellow onion
  • 2 cloves peeled fresh garlic finely minced
  • 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
  • 1 pound mild breakfast sausage
  • 1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 2 pinches red pepper flakes more or less to taste, optional
  • 6 cup low-sodium chicken broth
  • 2 cups half & half (see notes)
  • 2 cups chopped fresh kale
  • kosher salt to taste
  • freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Start by placing 6 to 8 small to medium (about 1 pound total) redskin potatoes into a heavy pot or Dutch oven. Cover with water by 2-inches and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer with the lid askew for 20 to 25 minutes or until the potatoes can be easily pierced by a fork, with zero resistance. While the potatoes cook, I prep the remaining ingredients.
  • Drain the potatoes into a colander set into your kitchen skin and return the pot to the stove top. Once cool, dice the potatoes into bite-size pieces.
  • To the pot add the olive oil, the yellow onion and a pinch of kosher salt. Sauté until tender and translucent, about 5 to 8 minutes. Then add in the garlic and thyme leaves and cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
  • Next add in the bulk breakfast sausage and cook on medium to medium-low heat until browned and fully cooked, about 10 to 15 minutes or so. You want there to be browned bits [or fond] on the bottom of the pot, because there is so much flavor in those.
  • Stir in the flour until fully absorbed and no trace of flour remains. All brands of sausage can be different, so add more flour if needed to absorb any remaining traces of fat. Once the flour has been absorbed, add in a few pinches of red pepper flakes before pouring in the 6 cups of low-sodium chicken broth, scraping those brown bits up off the bottom of your pot. Then add in the 2 cups half & half.
  • Stir, bring to a simmer and continue to cook until the soup starts to thicken. Then add in the diced potatoes and chopped kale. Stir and continue to cook until the kale has wilted and the soup is thick. About 15 more minutes or so. Alternatively, you can wait for the kale to wilt and then thicken it by stirring in a slurry mixture of 2 tablespoons cornstarch mixed with 2 tablespoons cold water.
  • Season the soup with kosher salt and black pepper to taste.
  • Ladle soup into bowls and serve with a loaf of crusty bread.

Notes

substitute the half & half with 1 cup whole milk plus 1 cup heavy cream.

Nutrition

Serving: 1bowl | Calories: 470kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 84mg | Sodium: 598mg | Potassium: 892mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 2601IU | Vitamin C: 42mg | Calcium: 151mg | Iron: 3mg