Hearty Portuguese Kale Soup

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 lb chorizo sausage (fresh not dried)
• 1 quart chicken broth
• 1 large onion, roughly diced
• 4 large potatoes, cubed
• 1 bunch kale, stemmed washed & chopped (abt. 1 lb.)
• 1 1/2 cups ditalini
• 1 (15 ounce) can dark red kidney beans
• fresh ground black pepper
• salt (optional)

Recipe

• 1 remove casing from sausage and cut into smaller than bit sized pieces.
• 2 heat oil in a heavy soup pot; saute the sausage& onion just until the fat is rendered, about 3 to 5 minutes.
• 3 drain on paper towels.
• 4 add other ingredients except kale,& pasta.
• 5 bring to boil and simmer 10 minutes.
• 6 add kale, and pasta and simmer about 8 minutes until both are tender.
• 7 taste for seasoning- depending on how spicy your sausage is, add salt and pepper to taste.
• 8 serve piping hot.