Homemade zuppa toscana soup

Name: Homemade zuppa toscana soup Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 9
Ingredients: 1 lb ground Italian sausage; 2 tsp crushed red peppers; 1/2 large diced white onion; 2 slices of bacon cut in to pieces; 3 chopped or pressed cloves of garlic; 6 cups water; 2 cubes of chicken bouillon; 2 lbs cubed Russet potatoes or about 6 large potatoes; 3 cups 2% milk; 1/2 a bunch of kale

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Minutes to Prepare: 10
Minutes to Cook: 35

Number of Servings: 9

Ingredients

1 lb ground Italian sausage 2 tsp crushed red peppers 1/2 large diced white onion 2 slices of bacon cut in to pieces3 chopped or pressed cloves of garlic6 cups water 2 cubes of chicken bouillon 2 lbs cubed Russet potatoes, or about 6 large potatoes 3 cups 2% milk1/2 a bunch of kale

Directions

1. Brown the sausage in a large pot with the crushed red peppers. Once it is browned transfer it to a bowl and refrigerate leaving the drippings in the bottom of the pot.

2. Add the bacon to pot and cook it just to done. Then add the onion and garlic and cook 'til tender (do not let it carmelize them).

3. Add the water and bouillon cube and bring to a boil. Add the potatoes and cook 'til the are soft about 20-25 mins.

4. Stir in the milk and bring back up to a gentle boil tear the kale into bite size pieces omiting the large stems. gently boil till the kale is tender and season to taste.

Make aproximately 9 1 1/2 cup servings.

Number of Servings: 9

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KRISTIN_SHARP.

Servings Per Recipe: 9

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 351.2
Total Fat: 11.0 g
Cholesterol: 27.1 mg
Sodium: 468.1 mg
Total Carbs: 50.1 g
Dietary Fiber: 6.1 g
Protein: 14.3 g

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Member Reviews

MAMAJULIA
Sounds good but what do I do with the sausage that you said to refrigerate? - 4/16/09

Reply from KRISTIN_SHARP (10/3/10)
sorry bout that you add the sausage back in after you get done cooking the potatoes or you could leave it in if you want
BEEZA5
So delicious! My boyfriend said he thought it was better than the one at Olive Garden. I also used spicy turkey italian sausage and turkey bacon and still thought it was great. - 10/12/09
SUZYOKI
One of my favorites! I think I found it on recipezarr or another copycat site. I use skim milk, italian turkey sausage and then use some hormel real bacon bits to cut down the fat and oil. Also, I sometimes substitute fresh spinach if I can't get my hands on Kale. Great Recipe! - 8/29/09
LINDA3618
This was great! My husbands favorite soup to eat out. I'm so glad I can make it for him at home! The only things I changed was just a dash of pepper flakes and I had spinach so I used that instead of kale. - 3/3/12
BRITGABENOAH
Would have been a LOT better had this recipe made it clear that I needed the actual red BELL pepper and not the seasoning "crushed red pepper" lol because mine turned out WAY to spicy to even eat! - 10/22/10
GRACEGAL82
Made this last night and only had skim milk in the house but it was still delicious. - 4/29/09
MVALDEZ525
Tastes just like the stuff at Olive Garden! - 4/18/09
AMYLOVESTZU
I love soup and this sound Great.. I have got chicken sausage that i am going to use .. yum yum !!! thanks - 4/16/09
GEORGE815
Nice recipe - 5/11/21
ARTJAC
nice - 4/25/21
SPARKPEOPLE1951
I made this for supper tonight. I did not add the bacon. I aslo used 1 cup canned evaporated skim milk and mixed w/3 Tb. flour and added to soup to thicken the soup. I stirred for about 10 min. then I added the kale. - 2/28/21
MNABOY
Too much sodium for me - 12/5/20
ROSSYFLOSSY
Tasty recipe. - 10/17/20
PICKIE98
Yum! - 9/16/20
FISHGUT3
thanks - 8/5/20
REDROBIN47
I'd like to try this. It looks very tasty. - 12/23/19
CD3802882
This as wonderful! If you'd like to reduce the sodium and increase the protein, use unsalted chicken bone broth. It's delicious! - 11/13/19
INGRAMNAT
Omitted the red pepper, used spicy Italian sausage and spinach. - 10/30/19
PWILLOW1
Not something I will make again. Don't care fro the spicy taste of garlic & red peppers but that is just my own personal taste. I thought there were a lot of calories and a lot of carbs for a bowl of soup. - 6/16/19
KATHYJO56
I don't care for this because of the sausage, but husband loves it - 6/11/19
RYCGIRL
very good - 2/15/19
ALEXTHEHUN
I love the creamy rich taste of this recipe. - 12/26/18
JAYJAY357
Can't wait to try it! - 10/30/18
SUSANBEAMON
Not too bad, it almost tastes like my homemade potato soup. - 7/13/18
JANTHEBLONDE
I love this zuppa toscana soup Recipe! YUMMY! - 7/11/18