Portuguese Sausage Soup

This is an easy and fun soup to make that is full of flavor from Portuguese linguica sausage. It's delicious served with warm, crusty bread!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 448 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 bay leaves
• 5 cups chicken broth
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 large sweet onion, chopped
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 bunch kale, stems removed and leaves chopped
• 3 medium Yukon Gold potatoes, diced
• 1 (14 ounce) can garbanzo beans, with liquid
• 0.5 cup diced carrots
• 0.5 cup diced celery
• 0.25 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or more to taste
• 0.5 pound linguica sausage, diced
• 0.5 pound chorizo sausage, diced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat oil in a soup pot over medium heat until it sizzles, about 1 minute. Add potatoes, onion, carrots, and celery. Cook and stir for 3 to 4 minutes. Add garlic, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes. Stir for another 2 to 3 minutes.

Step 2

Add kale and bay leaves to the pot. Cover and let kale wilt for 2 to 3 minutes.

Step 3

Add chicken broth, linguica, chorizo, tomatoes, and garbanzo beans with their juices to the pot and bring to a boil, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until veggies are tender, about 15 minutes more.