Sausage And Bean Soup
From craftyazgirl 17 years ago
- 180 minutes to make
- Serves 6
This is a hearty and flavorful vegetable soup. The sausage is a bonus of extra flavor. serve with warm rye or french bread.
Ingredients
- 1 cup small white beans, rinsed and drained shopping list
- 2 cups water shopping list
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine shopping list
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped shopping list
- 3 leeks, sliced (use part of green tops) shopping list
- 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced shopping list
- 2 carrots, thinly sliced shopping list
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley shopping list
- 1 large can (49 1/2oz ) chicken broth or 3 1/2 cans(14.5oz ) chicken broth shopping list
- 2 medium potatoes, diced shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves shopping list
- 1 lb Polish sausage or smoked bratwurst, sliced about 1/4-inch thick shopping list
- salt shopping list
How to make it
- Bring beans and water to boiling in a medium saucepan. Boil briskly for 2 minutes, then remove from heat. Let stand, covered, 1 hour.
- In a 5 to 6 quart kettle or Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat. Cook onion, leeks celery and carrots, stirring, until onion is soft. Mix in parsley, broth, beans and their liquid, potatoes and thyme.
- Bring to boiling. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until beans are tender about 2 1/2 hours.
- Add sausage slices. Cover and simmer 20 minutes.
- Taste, and add salt if needed.
The Rating
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You had to be reading my mind. Soup with beans and sausage has got to be near perfect soup! Thanks for posting, I'm saving this one!
saltymike
in Naples loved it
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