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Lentil Soup w/Sausage via Smitten Kitchen

February 20, 2013 By: project30in20125 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I tried my hand at lentil soup and absolutely loved it. In fact, if you haven’t tried that recipe, please do so immediately! I’ve been thinking of ways I can tweak the recipe and low and behold, I found one of my favorite home cooks has a great lentil soup recipe. Smitten Kitchen’s Deb Pearlman has a great recipe for lentil soup with sausage, chard and garlic. I’ve adapted the recipe a bit to include chicken sausage and kale instead of the chard (simply because I prefer chicken sausage and don’t feel like running out to buy swiss chard). I am planning to make this in the next week or so, so more pictures to come!

Lentil Chicken Sausage Soup adapted via Smitten Kitchen

Serves 6

  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 3 links of chicken sausage
  • 2 celery stalks, sliced or diced
  • 2 medium carrots, peeled and sliced into half-moons or diced
  • 4 cloves garlic, sliced (reserve half for later in recipe)
  • Kosher salt
  • 1 cup brown lentils
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes
  • 6 cups water
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 3 to 4 cups shredded kale

 

  1. Heat 1/4 cup olive oil (enough to coat bottom of pot) in a large pot on medium heat. When hot, add the sausage, breaking it up with a wooden spoon until it starts to brown, about five minutes.
  2. Add the onion, celery, carrots, first two garlic cloves, and a pinch of salt. Cook with the sausage until the vegetables soften, another 5 minutes.
  3. Add the lentils, bay leaves, tomatoes, water (6 cups is, conveniently, 2 empty 28-ounce cans, so you can get any tomato pulp you missed), more salt and black pepper to taste. Bring to a simmer and allow to cook until the lentils are tender, about 40 minutes.
  4. When the lentils are cooked, add the kale and cook until the leaves are tender, just a few minutes more. Discard the bay leaves.
via Smitten Kitchen http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2013/01/lentil-soup-with-sausage-chard-and-garlic/

via Smitten Kitchen http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2013/01/lentil-soup-with-sausage-chard-and-garlic/


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  1. arzainal says

    February 20, 2013 at 10:16 am

    Reblogged this on ARZcreation.com.

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  2. trialsinfood says

    February 20, 2013 at 10:17 am

    looks tasty!

    Reply
  3. healthandfitnessoc says

    February 20, 2013 at 10:53 am

    Reblogged this on dominicspoweryoga.

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  1. What I’m Cooking this Weekend | Project 30 in 2012 says:
    February 28, 2013 at 10:23 am

    […] going to use the basic steps from the recipe I love so much and add a couple elements from the Smitten Kitchen recipe (mainly the sausage and the use of a can of crushed tomatoes). I have a feeling the result will be […]

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  2. Kale Buttermilk Chicken Caesar Salad | Project 30 in 2012 says:
    March 18, 2013 at 9:05 am

    […] for example, soup + a salad. Now that sounds like dinner to me. So with that I decided to make my old faithful lentil soup (minus the sausage this time) along with a new recipe, kale buttermilk chicken caesar salad. The […]

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