Portuguese Sausage Soup

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

Preparation Details

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 45 mins

Servings: 8

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 medium Yukon Gold potatoes, diced
• 1 large sweet onion, chopped
• ½ cup diced carrots (Optional)
• ½ cup diced celery (Optional)
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes, or more to taste (Optional)
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 bunch kale, stems removed and leaves chopped
• 2 bay leaves
• 5 cups chicken broth
• 1 (14 ounce) can garbanzo beans, with liquid
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 8 ounces linguica sausage, diced
• 8 ounces chorizo sausage, diced

Steps

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 3 to 4 minutes. Add garlic, red pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper; cook and stir 2 to 3 minutes.
2. Add kale and bay leaves; cover until kale wilts, 2 to 3 minutes.
3. Add chicken broth, garbanzo beans with their juices, tomatoes, linguica, and chorizo; bring to a boil, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium; simmer until vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes.