Kale and Sausage Pasta Soup

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Fill up on this easy sausage soup–a hearty way to cook kale and other winter greens.

Ready in: 30 mins

Ingredients

Serves: 4

• 1 (32 ounce) container chicken stock
• 1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 pound bulk sweet Italian sausage
• 1 large onion, quartered and thinly sliced
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 5 to 6 cups sliced kale
• Salt and pepper
• 1 cup mini penne pasta
• Parmesan cheese

Preparation method

Prep: 10 mins | Cook: 20 mins

1. Bring chicken stock and mushrooms to boil in a saucepan over medium heat. Simmer for 10 minutes to rehydrate mushrooms.

2. While mushrooms are rehydrating, pour olive oil in a soup pot and place over medium-high heat. Cook sausage, onion, and garlic in hot oil for 5 minutes, until sausage is no longer pink.

3. Stir kale, salt, pepper, and nutmeg into the sausage mixture. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring. Fish out the mushrooms from broth, chop into bite-size pieces, and add to sausage-kale mixture, along with broth and 2 cups water.

4. When soup comes to a boil again, stir in pasta. Cook for 7 minutes, until pasta is tender. Serve with Parmesan on top of each bowl.