Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe
If you are looking for a warm and comforting soup, you should try Zuppa Toscana. It is a potato-based soup with hearty sausage and bacon.
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 601kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound Italian sausage
- 1 small sweet onion diced
- 6 slices bacon diced
- 4 cups potatoes peeled and cut into ½" cubes
- 2 cups kale chopped or fresh spinach
- 5 cups chicken broth low sodium
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 cup heavy cream
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat a large pot over medium-high; place the strips of bacon in the pot and cook until crispy, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a plate lined with a paper towel and spoon out the extra bacon fat, leaving about 1 Tbsp in the pot.
- Add sausage and onion to the pot and cook, crumbling the sausage, until meat is no longer pink and onion is translucent for about 3-5 minutes. Add in the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Drain excess fat.
- Pour in chicken stock and bring to a boil. Add cubed potatoes; reduce heat to a medium simmer for about 10-12 minutes until potatoes are tender.
- Stir in chopped kale until it begins to wilt.
- Return most of the bacon back to the pot (reserving some for topping) and stir in heavy cream until heated through, 2-3 more minutes. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
- Serve with bread sticks and top with reserved crumbled bacon!
Nutrition
Calories: 601kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 43g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 16g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 110mg | Sodium: 782mg | Potassium: 1177mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 2821IU | Vitamin C: 53mg | Calcium: 136mg | Iron: 3mg