Lentil and Sweet Italian Sausage Soup

Submitted by KelBel

"This is a very filling soup. Great for cool evenings year round. Serve with garlic bread."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 8 ounces sweet Italian sausage, casings removed
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 celery, chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 cup lentils, picked over and rinsed
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper

directions

1. In a soup pot, cook sausage until brown, about 5 minutes.
2. Stir in onion, celery, carrot, and garlic and cook for about 5 minutes.
3. Add tomatoes and simmer for 10 minutes.
4. Stir in lentils, broth, and black pepper. Simmer for 40 minutes.

Reviews

[carole in orlando]

This was our supper last night and it was very satisfying. I followed the recipe and we enjoyed it.<br/>I think next time I will add less broth, or more lentils as I would like it a little thicker, but the flavor was perfect. Thanks, Carole in Orlando

 

[Kasha]

Made for a cook a thon, and all my best thoughts go right along with this review. This was easy, fairly quick to make, I had everythign in the house, and even if you didn't, this would be a really inexpensive soup to make. I calculated under 3.00$ for 4 1.5 cup servinfgs, and it was thick like that, could be thinned down farther. Very tasty, I admit to adding a bit of extra Italian sausage seasoning, otherwise, I followed the recipe to the letter, even using just the half pound of sausage, which is plenty for the soup. I will make this again and again. It is the kind of soup that will probably be even better tomorrow and will freeze beautifully. I also liked the fact that it only really made 4 big servings. Not too much. Really good, needs to be discovered by more people!