Kale & Chorizo Soup

Submitted by rghinkle

"Commonly eaten soup in Portugal from riverford.co.uk"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 600 g chorizo sausages
• 1 onion
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 kg potato
• 200 g chopped kale
• 1 liter chicken stock
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch pepper

directions

1. Dice the onion and finely chop the garlic.
2. Wash the kale and remove the stems.
3. Peel and dice the potatoes.
4. Thickly slice the sausage.
5. Heat the oil and cook the onion and sausage over a low heat for about 20 minutes until soft.
6. Stir in the garlic and potatoes and cook for a further 10 minutes.
7. Add the kale leaves and cover with the stock.
8. Simmer for 30 minutes adding more stock to keep everything covered.
9. Season to taste and serve with crusty bread.

Reviews

[JenPo]

This so great!! My picky husband loved this so much. I drained the sausage and onions after cooking to cut back on the grease and substituted rice for the potatoes because he can't have them on his kidney diet. I also added chopped celery, just because it was in the fridge. Thanks so much for this!

 

[oloschiavo]

This soup is delicious! I agree with Sackville about the fat, I drained the sausages on a paper towel and poured most of the excess oil out of my pan, leaving just enough to infuse some flavour into the potatoes. The end result was quite pleasing, I love how the bitterness of the kale disappears altogether once it's simmered with the sausages for a while. Crusty bread is an absolute must. Thanks for sharing rg!

 

[Gracielagata]

this is such a good soup.. i ate it all the time when i lived in spain... it is really yummy if you add chickpeas (garbanzo beans) to it too

 

[Sackville]

A pretty good soup and one I would definitely make again, but with a few adjustments. I think next time I would be sure to drain the fat after frying the sausages because chorizo is very fatty and I didn't like all of it in my soup! I also don't think any extra salt is necessary, again, because of the salt already in the chorizo and the stock. That said, kale and chorizo are a match made in heaven and I think with a few small adjustments this recipe will definitely be a keeper.

 

[karen in tbay]

Definitely will be a repeat in this household. We used swiss chard and the garden will be harvesting a bounty soon.