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Creamy Italian Sausage Soup
This creamy sausage soup recipe is simple, comforting, and loaded with flavorful Italian sausage and potatoes. It's a ridiculously cozy soup that's ready in under an hour!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
55 mins
Servings: 6
Calories: 556 kcal
Course:
Soup
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 16 ounces Italian sausage
- 1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)
- 1/2 medium onion chopped small
- 2 sticks celery chopped small
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 6 tablespoons flour
- 4 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 2 cups half-and-half
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes optional
- 1 pound Russet potatoes peeled & diced small
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add the sausage meat to a soup pot. Over medium-high heat, cook until browned (about 10 minutes), and break it up with your spoon as it cooks. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate. Leave the fat in the pot, but if it's more than about a tablespoon, drain some of it out.
- Add the butter to the pot and once it's melted, add the onion and celery and sauté for 4-5 minutes. Scrape up any brown bits from the bottom of the pot.
- Stir in the garlic and flour. Cook for about 2 minutes, breaking it up with your spoon/stirring it as you go along. This step cooks the raw flour flavor out.
- Slowly whisk in the chicken broth until all the flour has dissolved and there's no lumps.
- Stir in the half-and-half, Worcestershire sauce, red pepper flakes, potatoes, and add the sausage meat back to the pot. Increase the heat to high and bring the soup to a boil, then reduce the heat so it's bubbling but not boiling like crazy (medium-low heat works with my cast iron pot and gas stove). Cover the pot with the lid slightly open.
- Let the soup simmer for about 15 minutes or until the potatoes are tender and the soup has thickened up to your liking. I like to stir it a few times to ensure nothing is sticking and that the stove's temperature is still correct.
- Season with salt & pepper if needed.
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Notes
- Serves 4-6 depending on how much people eat.
Nutrition Information
Calories
556kcal
(28%)
Carbohydrates
27g
(9%)
Protein
19g
(38%)
Fat
42g
(65%)
Saturated Fat
19g
(95%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
4g
Monounsaturated Fat
16g
Trans Fat
0.3g
Cholesterol
106mg
(35%)
Sodium
741mg
(31%)
Potassium
822mg
(23%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
633IU
(13%)
Vitamin C
8mg
(9%)
Calcium
130mg
(13%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 556
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 556kcal | 28% |
| Carbohydrates | 27g | 9% |
| Protein | 19g | 38% |
| Fat | 42g | 65% |
| Saturated Fat | 19g | 95% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 4g | 24% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 16g | 80% |
| Trans Fat | 0.3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 106mg | 35% |
| Sodium | 741mg | 31% |
| Potassium | 822mg | 17% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 633IU | 13% |
| Vitamin C | 8mg | 9% |
| Calcium | 130mg | 13% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.