Sweet Potato and Sausage Soup
A hearty soup featuring tender sweet potatoes, white potatoes, and Portuguese linguiça sausage, finished with fresh spinach. This rustic dish combines the sweetness of yams with savory sausage in a warming broth.
Ingredients
- •3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- •1 piece Portuguese linguiça sausage
- •2 medium onions
- •2 large garlic cloves
- •2 pounds red-skinned sweet potatoes
- •1 pound white-skinned potatoes
- •6 cups low-salt chicken broth
- •1 bag fresh spinach
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Heat 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add sausage; cook until brown, stirring often, about 8 minutes. Transfer sausage to paper towels to drain. Add onions and garlic to pot and cook until translucent, stirring often, about 5 minutes. Add all potatoes and cook until beginning to soften, stirring often, about 12 minutes. Add broth; bring to boil, scraping up browned bits. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until potatoes are soft, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes. Using potato masher, mash some of potatoes in pot. Add browned sausage to soup. Stir in spinach and simmer just until wilted, about 5 minutes. Stir in remaining 1 tablespoon oil. Season with salt and pepper. Divide among bowls and serve.
50 min
