My Toscana

Name: My Toscana
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 chicken bouillon cubes; 6 cup water; 2 lb Ground Italian Sausage; 6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled; 1/2 medium onion, diced; 2 clove minced garlic; 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper; 5 medium potatoes, diced; 2 cup chopped kale; 1/2 pints heavy cream

Erin @cook_3387305

There are a thousand versions of this soup. I've found it easiest (and most cost effective) to use bouillon instead of buying chicken stock, and I have bags of prewashed kale greens in my fridge at all times. The crockpot is my preferred method of preparing this soup, as I can just brown the meats, throw everything in and have a delicious meal in a few hours!

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Ingredients

25 mins

8 servings

8chicken bouillon cubes
6 cupwater
2 lbGround Italian Sausage
6slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
1/2medium onion, diced
2 cloveminced garlic
1/2 tspcrushed red pepper
5medium potatoes, diced
2 cupchopped kale
1/2 pintsheavy cream

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Steps

25 mins

1

In a large bowl, combine bouillon cubes and water. Set aside.
2

In a frying pan, fry bacon until crispy. Remove from pan to paper towels to drain, but keep the grease in your pan! Crumble bacon.
3

Dice onion and add to bacon grease. Saute until translucent, about 8-10 mins. Add ground sausage, garlic and crushed red pepper. Cook sausage thoroughly.
4

Peel and dice potatoes. At this point, decide what vessel you'll be using to continue cooking. I always throw everything in the crock pot, but a soup pot on the stove works just as well.
5

Add sausage mixture into the crock pot, along with the crumbled bacon and potatoes. Pour your bowl of chicken stock from step one into the crock and set it on high for about three hours.
6

Once the potatoes are fork tender, your soup is almost done. Wash and chop your kale (or cheat and buy prewashed kale greens at the store). Add to pot and stir. These will take about 10-15 minutes to wilt.
7

Finish soup off by adding the heavy cream. Serve with grated Parmesan and some good bread for dipping.