Kale and Chorizo soup

FirstSunQueen
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This is a very common Portuguese dish. Having lived in New Bedford, MA, I picked up the taste for a few immigrant dishes such as the famous Portuguese Kale and Chorizo Soup. This is a hit.

Kale and Chorizo soup

This is a very common Portuguese dish. Having lived in New Bedford, MA, I picked up the taste for a few immigrant dishes such as the famous Portuguese Kale and Chorizo Soup. This is a hit.

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Ingredients

  1. 1 halfbunch of fresh kale (already chopped is ok too)
  2. 1 packagechorizo sausage (usually two to a package)
  3. 1large potato
  4. 4 clovesgarlic
  5. 1 halfroasted or marinated red pepper
  6. 1 cantomato soup
  7. 1/4 cupsofrito (recipe follows)
  8. 1/4 tspcumin
  9. 1/4 tspred pepper flakes
  10. 1 tbspsalt
  11. 1/4 tspblack pepper
  12. 2Bay leaves
  13. 1 tbspEVOO
  14. 1lime
  15. 4 cupswater
  16. SOFRITO recipe : Blended well
  17. 1yellow onion
  18. 1red bell pepper
  19. 1green pepper
  20. 1bulb of garlic (half a bulb if using elephant garlic)
  21. 1whole bunch of cilantro
  22. 1whole bunch of recao (if you can find it)
  23. 1 halfcup of EVOO
  24. 1 tbspsalt
  25. 1/4 tbspblack pepper
  26. 1tspn of Oil of Anato or saffron (substitute with a packet of sazon if necessary)
  27. Save the rest for future recipes

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Chop kale in short strips, chop potatoes, and slice the chorizo. Smash the 4 cloves of garlic (do not chop this garlic, put in whole).

  2. 2

    Pour the EVOO into hot large soup pot. Then the sofrito, bay leaf, garlic, and chorizo. Once that starts sizzling, put in rest of the ingredients: kale, potatoes, roasted red pepper, tomato soup, spices and water. Add salt and pepper if necessary. Let that boil until potatoes and kale are tender.

  3. 3

    Kale will eventual wilt. Squeeze a little lime and eat with some nice crusty bread. I like to sprinkle a little grated Parmesan over it. Bom Proveito!

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