Sausage Lentil Vegetable Soup

Name: Sausage Lentil Vegetable Soup
Total time: 10800 s
Yield: 8 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 10 cups chicken broth (Better Than Bullion is a favorite!); 1-2 lbs sausage (Dealers choice! I use pork, mild or hot.); 1 large chopped onion (Any type will work. Use your favorite.); 3 stalks chopped celery; 4 cloves finely chopped garlic; 2 T extra virgin olive oil; 1 T Herbs De Provence (Please try to find/use this herb combo!); 8 oz dried lentils (Your choice, any type.); 2 cups diced fresh uncooked yams; 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen green peas; 2 cups frozen (4 cups of fresh) spinach; 7 oz can chopped green chilis (Mild or Hot); 6 oz can tomato paste; 3 T apple cider vinegar; 3 T local/favorite honey; Salt/Pepper to taste

Pam @froggerpam

Made with a favorite herb blend, Herb De Provence. Also added cider vinegar and local honey.

Pam @froggerpam

Made with a favorite herb blend, Herb De Provence. Also added cider vinegar and local honey.

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Ingredients

2-3 hours

8 people

10 cupschicken broth (Better Than Bullion is a favorite!)
1-2 lbssausage (Dealers choice! I use pork, mild or hot.)
1large chopped onion (Any type will work. Use your favorite.)
3 stalkschopped celery
4 clovesfinely chopped garlic
2 Textra virgin olive oil
1 THerbs De Provence (Please try to find/use this herb combo!)
8 ozdried lentils (Your choice, any type.)
2 cupsdiced fresh uncooked yams
1 1/2 cupsfresh or frozen green peas
2 cupsfrozen (4 cups of fresh) spinach
7 ozcan chopped green chilis (Mild or Hot)
6 ozcan tomato paste
3 Tapple cider vinegar
3 Tlocal/favorite honey
Salt/Pepper to taste

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Steps

2-3 hours

1

In a large stock pot, prepare broth.
2

Dice onions and celery. Mince garlic.
3

In skillet, sweat the onions, celery, and garlic until the onions become slightly translucent. Add entire contents of skillet to stock pot.
4

Prepare the sausage. If using links, consider taking the casings off. I do. Or, you can use loose sausage. Make small 2" meatballs and, using a large spoon, carefully drop into the boiling broth. Cook for 20 mins. on medium heat. The meat doesn't have to thoroughly cook, it just needs to firm up in the broth.
5

Add the yams, peas, chili's, and Herbs De Provence. Cook for 30 mins.
6

Add lentils...
7

Add the cider vinegar, honey, and spinach. After returning to a boil, cook for 20 min.
8

If the soup has too many veggies, no harm in adding more broth. If too much broth for your taste, try adding carrots or purple potatoes. I like to serve with a warm, seedy, crusty bread.