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Italian White Bean and Kale Soup is for Soup.

Italian White Bean and Kale Soup takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Italian White Bean and Kale Soup takes 75 minutes to cook.

Italian White Bean and Kale Soup makes 10 servings.

The ingredients for Italian White Bean and Kale Soup are:

decent pinch or two of salt
6-7 cloves garlic, chopped
2 stalks Celery, chopped
1.5 cup chopped Onions
1 1/2 cup chopped Carrots
4-5 cups cooked white beans
5 cups chopped Kale
5 cups low sodium chicken broth
2 links sweet Italian Sausage
2 quarts (8 cups) Water, more if needed
2-3 cups chopped Tomatoes, or 1 can diced.
1 tsp dried rosemary, ground
1-2 Bay Leaves
3 oz parmesean cheese (a great use for a remaing rind), grated may have the best results

Here is how you make Italian White Bean and Kale Soup:

in a large soup pot, slowly brown the sausage (out of the casing, broken up) on medium-low heat, remove the sausage (set asisde for adding later), retain fat in the pot.Sweat the onion, celery, garlic and carrots with the salt in the sausage fat for 10 minutes on low heat. If you do not have enough fat for proper sweating, add a little olive oil.When the onion is translucent, add the beans, rosemary, tomatoes, bay leaf, beans, parmesean, broth, and half of the water to the pot. Simmer for 40 minutes, longer if using dried beans that have been soaked overnight.Add in the kale, sausage and remaining water. simmer for 15-20 minutes. both beans and kale should be tender. If not, keep simmering until they are. Enjoy!Serving Size:?Makes 8-10 servings depending on serving size.

The nutritional information for Italian White Bean and Kale Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 10
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 290.5

• Total Fat: 10.1 g
• Cholesterol: 23.0 mg
• Sodium: 661.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 34.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 8.0 g
• Protein: 17.6 g

Italian White Bean and Kale Soup is Italian cuisine.