Sausage and Sweet Potato Soup
Sausage and Sweet Potato Soup is perfect for using up leftover sweet potato casserole. It's savory and a little sweet and spicy!
Servings: 4
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 (14-ounce) package smoked sausage sliced
- 1 medium onion diced
- 1/2 red bell pepper diced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups leftover sweet potato casserole, (no marshmallows)
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 cups baby kale leaves or baby spinach
Instructions
- Lightly grease a Dutch oven and cook sausage over medium heat until browned. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
- Add onion and bell pepper to the Dutch oven and cook until soft, about 5 to 7 minutes.
- Add garlic and cook 1 minute.
- Add chicken broth, sweet potato casserole, thyme, cayenne pepper, and black pepper.
- Simmer 10 minutes.
- Add sausage and simmer 5 minutes.
- Stir in kale and serve.
Notes
You can use any sweet potato casserole, just make sure if it has a marshmallow topping, you scrape it off. You can also use mashed sweet potatoes instead of sweet potato casserole. It would be equally delicious!
Nutrition
Calories: 494kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 77mg | Sodium: 2247mg | Potassium: 1174mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 29598IU | Vitamin C: 57mg | Calcium: 115mg | Iron: 4mg