Portuguese Kale and Potato Soup
A hearty Portuguese soup featuring tender potatoes, smoky chouriço sausage, and nutritious kale. This rustic soup combines the earthiness of potatoes with the slight bitterness of kale, all enriched with olive oil and Portuguese sausage.
Ingredients
- •¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- •½ pound chouriço or linguiça (smoked Portuguese sausages) or kielbasa, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- •1 medium medium onion, chopped
- •2 cloves garlic cloves, minced
- •1 pound russet (baking) potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
- •6 cups water
- •1 pound kale, stems and center ribs discarded and leaves very thinly sliced
- •to taste piri-piri sauce or other hot sauce
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 5-quart heavy pot over medium-high heat until it shimmers, then brown sausage, stirring often, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a bowl. Add 2 tablespoon oil to fat in pot and cook onion and garlic with 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper over medium heat, stirring often, until browned, 7 to 8 minutes.
10 min
- 2.
Add potatoes, water, and 1 teaspoon salt and simmer, covered, until potatoes are very tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Mash some potatoes into soup to thicken, then add kale and simmer, uncovered, until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in sausage and cook until just heated through, 1 to 2 minutes. Drizzle with remaining tablespoon oil and season with salt and pepper.
27 min