Portuguese Kale Soup

Recipe courtesy Gertrude's Gallery

Show: $40 a DayEpisode: Newport, RI

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (13)

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Cook Time:
45 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 45 min
Total:: 55 min

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic
1/2 cup diced onions
1/2 diced turnips
1/2 cup diced carrots
1 bunch kale, stemmed and roughly chopped
6 ounces chopped chourico (spicy Portuguese sausage), or chorizo
3 bay leaves
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves
6 cups beef stock
1 cup kidney beans
6 ounces diced tomatoes
10 ounces diced potatoes

Directions

In a large stock pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, onions, turnips and carrots and cook for 5 minutes. Add the kale, chourico, bay leaves, parsley and thyme and mix well. Add the beef stock, beans and tomatoes. Bring the soup to a boil, and then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 30 to 40 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, bring salted water to a boil and add the diced potatoes. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain the potatoes and add them to the soup.

Remove the bay leaves and serve hot.

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recipe Portuguese Kale Soup
Karen Hampden, MA 11-13-2009
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Portuguese Kale Soup
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this with the sweet portuguese sasuage. My whole family really enjoyed this soup, including my picky teenager. For... heath reasons, I would like to find a leaner version of this sausage that was just as tasty.Read more
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Debi Fall River, MA 11-13-2009
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My version of Portuguese soup.
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

When I make my Portuguese soup, I make a large pot. I do not add onion or garlic. I start with hot portuguese chourico... (three sticks), 5 to 6 meaty short ribs, and if the market has suet, I add that and obviously discard after (it adds great flavor), and approximately 1/3 of a bag of dried split peas. I cook this until the meat is fork tender. Since I'm not crazy about kale, I add 2 to 3 heads of savoy (curly) cabbage torn into pieces and two boxes of frozen chopped spinach. I don't use potatoes; I prefer orzo instead, adding it with the cabbage and spinach. And the finishing touch is adding two cans of Campbell's bean & bacon soup. It gives it a smokey flavor and you get the white bean in it as well as tiny pieces of carrot. I am full blooded Portuguese, hated both my grandmother's portuguese soups (one from Lisbon, the other from the Azores), never ate Portuguese soup until my mother created this version. No one says no to my Portuguese soup. And yes, this must be eaten with Porguguese bread loaded with butter. I make a sandwich with both the chourizo and meat together with a huge bowl of soup. Delicious!Read more
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Anonymous 08-03-2007
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Portuguese Kale Soup
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

This is not the original Kale Soup. anything that is added besides potatoes and Kale is not Kale soup. The real Kale Soup... is made with cooked potatoes pureed,and the kale very very thin chopped added it together with olive oil and salt and you have Portuguese Kale SoupRead more
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Anonymous 07-10-2007
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Best soup I've ever had
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I tried this recipe because I had never cooked with kale before and wanted to try it. I was totally shocked. This is by far... the best soup I've ever had. Two of us ate the whole pot in two days it was that good!Read more
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colleen Acme, WA 11-21-2006
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Wonderful winter warm up soup
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This was wonderful way to clear out your garden, with the kale,carrots,turnips and potatoes. The chose of meat for this soup... adds a great amount of flavor and and a little heat. I would make this again.Be sure to serve it with some great bread to warm up a cold fall/winter night. A nice change from plain veggie soup!Read more
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Anonymous 10-23-2006
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My family loves it...
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I didn?t use the turnips in this recipe but it turned out perfectly fine. My family absolutely loves this soup and I get a... lot of requests for it.Read more