Spicy Sausage Soup
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This Spicy Sausage Soup is hearty and full of vegetables and it’s also SUPER HEALTHY!! It’s the taste of comfort food in a bowl with pork sausage, tomatoes, onions, peppers, mushrooms and my favorite pasta!
What You Will ❤️ About Spicy Sausage Soup
The #1 thing I love about this soup is how healthy it is! Here’s a taste of the benefits:
- Tomatoes are rich in vitamin C and other natural acids that help your liver break down fat faster.
- Beans can stabilize blood sugar which reduces the amount of fat storage hormones our bodies make.
- Onions are loaded with chromium, which also helps with fat storage hormones.
- Garlic might actually keep pre-fat cells turning into fat cells.
- Mushrooms provide protein, vitamin C and iron.
- Bell peppers contain beta-carotene, which gives you antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits
Sausage Soup Ingredients
This is a very healthy soup – and you’ll notice – there’s no salt! Sausage has salt and so does the V8 juice so you really don’t need any additional salt! If you’d like more veggies – add them. Kale would be a great addition to this soup and packs a ton of nutrients as would diced celery.
- Hot Pork sausage – you can use regular if you don’t like it spicy or you can use hot Italian sausage
- Feel free to add red pepper flakes if you don’t have spicy – or if you want it spicier!
- Diced Onion
- Diced Bell Pepper
- Sliced Mushrooms
- Diced Carrots
- Minced Garlic – or fresh cloves garlic
- Canned diced tomatoes
- Canned black beans
- V8 juice – you could substitute with beef broth or chicken broth if you like but the V8 has so much flavor – be sure to us some! Feel free to use low sodium if you’d like.
- Cumin – I just used cumin but other seasonings that would good would be dried oregano and basil
- Cooked Ditalini Pasta – this is a small pasta with holes in it and it’s my favorite for soups but you could also use macaroni
How to make Spicy Sausage Soup
You’ve got a little prep time to dice the veggies and cook your pasta – but then – it’s a one-pot stovetop meal with a total time of under 30 minutes!!! Here’s how we make this sausage soup:
- In a large pot or Dutch Oven, over medium-high heat, brown pork sausage with a wooden spoon. You can add a little olive oil but the sausage has fat and you don’t need to.
- Add in onion, garlic, pepper, mushrooms and carrots and cook until soft, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer 15 minutes.
- Serve in bowls and garnish with fresh herbs and Parmesan cheese or a dollop of sour cream!
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Tips, Tricks & FAQs
Store leftovers in an airtight container (I like these glass ones) in the refrigerator for up to a week. You can freeze up to three months. Reheat in the microwave for 2 minutes.
Buy extra V8 juice and add it in before you reheat! It’s got so much flavor in it and makes it juicy again!
Nope – Cook your pasta separately and add it in right before you serve. This will prevent it from soaking up all the liquids. If you made a big batch and know you’ll have leftovers – store the soup separate from the pasta and add before serving leftovers.
Yes! I like to use pork sausage as it packs the most flavor – but turkey sausage works just fine!
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Spicy Sausage Soup
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 lb spicy pork sausage
- 1 small onion diced
- 1 bell pepper diced
- 8 oz mushrooms sliced
- 4 tbsp garlic minced
- 2 carrots diced
- 4 cups V8 juice
- 14 oz black beans drained, rinsed
- 1 tbsp cumin
- 2 cups cooked ditalini pasta
Instructions
- In a large pot or Dutch Oven, over medium-high heat, brown pork sausage with a wooden spoon. You can add a little olive oil but the sausage has fat and you don't need to.1 lb spicy pork sausage
- Add in onion, garlic, pepper, mushrooms and carrots and cook until soft, about 5 minutes.1 small onion, 1 bell pepper, 8 oz mushrooms, 4 tbsp garlic, 2 carrots
- Stir in remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer 15 minutes.4 cups V8 juice, 14 oz black beans, 1 tbsp cumin, 2 cups cooked ditalini pasta
- Serve in bowls and garnish with fresh herbs and Parmesan cheese or a dollop of sour cream!
