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Sausage Lentil Soup

Healthy sausage lentil soup recipe loaded with veggies and italian sausage is such a delicious comfort food for cool Fall weather.

Course Soup
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 10
Calories 319 kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Italian sausage
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 large yellow onion, chopped
  • 3 stalks celery, chopped
  • 3 carrots, chopped
  • 2 zucchinis, chopped
  • 5 cups chicken broth
  • 2 (14 ½ oz cans) diced tomatoes, undrained
  • 2 cups dry lentils (I used brown)
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp fresh ground pepper
  • fresh basil for garnish

Instructions

  1. Cook and brown the sausage in skillet over medium/high heat.  Move the sausage around and crumble as cooking.

  2. Add in the garlic to skillet towards end of meat cooking time and cook for about 1 minutes.

  3. Add meat mixture into dutch oven along with all of the other ingredients, and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat to simmer and cover dutch oven.

  4. Simmer the soup for 1 hour or until the lentils are tender.  You can add in additional broth or water if the soup is too thick.

  5. Sprinkle fresh chopped basil on top of soup in the dutch oven.  You're ready to serve.  Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Adapted from The Cookie Rookie

Nutrition Facts
Sausage Lentil Soup
Amount Per Serving
Calories 319 Calories from Fat 135
% Daily Value*
Fat 15g23%
Saturated Fat 5g31%
Cholesterol 34mg11%
Sodium 1255mg55%
Potassium 783mg22%
Carbohydrates 28g9%
Fiber 12g50%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 17g34%
Calcium 57mg6%
Vitamin C 20.3mg25%
Vitamin A 3205IU64%
Iron 3.9mg22%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.