Turkey Sausage Bean Soup Recipes

TURKEY SAUSAGE & WHITE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven or soup pot to medium heat. Add the onion and cook 3-4 minutes or until slightly soft. Add the sausage and cook 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until its browned (if using ground, break the sausage up with a wooden spoon as it cooks). Stir in the garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, black pepper and crushed red pepper flakes and sauté 30-60 seconds or until fragrant.
• Add the beans, diced tomatoes and stock and bring to a simmer. Stir in the spinach or kale and let simmer another 5-6 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning, if necessary.
• Serve soup in bowls with Parmesan cheese.
• Heat the olive oil in a skillet to medium heat. Add the sausage and cook 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until its browned (if using ground, break the sausage up with a wooden spoon as it cooks). Transfer to the bowl of a slow cooker.
• Add the onion, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes, beans, diced tomatoes, stock and spinach or kale to the slow cooker bowl. Cook on high 2-3 hours or low 4-5 hours.
• Serve soup in bowls with Parmesan cheese.

DELICIOUS 15 BEAN AND TURKEY SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse Beans.
• OVERNIGHT SOAKING METHOD:
• Soak overnight in about 3 quarts of water (in large pot that will be used to cook beans) or at least 6 hours.
• Bring beans to a soft boil. Add garlic, frozen season blend (or fresh chopped onions,celery and bell pepper), sliced sausage, and hot pepper sauce. Shake a little pepper vinegar into pot (optional). Bring down to a low simmer and cook for about 45 minutes to 1 hour until soft. Taste and add salt and pepper to taste. Go easy! Remember it is easier to add salt, but almost impossible to take it back out! :)
• CROCKPOT METHOD. Same as above, except just throw everything into crockpot, put on low, cover and come home that night to a tasty meal!
• NOTE: If you forget to soak beans, you CAN boil them for about 30 - 45 minutes on top of stove before going to work. Then transfer to crockpot and carry on! Make sure there is enough water to cover beans by at least 2 inches.
• STOVETOP METHOD:
• In large pot with about 3 qts of water, bring beans to a rapid boil. Boil for about 45 to 60 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking. Bring down to a simmer, and add all ingredients. Cook for about another hour on low heat, until done.
• SERVE as a soup (about 1 cup per serving).
• CAJUN: Serve over 1/2 cup of rice in a bowl.
• Delicous with cole slaw or potato salad and slice of french bread. And bread pudding for dessert!

TURKEY SAUSAGE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook sausage, onion, fennel and celery root over medium heat 4-5 minutes or until sausage is no longer pink, breaking into crumbles; drain. Stir in tomatoes, water, bay leaves, beef base, Italian seasoning and pepper., Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in beans; heat through. Remove bay leaves. If desired, top servings with cheese. Freeze option: Freeze soup without cheese in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally. If desired, top with cheese.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a pot over medium heat. Cook and stir turkey sausage in the hot pot until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Stir carrots, onion, mushrooms, 1/4 cup parsley, and garlic into sausage. Cook and stir until onion is soft, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Pour water, garbanzo beans with liquid, beef bouillon cubes, and sage into sausage mixture. Bring to a boil, cover the pot, reduce heat to low, and simmer until carrots are tender, about 10 minutes. Skim and discard any accumulated fat. Season with salt and pepper; garnish with remaining 4 teaspoons parsley.

TURKEY SAUSAGE AND BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a medium frying pan, saute sausage and onion until sausage has browned. Drain.
• In crockpot, mix water and dressing mix. Add kidney and garbanzo beans, and black-eyed peas.
• Add sausage and onion to crockpot.
• Simmer on low 3-4 hours, or until heated through.

TURKEY SAUSAGE, WHITE BEAN & BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large stock pot over medium-high heat. Add onion; sprinkle with 1 tsp salt and sauté until softened, about 5 to 10 minutes.
• Remove casings from sausages; pull sausages apart into bite-sized pieces with your fingers. Add sausage to pot; cook, stirring often, until browned on all sides, about 10 minutes.
• Add garlic; cook, stirring, 1 minute.
• Add broth, squash, sage and nutmeg; increase heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until squash is fork tender, about 10 minutes. Add beans; still and cook until heated through, about 10 minutes more.
• Stir in lemon juice and remaining teaspoon salt. Serve garnished with cheese. Yields about 1 cup soup and 1/2 teaspoon cheese per serving.
• Notes: Cut prep time by buying already cubed butternut squash. Freeze the sausage for an hour or two before use to make it easier to slice.

SAUSAGE, BEAN, AND TURNIP GREEN SOUP

Steps:

• Spray a stockpot with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage and onion in the hot skillet until sausage is browned and crumbly and onion is transparent, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add chicken broth, beans, turnip greens, diced tomatoes, garlic powder, basil, oregano, red pepper flakes, and bay leaf; bring to a boil.
• Simmer until greens are tender, about 45 minutes.

SPICY GARBANZO BEAN AND TURKEY SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in heavy large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add turkey sausage and chopped garlic and sauté until sausage is golden brown and cooked through, breaking up sausage with back of fork, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Add tomatoes with their juices, sliced jalapeño chili, ground cumin and chopped fresh rosemary and simmer 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Add garbanzo beans with their liquid and chicken broth and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer soup 15 minutes. Stir in fresh lemon juice. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm over medium heat before continuing.)
• Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle soup with chopped fresh cilantro and top with sliced avocado. Serve immediately.

TUSCAN TURKEY SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Let cool and slice. , In a large saucepan, whisk together the broth, soup, mushrooms, onion, Italian seasoning, garlic and herb seasoning, caraway seeds and fennel seed. Add sausage. Bring to a boil. , Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Add beans and leek. Simmer 10 minutes longer or until vegetables are tender.