Portuguese Potato, Sausage and Kale Soup
This one-pot Portuguese potato, sausage, and kale soup, called Caldo Verde, comes together quickly for an easy weeknight meal or lazy weekend dinner - but tastes even better the next day!
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Servings: 16 cups
Calories: 124kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 medium potatoes , peeled and diced
- 2 medium onions , chopped
- 5 cloves garlic , chopped
- 2 pounds kale , coarsely chopped
- 1 tsp sea salt , fine
- 1 tsp ground black pepper
- 30 oz kidney beans , drained and rinsed
- 1 pound diced chourico sausage , casing removed
- 1 pound diced linguica sausage , casing removed
- 2 quarts chicken broth
- 2 quarts water
Instructions
- Heat oil in a deep pot over medium-high heat, add onions, cover and cook 5 minutes, stirring
- occasionally.
- Add garlic and kale to the pot. Cover pot and wilt greens about 2 minutes. Season with salt and
- pepper. Add beans, chourico, potatoes and broth to the pot and bring soup to a full boil. Reduce
- heat back to medium and cook 10 to 15 minutes longer or until potatoes are tender.
Notes
If your grocer does not carry Chourico or linguica sausages, a good substitute is dried (cured) Spanish Chorizo sausage, smoked sausage, or andouille sausage.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Portuguese Potato, Sausage and Kale Soup
Amount Per Serving
Calories 124
Calories from Fat 27
% Daily Value*
Fat 3g5%
Saturated Fat 1g5%
Sodium 582mg24%
Potassium 611mg17%
Carbohydrates 19g6%
Fiber 4g16%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 8g16%
Vitamin A 5664IU113%
Vitamin C 78mg95%
Vitamin E 1mg7%
Vitamin K 406µg387%
Calcium 115mg12%
Folate 89µg22%
Iron 3mg17%
Zinc 1mg7%
* (Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.)
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy, and is sourced from the USDA Food Database.
Grew up eating this too and this was just like my grandma’s recipe. I really enjoyed it as did my husband who had never had it before.