Kielbasa Sausage 17 Bean Soup

Recipe Rating:	1 Rating5
Categories:	Soups, Turkey, Other Main Dishes, Turkey Soups, Bean Soups, Other Soups, Quick & Easy, Vegetarian, Healthy, Vegetable Soup
Keywords:	sausage, beans, onions, vegetables, kielbasa, Carrots, celery
Serves:	Makes a Large Pot
Prep Time:	30 Min
Cook Time:	2 Hr

Ingredients

1	bag dried 17 bean soup beans
1 pkg	low fat turkey kielbasa sausage thinly sliced
2 lg	carrots
2 lg	celery stalks
1 or 2 lg	onion
1 1/2 c	wheat pasta macaroni noodles
1 Tbsp	minced garlic
1	bay leaf
1 Tbsp	italian bread
1 can(s)	petite diced tomatoes
	olive oil
4 pkg	no sodium/no fat dried chicken stock
	water to cover

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Diane Cash

Well Seasoned

Providence Forge, VA (pop. 38,596)

dccash

Member Since Jan 2010

Diane's Notes:

A healthy soup full of fiber and protein. I created this using low fat Kielbasa sausage. Meatless version is just as good.

Directions

Wash and soak dried beans overnight or fast soak for an hour in boiling water. Rinse.

In a large pot, add beans, dried chicken stock, canned tomatoes, herbs, 2 tbs olive oil.

Add 2 tbs olive oil to bottom of a second pan. Add all sliced veges. Cook over medium heat, stirring often until veges begin to soften. Add to soup bean mixture and cover with water.

Place thinly sliced Kielbasa sausage in pan and lightly brown to remove excess fat. Add to soup mixture. Cook on medium approximately 2 hours, until dried beans are soft.

Last step is to add dried noodles to soup. Cook until noodles are softened. Add salt and pepper to taste.