Lentil Soup with Sausage and Spinach
Rich and hearty lentil soup is made with sweet Italian sausage, tender veggies and fire roasted diced tomatoes. A fast and easy weeknight dinner recipe!
Servings 8
Calories 495kcal
Ingredients
- 5 Italian sausage links hot or sweet
- 1 large onion diced
- 3 carrots peeled and diced
- 3 celery stalks diced
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 2 cups lentils rinsed and sorted
- 64 ounces chicken broth low sodium
- 32 ounces spinach large, cut
- 32 ounces fire roasted diced tomatoes
- Sherry vinegar optional garnish
- Sriracha optional garnish
- parsley minced - optional garnish
Instructions
- Heat a large soup pot over medium-high and spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- Remove sausage from casings and brown in pot using wooden spoon to break into small pieces.
- Brown sausage and remove from pan.
- Using sausage drippings, saute onions, carrots and celery until soft about 7 minutes.
- Season with cumin, salt and pepper to help release juices.
- Add garlic and cook additional 60 seconds.
- Stir in lentils and chicken broth; bring to a boil and simmer for 25 minutes or until lentils are done.
- Pour sausage back into the pan as well as spinach and tomatoes. Continue to simmer for about 10 minutes or longer.
- Serve with a splash of sherry vinegar and sriracha hot sauce.
Notes
Excellent source of Vitamin A and Iron, great source of Vitamin C and Calcium.
Nutrition
Serving: 16ounces | Calories: 495kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 1917mg | Potassium: 1562mg | Fiber: 19g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 14935IU | Vitamin C: 56.1mg | Calcium: 220mg | Iron: 9.2mg