Sausage & Butter Bean Soup
This is a hearty, one-pot soup built on a simple flavor base of browned sausage, sage, and parsley. It uses canned butter beans (also known as large lima beans) for convenience.
Ingredients
Ingredients (~6-9 servings)
- 1.5 lbs regular ground sausage
- 2 medium sweet yellow onions finely diced
- 3/4 tsp sea salt
- 1 Tbsp dried parsley or 3 tsp
- 3/4 tsp black pepper
- 3/4 tsp ground sage
- 6 cups low-sodium chicken stock 48-oz
- 3 cans butter beans (large lima beans) 15.5-oz, rinsed & drained
- 1.5 cups whole milk
Instructions
- Brown sausage in large pot over medium-high heat, breaking into pieces.
- Transfer sausage to paper towel-lined plate.
- Lower heat, sauté onions in sausage drippings until translucent.
- Add parsley, pepper, sage, stock, and beans. Bring to boil.
- Remove from heat. Blend half the soup until smooth.
- Return pureed soup to pot. Add milk and browned sausage.
- Reheat on medium for 5-10 minutes without boiling.
Notes
Use low-sodium stock to control salt content.