Caldo Verde

This is a Portuguese sausage and kale soup, and one of the only ways I’ll eat kale. My paternal great great grandfather was from the Azores.

  • 1 package linguiça sausage
  • 1 medium onion
  • 3-5 cloves garlic
  • 3-4 leaves of kale
  • 3-4 yellow potatoes
  • 1 box chicken stock
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 tbs Penzey’s “Mural of Flavor” spice

Dice onion and garlic, chop sausage into slices about 1/2 in thick. In a soup pot, sauté on medium heat until onions look translucent.

Strip leafy bits off of the kale and tear or chop into bite size pieces. Dice potato into bite size pieces.

Add stock to pot, then kale and potato and spices. Let simmer until potato becomes soft (if instant potting this, like I do, it’s about 12-15 min on the soup setting).