Portuguese Green Soup (Caldo Verde)

By MelanieAnn

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup olive oil, in all
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 teaspoons chopped garlic
• 2 cups Idaho potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
• 2 quarts water
• 6 ounces chorizo sausage, thinly sliced
• Salt and black pepper
• 1 pound kale, washed, trimmed of the thick stems and thinly sliced

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

In a medium soup pot, heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil, add onions and garlic and cook for 2 to 3 minutes until they turn glassy, don't let them get brown.

Add potatoes and water. Cover and boil gently over medium heat for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a skillet cook sausage until most of the fat is rendered out. Drain and reserve.

When the potatoes are tender mash them with a potato masher right in the pot.

Add sausage to the soup, and then add the kale. (*Cabbage can be added with the kale.) Simmer for 5 minutes.

Add the remaining olive oil and season. Ladle into bowls and serve.

*NOTE: 1-1/2 cups of cabbage can also be added.