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This hearty Italian Peasant soup is my husband's favorite and is loaded with filling ingredients like chicken, sausage, beans, vegetables and even a little bit of potatoes for good measure! Our family loves this recipe in the fall and all winter long!

Italian Peasant Soup

Italian Peasant Soup has filling ingredients like chicken, sausage, beans, vegetables, and potatoes in a broth base and is the perfect fall and winter soup.

Course Main Course
Keyword broth, chicken, Fall, hearty, italian, sausage, soup, Winter
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Author Kristen | Ella Claire & Co.

Ingredients

  • 16 oz. ground sausage pork or turkey sausage
  • 1 sweet yellow onion large
  • 6 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 chicken breast, boneless and skinless cut into 1 inch cubes
  • 2 potatoes small, peeled and chopped in small cubes- roughly 1 1/2-2 cups
  • 32 oz. chicken broth 1 container
  • 2 cans cannellini beans 15 oz. each, drained. can substitute with other unseasoned white beans
  • 28 oz. diced tomatoes canned, including juice
  • 1 tsp. dried basil
  • 1 tsp. dried oregano
  • 6 cups fresh spinach
  • Freshly shaved parmesan cheese optional, but highly recommended

Instructions

  1. In a heavy pot, begin to brown sausage over medium to medium-high heat, breaking it up into small pieces. After a minute or so, throw in cubed chicken, garlic, and onions and cook for approximately 2 more minutes. Add potatoes, and continue to cook until meat is cooked through. 

  2. Pour in chicken broth. Then add strained beans and diced tomatoes. Be sure to add the juice from the diced tomatoes can as well. Add herbs and heat until boiling, stirring occasionally.

  3. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

  4. Add spinach, stirring in between each couple of handfuls and cook only until wilted. 

  5. Serve topped with freshly grated parmesan cheese.