Almost Tuscan Sausage And Kale Soup

• 1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 pinch red pepper flakes, or to taste
• 1 pinch ground black pepper, or to taste
• 1 pound bulk hot Italian sausage, removed from casings and crumbled
• 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh basil
• 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika (optional)
• 6 cups low-sodium chicken broth
• 4 cups chopped kale
• 1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 cup peeled and chopped yellow potatoes, or more to taste

1. Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium heat until the oil shimmers; cook and stir onion, garlic, red pepper flakes, and black pepper until onion is translucent, 10 to 15 minutes.
2. Mix sausage, basil, and paprika together in a bowl.
3. Stir sausage mixture into onion mixture; cook and stir until sausage is browned and fully cooked, 5 to 10 minutes. Add chicken broth, kale, cannellini beans, and potatoes to sausage-onion mixture; lower heat to medium low. Cover stockpot and simmer until potatoes are tender, 15 to 20 minutes.

olive oil, onion, garlic, red pepper, ground black pepper, italian sausage, fresh basil, paprika, lowsodium, chopped kale, cannellini beans, yellow potatoes

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/234942/almost-tuscan-sausage-and-kale-soup/ (may not work)