Magic Soup (Italian Sausage & Lentil)

Name: Magic Soup (Italian Sausage & Lentil)
Cook time: 2 hours
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 lb Italian sausage; 2 can chicken broth; 2 can diced tomatoes; 1 pkg dry lentils; 1 each onion; 1 each carrot; 1 each zucchini; 1 stalk celery; 2 clove garlic; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp black pepper; 1 tsp red pepper flakes; 1 tsp dried basil; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 tsp dried parsley; 1 tsp dried thyme

One particularly cold and dreary fall day, my family was all at home. Everyone was sick with some flu-like "crud." I made this soup for the first time that day, and everyone was magically better by the next morning. Convinced the soup had cured them, they dubbed this the "magic soup," and still ask for it by that name.

Contributed by Mike Smith — Elkin, NC

CategorySoup, Main Course

CuisineItalian

Yield2 servings2 ⅔ servings4 servings8 servings16 servings24 servings32 servings

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2 servings2 ⅔ servings4 servings8 servings16 servings24 servings32 servings

Soup, Main CourseItalianYield 2 servingsScaled Quarter — ¼×

Soup, Main CourseItalianYield 2 ⅔ servingsScaled Third — ⅓×

Soup, Main CourseItalianYield 4 servingsScaled Half — ½×

Soup, Main CourseItalianYield 8 servingsScaled Original — 1×

Soup, Main CourseItalianYield 16 servingsScaled Double — 2×

Soup, Main CourseItalianYield 24 servingsScaled Triple — 3×

Soup, Main CourseItalianYield 32 servingsScaled Quadruple — 4×

Ingredients

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Instructions

Chop all the vegetables very small, roughly the size of the lentils.
Brown the sausage along with the chopped onion, crumbling the sausage into small pieces. Drain off the fat.
In a large pot, combine all the ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for about 2 hours, or until the lentils are tender. Add water if necessary to adjust the consistency.
Optionally garnish with parmesan cheese.

Ingredients

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Instructions

Chop all the vegetables very small, roughly the size of the lentils.
Brown the sausage along with the chopped onion, crumbling the sausage into small pieces. Drain off the fat.
In a large pot, combine all the ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for about 2 hours, or until the lentils are tender. Add water if necessary to adjust the consistency.
Optionally garnish with parmesan cheese.

Ingredients

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Instructions

Chop all the vegetables very small, roughly the size of the lentils.
Brown the sausage along with the chopped onion, crumbling the sausage into small pieces. Drain off the fat.
In a large pot, combine all the ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for about 2 hours, or until the lentils are tender. Add water if necessary to adjust the consistency.
Optionally garnish with parmesan cheese.

Ingredients

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Instructions

Chop all the vegetables very small, roughly the size of the lentils.
Brown the sausage along with the chopped onion, crumbling the sausage into small pieces. Drain off the fat.
In a large pot, combine all the ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for about 2 hours, or until the lentils are tender. Add water if necessary to adjust the consistency.
Optionally garnish with parmesan cheese.

Ingredients

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Instructions

Chop all the vegetables very small, roughly the size of the lentils.
Brown the sausage along with the chopped onion, crumbling the sausage into small pieces. Drain off the fat.
In a large pot, combine all the ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for about 2 hours, or until the lentils are tender. Add water if necessary to adjust the consistency.
Optionally garnish with parmesan cheese.

Ingredients

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Instructions

Chop all the vegetables very small, roughly the size of the lentils.
Brown the sausage along with the chopped onion, crumbling the sausage into small pieces. Drain off the fat.
In a large pot, combine all the ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for about 2 hours, or until the lentils are tender. Add water if necessary to adjust the consistency.
Optionally garnish with parmesan cheese.

Ingredients

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Instructions

Chop all the vegetables very small, roughly the size of the lentils.
Brown the sausage along with the chopped onion, crumbling the sausage into small pieces. Drain off the fat.
In a large pot, combine all the ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for about 2 hours, or until the lentils are tender. Add water if necessary to adjust the consistency.
Optionally garnish with parmesan cheese.

Notes

From the 2010 Elkin Soup Off.