Your Italian Sausage Soup Guide
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Hearty Italian Sausage Soup
Microwave Soup, Meat
This hearty Italian Sausage Soup can be a main course soup for friends and family. And here's the kicker: You can whip up this soup in a jiffy because you can microwave it!
Add a green salad and a good crusty french bread baguette and you are ready for dinner. It's that easy!
What you'll need:
- 1 1/2 lbs. mild Italian sausage
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 large onions, chopped
- 1 28-oz. can Italian style tomatoes
- 3 14-oz. cans beef broth
- 1 1/2 cups dry red wine
- 1/2 tsp. dried basil
- 1 medium green pepper, chopped
- 2 medium zuchini, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 3 cups uncooked bow tie noodles (about 5 ounces)
- Grated Parmesan cheese
What to do:
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Cut sausage into 1/2 inch lengths. Brown on cooktop or in browning dish in mircrowave oven.
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Place sausage and any drippings in a 3-4 quart microwave safe casseerole dish, along with onion and garlic. Microwave on High Power for 2-3 minutes, or until vegetables are slightly softened.
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Add wine, tomatoes and juice, beef broth and dried basil. Microwave on Medium Power (50%) 15 minutes. Cool in refrigerator.
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Skim off the fat layer that forms from cooling. Add parsely, pepper, zucchini, and noodles. Microwave on High Power, covered for 12-15 minutes or until noodles are tender. Serve topped with the grated Parmesan cheese.
This soup recipe makes enough for 4-6 servings. Enjoy!
For more great soup ideas, check out some more easy soup appetizer recipes or follow the links below.
More microwave soup recipe ideas:
Broccoli Bisque
Carrot Tarragon Soup
Chile con Queso Soup
Chilled Cucumber Walnut Soup
Corn Chowder
Creamy Clam Chowder
Easy Crab Bisque
Marvelous Mushroom Soup
Tomato Sip Soup
Walnut Soup
For a more complete listing of soup recipe ideas, visit my Soup Recipe Index page.
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