New Year's Good Luck Soup
This New Year’s Good Luck soup includes smoked sausage, onions, carrots, celery, garlic, tomatoes, and black-eyed peas.
Ingredients
- 12 ounces smoked sausage sliced
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2 carrots peeled and chopped
- 2 celery stalks chopped
- 3 cloves garlic chipped
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 4 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1 141/2 ounce can diced tomatoes, undrained
- 5 cups chopped kale or fresh collard greens
- 1 151/2-ounce can black-eyed peas, rinsed and drained
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- In a large Dutch oven sauté sausage in hot oil over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes or until browned; drain and return to stove.
- Add onion, carrots, celery and garlic and sauté 5 to 7 minutes more, stirring occasionally until tender.
- Stir in thyme and red pepper flakes; cook 1 minute more. Add broth and tomatoes and bring to a boil; let simmer over medium heat 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Stir in kale; reduce heat to low and simmer 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add black-eyed peas and cook 5 minutes more.
- Add lemon juice, salt and red pepper flakes if needed to taste right before serving. Serve with crusty bread.