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Richard Dias
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Mom's Original Kale & Linguica Soup Posted Sunday, January 16, 2011 12:06 PM
Mom's Portuguese Kale Soup
1/2 - Tbs. crushed red pepper flakes
2 - Tbs. butter
Approx 2 - tsp salt (to taste)
1-2 - cans of kidney beans & the juice
1-1/2 - Lbs. Portuguese linguica sausage or chourico
(chopped 1/4 long inch round sections)
1 - Medium size onion chopped
2 - Bunches of fresh kale, chopped (or 4 boxes of
Frozen chopped kale)
6 - Medium potatoes peeled and diced
1 - Large head of cabbage, chopped
Instead of Linguica you may use
shank beef or chuck roast.
In an 8 quart pot, add butter, crushed red pepper and chopped onions. Using medium heat sauté' until the onions are translucent. Add chopped linguica or chourico (or meat if used) sprinkle with a little salt. Sauté ingredients and stir for a few minutes, if using beef, sauté until beef is partly cooked on the outside. Pour and cover ingredients with water. Bring water to boil and simmer (20-30) minutes until meat is almost done, add salt to taste. Add chopped kale, cabbage. Add kidney beans & juice. When these ingredients are about half cooked (30 min), add potatoes and simmer an additional 30 minutes or until potatoes can be pierced with a fork.
Serves 8 or more. Serve with any hard crust bread
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