Creamy Potato Sausage Soup

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Creamy Potato Sausage Soup

Fast, easy and delicious.
Perfect for a quick lunch.

Creamy Potato Sausage Soup

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground pork sausage
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped celery
• 1/2 cup diced carrots
• 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 6 cups frozen hash browns*
• 1 (12 oz) can evaporated milk
• 2 teaspoons dried parsley
• snipped fresh chives, optional

Cooking Directions

1. In large skillet brown ground pork sausage until no longer pink inside. Drain and set aside.
2. In large Dutch oven over medium heat melt butter, add onions, celery, carrots, green pepper, salt and pepper. Saute' vegetables until tender about 5 to 10 minutes. Add browned ground pork sausage, chicken broth and hash browns. Bring to a boil, reduce heat; add evaporated milk and dried parsley. Stir and cook on low until heated through. Using an immersion blender, blend mixture together for a few seconds.
3. Serve with snipped chives, if desired.

Soup, Potato, Pork

*You can substitute O'Brien style hash browns for the regular hash browns and
omit the chopped onion and green pepper.