Lovers Sausage Soup

Name: Lovers Sausage Soup
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1/2 cup pearl barley; 1 cup onion, chopped; 3/4 cup carrots, chopped; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 2 teaspoons ground cumin; 4 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth; 1 cup water; 1/2 cup lentils, rinsed and drained; 1 bay leaf; 1 (14.5-ounce) can no-salt-added diced fire-roasted tomatoes; 6 ounces chicken-apple sausage links, cooked, halved lengthwise and sliced; 4 cups fresh baby spinach

Stove-Top Diner-Style Chicken

Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Yield: 6 servings

About

Cheers to the chef for this chef's kiss of a creation! Lovers Sausage Soup is a hearty combination that will hug you from the inside out! Tender barley, sweet carrots, and bountiful lentils are joined with fire-roasted tomatoes, chicken-apple sausage, and wilted spinach in a flavorful broth for a forever match made in soup heaven. We have only heart-eyes for Lovers Sausage Soup, and we aren't afraid to shout it from the bowl rims! We love it!

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 cup pearl barley
1 cup onion, chopped
3/4 cup carrots, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons ground cumin
4 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
1 cup water
1/2 cup lentils, rinsed and drained
1 bay leaf
1 (14.5-ounce) can no-salt-added diced fire-roasted tomatoes
6 ounces chicken-apple sausage links, cooked, halved lengthwise and sliced
4 cups fresh baby spinach

Directions

Step 1 -In a 3-4-quart saucepan with the stovetop over medium heat, add the olive oil.

Step 2 -Add the barley to the heated olive oil and cook, while stirring constantly, until the barley is golden, about 3-4 minutes.

Step 3 -Add the onions, the carrots, and the garlic to the barley and cook, while stirring occasionally, just until the vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.

Step 4 -Add the cumin to the vegetable mixture and cook, while stirring constantly, until it is fragrant, about 30 seconds.

Step 5 -Add the chicken broth, the water, the lentils, and the bay leaf to the vegetable mixture and bring the mixture to a boil, while stirring frequently.

Step 6 -Reduce the stovetop heat to medium-low and cover the pot.

Step 7 -Let the soup mixture simmer until the barley and the lentils are tender, about 55 minutes.

Step 8 -Add the tomatoes and their juices and the sausage to the soup mixture and cook, while stirring frequently, until heated through.

Step 9 -Remove and discard the bay leaf.

Step 10 -Add the spinach to the soup mixture and cook, while stirring constantly, until the spinach beings to wilt.

Step 11 -Ladle the soup into bowls and serve immediately.

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