Portuguese Style Kale Soup Recipes

Recipe #1:

True Portuguese Kale Soup

Give a bunch of kale to a Portuguese housewife and get the hell out of her kitchen.

Recipe #2:

Joe Vaughan's Famous Kale Soup

___ A large bunch of kale
___ 1 large yellow onion
___ 3 potatoes, cut up
___ 1 whole linguica, sliced (or kielbasa, if you are Polish)
___ 11 cups of chicken broth (use bullion cubes and water if necessary)
___ 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
___ 1/4 tspn garlic powder (or garlic clove(s) as desired)
___ 1 bay leave, if you have one
___ 1/3 tspn paprika
___ 2 cups of favas (butter beans and their liquid, if any)
___ salt and pepper to taste

Saute linguica sausage in the olive oil, along with the onion and garlic powder (or, if your spouse isn't paying attention, some garlic cloves). Add 4 ounces of the broth and let it all simmer for ten minutes or so.

Meanwhile, rinse the kale, cut off and throw away the stems. Tear the green kale leaves into bite-sized pieces.

Put the rest of the broth in a large pot, add the potatoes, kale, seasoning, beans, and the stuff you have been sauteing. Let it all simmer for about 30 minutes, stirring quite often so it doesn't burn on the bottom of the pot.

Tips: Turn up the fan so that the smoke detector doesn't go off and so that your spouse doesn't smell the garlic.

Taste the concoction from time to time. It will taste so good that you will want to eat it right away. Try to control yourself.

This recipe makes about 6 tupperware containers of soup. Freeze the ones you don't empty right away.

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