Sausage Chili Soup with Cornbread Loaf. A simple but flavourful soup that gets part of its seasoning from the taste elements in good Italian Sausage.
Spouse makes another guest appearance on the blog today with her quick and easy idea for a Sausage ChiliS oup. She is a lover of both soup and chili, so it’s a bit of a surprise that it took so long to come up with this one.
This soup would also be good just using good lean ground beef or a beef and sausage combo.
The Cornbread Loaf is shown plain with this soup because the soup is spicy enough. However, another great twist is to add some finely minced jalapeno peppers to the batter before baking.
That’s the way I like it best but Spouse and I don’t see eye to eye on spicy peppers.
1 pound Italian sausage, chopped or broken into small pieces
3 cloves minced garlic
3 tbsp olive oil
1/2 cup diced red pepper
1/2 cup diced red onion
salt and pepper to season
4 cups low sodium sodium beef stock ( chicken stock is fine of you prefer)
4 cups canned diced tomatoes
1 large coarsely grate carrot
1/4 cup long grain rice
1 cup cooked kidney beans ( you can use canned)
2 tsp chili powder
3 tbsp minced jalapeno peppers (optional)
1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
4 cups low sodium sodium beef stock
4 cups canned diced tomatoes
1 large coarsely grate carrot
1/4 cup long grain rice
1 cup cooked kidney beans ( you can use canned)
2 tsp chili powder
3 tbsp minced jalapeno peppers (optional)
1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
Simmer gently until the rice is cooked; about 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. If you wish, you can add fresh baby spinach leaves at this point and let the spinach wilt in the soup.
Garnish with some grated cheddar or a dollop of sour cream…or both. Serve with Cornbread Loaf.
Cornbread Loaf
1 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cups cornmeal
2 rounded tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
3/4 cup melted butter
1 1/2 cups milk
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a standard size loaf pan.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, cornmeal, sugar and salt.
Whisk together the eggs, melted butter and milk.
Fold in the dry ingredients (and 3 tbsp minced jalapeno pepper, optional)
Pour batter into prepared loaf pan and bake for about 45-50 minutes.
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Friday 27th of November 2009
This is just perfect.I wish I could taste this. yes, perfect for the holidays indeed and it is one of my most favorite treats.