Polish Sausage Ham Soup Recipes

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, combine potatoes, onion, celery, carrots and sausage. Cover with water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 1 hour.

Steps:

• 1. Place dried beans in a LARGE pot and pick through to check for stones. Rinse beans, drain and add water to cover by at least 2 inches. Soak at least 8 hours or overnight.
• 2. After soaking, drain beans, rinse, drain again and add 2 quarts water**, flavoring packet (that comes with beans) and 2 envelopes of ham flavoring. Bring to a boil and simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. (Note: you may have to add more water during this step to make sure beans are covered with liquid.) ** OR, INSTEAD OF PLAIN WATER, PLACE A HAM BONE IN A LARGE DUTCH OVEN AND ADD WATER TO COVER HALF OF BONE. ADD 2 BAY LEAVES AND A SLICED ONION TO THE POT. BRING TO A BOIL, REDUCE HEAT. COVER AND SIMMER FOR 1 TO 2 HOURS. REMOVE BONE AND STRAIN BROTH. USE THIS BROTH INSTEAD OF PLAIN WATER. Take any meat off of the bone and add to soup with the rest of the meat as mentioned in Step 3.
• 3. After simmering for 1 hour, add onion, carrot, potato, ham, sausage, bay leaves and 2 more envelopes ham flavoring to pot. Simmer an additional 45 minutes to 1 hour, stirring often, until beans are soft and begin to break apart.
• 4. Add chicken broth (enough to make desired consistency) and quick cooking barley (and more ham flavoring if needed). Simmer for 10-15 minutes or until barley is cooked.
• 5. Serve with salad and crusty bread.
• 6. FREEZES WELL!!

Steps:

• In a soup kettle or Dutch oven, combine all ingredients except the sausage. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour. Add sausage and heat through. Discard bay leaves.

Steps:

• Cut the core out of the cabbage. Rinse & cut into quarters then cut the quarters in half.
• Melt the butter in a large pot. Saute the onions & peppers for 5 minutes.
• Add the broth, tomato sauce, spices, sausage, ham, & cabbage. Bring to a boil then lower the heat & simmer for 20 minutes.
• Serve hot with warm bread.

Steps:

• Heat oil in 6-8 quart saucepan over medium heat. Add sausage and cook until almost all fat is rendered.
• Transfer sausage to platter and drain off all but 2 tablespoons grease from saucepan.
• Add ham, onion, green pepper and carrot. Cover and cook 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in the garlic, bay leaf, thyme and cumin.
• Cover and cook 5 minutes.
• While that's cooking, thinly slice sausage; add to pan with chicken stock, tomatoes and lentils.
• Reduce heat to low. Cover partially and simmer gently until lentils begin dissolve, about 2 hours.
• (Can be prepared up to 3 days in advance and refrigerated, or frozen for several months.).
• Discard any fat from the surface, taste and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
• Simmer just until warmed through, then add spinach.
• Serve while warm.