Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Food Network

It is not a copycat it has been cut down to make a more reasonable size i have made this for several years and everyone who has tasted it loves it it is a hearty meal in itself or it can be served with salad and bread.

Olive garden zuppa toscana food network. Add the potatoes garlic and onion to the drippings and cook stirring occasionally until slightly softened 6 to 8. Bring chicken stock and water to a light boil and add potatoes. This is my favorite soup. A lighter version of the olive garden soup.

Add the kale heavy cream bacon and sausage and cook. Add the onion and saute until almost caramelized golden color. Saute until the onion begins to be translucent and the potatoes have are still a little firm but are beginning to soften. This is especially good on a cold winter night i have edited the cooking order to make the preparation time.

Here for safe keeping considering i ve already lost it once. Directions in a large stock pot cook the bacon until somewhat done. Stir in kale and let cook until leaves are. Cook ground sausage until done.

Sauté the onion in the bacon rendering until almost caramelized golden color. Directions in a large pot over medium heat cook sausage breaking up with the back of a wooden spoon until browned and no longer. Add onions garlic salt pepper and red pepper flakes to sausage and cook until onions are clear and aromatics of the. Add chicken stock and water then bring to a light boil and add potatoes.

Saute the potatoes onion and garlic in the rendered bacon fat over medium or low medium heat. Cook italian sausage with casings removed separately in a skillet. In a skillet preferably cast iron or enameled cast iron cook bacon until somewhat done and remove but do not add bacon to the soup save for a blt or something. This recipe tastes exactly like it does at olive garden.

When nearly done add. Cook bacon and onion over medium heat when bacon is crisp take it out of the pan and. Simmer until the potatoes are tender. Remove and put in boiling stock.

Reduce heat back to medium and place. Put half and half and chicken broth in a sauce pan over medium heat. This is the olive garden s recipe from their cookbook. Cook sausage and bacon drain and set aside.

Add garlic to the onion and cook 1 minute. Directions if sausage is in links take out of wrapper or slice. Add onion to pot and let cook until soft 5 minutes then add garlic and cook until fragrant 1 minute more. Add the sausage bacon 7 cups water and 3 chicken bouillon cubes to the pot.