8 Soups and Stews Featuring Kale
Diana Chistruga
Kale is a great addition to soup: Its hardy texture doesn't turn to mush in the liquid, contrasting nicely with the broth and medley of other ingredients. These are some of our most delicious kale soup and stew recipes, from a robust kale and white bean stew to a fragrant winter squash soup with kale and fideos and more.
Chickpeas and Kale in Spicy Pomodoro Sauce
Chef Missy Robbins of Brooklyn's Lilia restaurant swaps chickpeas for pasta in her riff on spicy pomodoro. She finishes the dish with a shower of fresh herbs and salty pecorino cheese.
Kale and White Bean Stew
Diana Chistruga
Combining two Portuguese favorites ?— kale-and-sausage soup and a bean, sausage, and tomato stew ?— makes a simple, sensational one-pot meal. To keep the focus on the vegetables, we've used just a tiny amount of fresh sausage; you can add more, if you like, or substitute dried chorizo or pepperoni.
Lemon Chicken and Kale Soup
Simple chicken soup becomes extra special with hardy kale and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.
Cabbage and Kale Soup with Farro
"I love a really flavorful pot of greens," says chef Melissa Perello. For this kale and cabbage soup, she uses just a little bit of pancetta and a Parmesan cheese rind to give the broth a rich flavor. "It's definitely the kind of dish that tastes even better the next day," she says.
Winter Squash Soup with Kale and Fideos
This light yet hearty soup from Philadelphia chef Michael Solomonov gets extra flavor from charred onion and warm, sweet spices like ginger and cinnamon.
Tuscan Kale and Squash Minestra
Minestra is a light, brothy Italian soup with vegetables. "In this version, I sauté Tuscan kale and butternut squash with onion, garlic, and rosemary, then simmer them in chicken stock with pasta and white beans," former F&W editor Grace Parisi says.
Pork and Kale Soup with Sizzling Puffed Rice
"I love food that makes noise," says Edward Lee, chef-owner of Louisville, Kentucky's 610 Magnolia. When F&W challenged the Top Chef Season 9 contestant to make a fast dish with pork, kale, and white wine, he created a deeply flavorful soup, then added crumbled rice cakes that crackle as they hit the broth. The dish is based on one he likes from a hole-in-the-wall Vietnamese spot in Manhattan's Chinatown. "They make a big deal out of adding the rice, so you can celebrate the sizzling sound," Lee says.
Chicken Tortellini Soup with Kale
Fresh ingredients team up with store-bought shortcuts to get this comforting dinner on the table in just over 30 minutes. Frozen cheese tortellini only need a five-minute dip in the simmering broth to cook up perfectly. Don’t be tempted to just dump the whole can of tomatoes into the pot; draining them first concentrates the flavor.
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