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This Sausage and Sweet Potato Soup has ALL the fall flavors. Sausage, sweet potato, dried apples & hearty greens make this unique sweet & savory soup. Serve with a crusty bread slathered with butter.

Sweet & Savory Soup

This Sausage and Sweet Potato Soup is a unique soup! It’s hearty, sweet, savory & a bit tangy. All the fabulous flavors of fall married together in one bowl of warm goodness.

This soup reminds me of a fall version of our simple Italian favorite, Balsamic Sausage & Onions. I add no balsamic to this soup – yet the flavor is reminiscent of it.

Looking for more fall & cold weather soup recipes? Check out these recipes : Butternut Squash and Carrot Soup, Weight Watchers Pumpkin Soup & Sausage & Sauerkraut Soup!

Ingredients & Instructions

You can use any sausage you prefer – pork, chicken or turkey. I would recommend using a mild flavored sausage – nothing overly sweet or spicy.

Sweet potatoes are my preference in this soup – but pumpkin or butternut squash work too!

This recipe calls for apple schnitz. Let me explain…

Apple Schnitz is simply dried apples. Not apple chips, but soft & chewy apple pieces. Why not call it dried apples, you ask? Simple – I’m in Lancaster County and this is Pennsylvania Dutch country.

I used Apple Schnitz from Kauffman Orchards for this recipe. Kauffman’s makes their apple schnitz from apples fresh from their orchards. The apple schnitz is air dried at their market, with no additives or preservatives.

If you’re looking for apple schnitz locally and you don’t live in PA – you’ll probably have better luck looking for apple rings. Apple rings are chewy, apple chips are crispy.

The apple schnitz cooks down, thickening this soup and giving it a sweet and tangy touch.

I serve this with Sausage Sweet Potato Soup with a loaf of crusty bread & plenty of butter.

Hope you enjoy!

Amanda ♥

Sausage and Sweet Potato Soup

Amanda

This Sausage Sweet Potato Soup has ALL the fall flavors. Sausage, sweet potato, dried apples & hearty greens make this unique sweet & savory soup.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 40 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Course Soup

Cuisine American

Servings 6 servings

Ingredients

  

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• 2 tablespoon olive oil divided
• 1 large onion diced
• 2 pounds fresh sausage sliced into bite sized pieces
• 5 cups chicken broth
• 2 tablespoon pure maple syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 dash black pepper
• 2 cups Apple Schnitz look for apple rings if you can't find apple schnitz
• 2 lbs. sweet potatoes or yams cubed (approx 4 medium)
• handful fresh spinach or kale torn into small pieces
• salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

 

• In a large dutch oven or sauce pan, cook onions in one tablespoon oil over medium high heat. Stir occasionally. Cook them until at least translucent – 10 to 15 minutes. I prefer to get them to a light golden brown – 15 to 25 minutes.
• Remove onions from pan, set aside.
• Add one tablespoon oil to pan and cook sliced sausage.
• Drain any fat if necessary.
• Add chicken broth to pan. Stir, scrape any bits that may be stuck onto bottom of pan. Add onions, maple syrup, salt, cinnamon and pepper. Bring to a low boil.
• Stir in apple schnitz and sweet potatoes. Reduce heat to low and cook covered until apple schnitz has broken down and sweet potatoes are tender, about 15 – 20 minutes.
• Stir in spinach and cook until tender, about a minute or two. A few minutes longer if using kale.
• Salt & pepper to taste.
• Serve and enjoy. Leftovers are fabulous with this one!

Notes

Apple Schnitz are soft & chewy dried apple slices. Not crisp apple chips. Look for apple rings if you can’t find apple schnitz.

Any sausage you prefer works here (pork, turkey or chicken) just keep it mild. Avoid sweet sausages

You could easily substitute your favorite pumpkin or butternut squash for the sweet potatoes if you prefer.

Salt & pepper to taste before serving. Chicken broth varies in flavor & seasoning – some of it is loaded in (especially) salt. 

Keyword sausage, soup, stew, sweet potato

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