Sausage & Potato Soup with Spinach & Bacon could be the cousin of Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana. That however, was not at all my motivation for making this new recipe. Did I tell you the story of how we scored 30+ pounds of bacon and sausage?? Can you imagine the delight when this text message hit my phone.

We’re food bloggers. We never turn down free food. And we certainly don’t turn down bacon and sausage. The next day this cooler showed up outside my door. We shoved and crammed every last package into our freezer and one pound at a time we’ve been working through this gold mine.

Check out our Chili Gumbo that I made for Mardi Gras. That used three packages of the Chicken Andouille. It was delicious!!

Sausage & Potato Soup {with Spinach & Bacon}

Libby with Lemony Thyme

If you like Olive Garden’s Zuppa Tuscana you’ll love this variation.

5 from 3 votes

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings 4

Ingredients

4 slices bacon
1 lb. Spinach Fontina & Roasted Garlic Chicken Sausage or favorite
4 medium new potatoes cubed
1 onion fine diced
2 garlic cloves minced
1/2 tsp. dried basil
1/2 tsp. dried oregano
4 cups chicken broth
1 cup cream
3 cups fresh spinach or kale
salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

In a Dutch oven or heavy bottom pot, cook bacon until crispy. Remove to drain and pour off drippings. Add sausage links with a 1/2-inch of water (Our sausage were precooked, adjust cooking time as needed); cook over medium heat until water evaporates and they are heated through. Slice and reserve.
Add potatoes and onion to the pan and sauté for about 5 minutes until onions begin to soften. Add minced garlic, basil, oregano and chicken broth. Simmer until potatoes are just fork tender.
Stir in sausage and cream, season with salt & pepper to taste and heat through. Serve topped with crispy bacon.

Sausage & Potato Soup with Spinach & Bacon like Olive Garden's Zuppa Tuscana

16 Comments

Tracey @ Salty Sweet Life

February 27, 2015 at 11:13 pm Reply

Holy moly! What a windfall! And these are some of my very favorite flavors–I love sausage probably more than I should! You have created a truly beautiful soup with these wonderful ingredients! I hope you’re staying warm out there!

libby

March 1, 2015 at 1:57 pm Reply

We’ve run off the snow Tracey. But we’re still in soup mode. Thank you for stopping by.

Ashley (QLCC)

February 22, 2015 at 4:34 pm Reply

Wow! Kind of reminds me of the time I lived near a super discount grocery store, and they would have extreme discounts on name brand stuff all the time. It was always a huge score when they had Trader Joe’s stuff! I love your little soup pot too, too cute!

libby

February 22, 2015 at 5:27 pm Reply

Welcome Ashley. We’re feeling oh so lucky with this score. Thanks for stopping by.

Becky

February 22, 2015 at 4:12 pm Reply

You are so lucky to score all that yumminess!! This soup looks and sounds so warm and inviting! YUM!

libby

February 22, 2015 at 5:20 pm Reply

Blessed with Bacon Becky. That’s us ;) It’s been fun coming up with ways to incorporate all this goodness.

Tara

February 22, 2015 at 1:36 pm Reply

Perfect winter soup, I could eat this all seaon long!!

libby

February 22, 2015 at 5:18 pm Reply

Thanks Tara. The really nice thing about this soup is the chicken sausage are very low in fat and calories but big on flavor. No guilt here!!