Bratwurst Soup

Bratwurst Soup

Dinner
80 min
12 servings
334 kcal / serving

This bratwurst soup with potatoes and beans is teeming with flavor, hearty, filling, and perfect for cold weather.

Ingredients

  • 5fresh bratwurst sausages
  • 2 tablespoonsolive oil
  • 2onions, chopped
  • 4carrots, sliced
  • 4ribs celery, chopped
  • 2 teaspoonschopped garlic
  • 2cartons chicken broth
  • 1can diced tomatoes
  • 1 cupchopped fresh basil
  • ¼ cupchopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 2 teaspoonsground thyme
  • ½ teaspooncayenne pepper
  • 6potatoes, cut into cubes
  • 2cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
  • 12 ouncesspinach, coarsely chopped, or more to taste

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.

  2. 2

    Grill bratwursts until cooked through, about 5 minutes per side. Cool. Slice each bratwurst into 1/4-inch pieces.

  3. 3

    Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion, carrots, and celery in hot oil until onions are tender, 5 to 8 minutes. Stir garlic into onion mixture and cook until garlic is fragrant, 1 minute.

  4. 4

    Stir chicken broth, tomatoes, sliced bratwurst, basil, parsley, thyme, and cayenne pepper into onion mixture. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.

  5. 5

    Mix potatoes into bratwurst mixture, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer until potatoes are almost cooked through, 15 minutes.

  6. 6

    Stir beans and spinach into pot; simmer until heated through and potatoes are done, 5 to 10 minutes.