Sugar-Free Smoked Sausage & Pepper Soup
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time1 Hr 10 min
Description
Real flavour doesn't require added sugar. Bid farewell to sweet indulgence and reset the table with this sugar-free smoked sausage and pepper soup.
Ingredients
- 3, 12 oz. North Country Smokehouse Sugar Free Applewood Smoked Uncured Sausage, remove casings
- 2 large green peppers, chopped into half-inch pieces
- 2, 15 oz. cans crushed tomatoes
- 2 cans of water (rinse the crushed tomato cans out with the water)
- 7 C beef broth
- 2 C frozen cauliflower rice
- 1 small white onion, chopped
- 1 TBSP Worcestershire sauce
- ½ C of reduced sugar ketchup
- 4 TSP olive oil
- 1 TBSP Italian herb blend
- Salt & pepper
- Grated Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
Cooking Instructions
- Heat 2 TSP of olive oil in a large non-stick frying pan. Add the chopped onion and cook until just starting to brown. Then add in Italian herb blend, cooking until fragrant. Put seasoned onions into a large soup pot.
- Add the chopped green peppers to the same frying pan and cook until they start to slightly char. Add peppers to the soup pot.
- Add the other 2 TSP of oil to the frying pan, add the sausage and cook over medium-high heat until the sausage is slightly browned. Add to the soup pot.
- Add the crushed tomatoes, water, beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, and ketchup to the pot. Bring the soup to a low simmer and let it cook for 30-40 minutes.
- Then add 2 C of frozen cauliflower rice and let the soup cook 20-30 minutes more. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve hot with freshly grated parmesan as desired.