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Copycat Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Cozy Recipe Your Family Will Love

Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana recipe, served and ready to eat, easy homemade dinner
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This Copycat Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana is a creamy sausage soup perfect for a weeknight dinner or family dinner. Enjoy homemade zuppa toscana with hearty potatoes, kale, and savory sausage for an easy dinner everyone will love.

Ingredients

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  • 10 slices thick-cut bacon diced
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 pound ground Italian sausage
  • 1 medium yellow onion diced
  • 4 garlic cloves minced about 1 tablespoon
  • 1 quart chicken stock
  • 2 teaspoons chili powder (optional)
  • 2 large russet potatoes peeled sliced into ½ inch rounds and quartered
  • 2 medium zucchini about 1 pound halved and sliced into ½ inch-thick half-moons
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 4 cups stemmed and roughly torn curly kale
  • ¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese plus more for serving
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt plus more to taste
  • Freshly cracked black pepper to taste
  • 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes for serving

Instructions

  1. Cook the diced bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until it crisps and releases fat, about 8 minutes, then transfer it to a paper towel-lined plate keeping the fat in the pan.
  2. Warm olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, add the sausage and brown it while breaking it apart, about 10 minutes, then set aside with the bacon.
  3. Return 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat to the pot and cook the diced onion over medium heat until translucent, about 5 minutes, add the minced garlic and cook an additional minute until fragrant.
  4. Pour in the chicken stock and scrape the pot bottom to loosen browned bits, then add chili powder, potatoes, and zucchini and bring to a boil.
  5. Lower heat and simmer gently for about 10 minutes until potatoes are tender.
  6. Stir in the browned sausage, most of the bacon, heavy cream, kale, Parmesan, and salt, cooking until the kale softens, around 2 to 5 minutes.
  7. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper, ladle into bowls, and finish each with remaining bacon, extra Parmesan, and red pepper flakes.

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