Creamy Sausage and Potato Soup

Rich and hearty soup with sausage, potatoes, and cream

Ingredients

Ingredients

• Olive oil
• 1 lb ground spicy sausage
• 1 diced onion
• 3 diced stalks celery
• 3 large carrots sliced
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1 tbsp garlic salt, 1 tbsp plain salt, 1 tbsp black pepper
• 3 heaping tbsp flour plain
• 4 cups good chicken stock
• 2 bay leaves
• 3 large potatoes diced large
• 1.5 cups light cream or half and half (use less if using heavy cream)
• 1 cup rice cooked according to package directions on the side

Instructions

1. Cook sausage in large pot with oil over med high heat. When close to cooked through add all veggies and thyme/salt/garlic salt/black pepper and cook until mostly soft (nothing has to be cooked all the way at this point).
2. Add flour and cook for a couple minutes stirring.
3. Add chicken stock, bay leaves, and potatoes. Bring to simmer and cook 30 minutes.
4. Remove from heat and add cream. Salt and pepper to taste.
5. Serve with rice on side to add per preference. Or mix it in prior to serving.