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Creamy Italian Sausage and Kale Soup

Prep

30-60 mins

Total

35 MIN

Servings

8 Servings

Ingredients

1 lb

Italian sausage

1 small

onion, chopped

1 tbsp

minced garlic

2 tbsp

flour

1 cup

milk

4 oz

(1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, cubed

2 cups

(about 1/4 of 32-oz. pkg.) ORE-IDA Diced Hash Brown Potatoes

1 qt

(4 cups) fat-free reduced-sodium chicken broth

6 cups

torn stemmed kale leaves

Instructions

Step 1

Remove casings from sausage if necessary; crumble sausage into medium nonstick saucepan. Cook on medium heat 7 min. or until done, stirring frequently. Remove sausage from pan with slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard all but 2 Tbsp. drippings from pan.

Step 2

Add onions and garlic to reserved drippings; cook 3 min., stirring frequently. Stir in flour. Add milk and cream cheese; cook and stir 3 min. or until cream cheese is completely melted and sauce is well blended.

Step 3

Add potatoes, chicken broth and sausage; stir. Bring to boil, stirring frequently. Simmer on medium-low heat 15 min., stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Add kale; cover.

Step 4

Let stand 5 to 6 min. or until kale is softened.

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