White Bean and Kielbasa Soup

White Bean and Kielbasa Soup

Here is the picture of the ingredients: 

2 or more cans white beans (dirt cheap to cook from dried ifin you got the time). 

1 carton chicken broth

1 kielbasa (yes Dollar Tree sales those too)

Instant potatoes for thickening 

Pour all cans of beans into pot.

Add carton of chicken broth.

Add some seasonings: celery salt, onion powder, garlic powder, rosemary and red pepper. When it gets as seasoned as you like it then let it simmer for a while so the ingredients can get to know each other. 

Then you need to thicken the mixture. There are many ways to do that:

1) Use an immersion blender (shown in pic), put about 1/3 of beans in blender and then add back to pot, or even use a potato masher and smash up some beans. 

2) After you do one or more of the above, sprinkle in some INSTANT POTATOES - doesn’t matter about flavor or brand. Add just a few sprinkles at a time or it will get very clumpy. Stir after each addition and you will see the whole pot get the texture of tomato sauce or a little thicker. Add instant potatoes until you get it the thickness that suits your fancy. 

Brown the kielbasa (preferably in a black skillet). Do not skip this step. ALL meat is more flavorful when it is browned. ALL MEAT - HARD FAST RULE. Brown kielbasa as shown in picture and then add to soup mix. 

You can simmer or eat at any time. Makes about 10-12 servings - hard to quit eating it. You can do crackers but if you want STELLAR you need to make some cornbread. Thin, crunchy cornbread. Go ahead and crumble some in. No one is watching! Taste good? Remember your neighbors and older folks who would LOVE a nice bowl of fabulous.