an improved substitute for french fries. Excellent with hot dogs, hamburgers, or grilled cheese. Ketchup or hot ranch dressing can be used as a dip.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 15 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
| Yield: | 10 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 pounds mild Italian sausage links, casings removed
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
- 1 (32 ounce) carton beef stock
- 2 cups water
- 4 cubes beef bouillon
- 1 (16 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 (15.5 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 (15.5 ounce) can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 (15.5 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can cut green beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can Italian-style diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can sliced carrots, drained
- ½ (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 1 (1.25 ounce) package beefy onion soup mix
- 1 ½ cups shredded cabbage
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1 cup shell pasta
- ¼ cup shredded Parmesan cheese, or to taste
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add Italian sausage, onion, and garlic; cook and stir until sausage is browned and crumbly and onion is translucent, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Pour beef stock into the pan and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Add water and bouillon cubes.
- Add tomato sauce, cannellini beans, kidney beans, garbanzo beans, green beans, diced tomatoes with juice, carrots, tomato paste, soup mix, cabbage, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, pepper, and salt. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 40 minutes.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add shells and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 9 minutes. Drain.
- After soup has cooked for 40 minutes, add cooked shells. Simmer for another 5 minutes. Ladle into bowls and top with shredded Parmesan cheese.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 483 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 49 g |
| Cholesterol | 37 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 11 g |
| Protein | 25 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 2477 mg |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Fat | 21 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |