Creamy Italian Sausage Soup

a bowl of creamy sausage and potato soup with a spoon

4.93 from 55 votes

Creamy Italian Sausage Soup

This creamy sausage soup recipe is simple, comforting, and loaded with flavorful Italian sausage and potatoes. It's a ridiculously cozy soup that's ready in under an hour!

Prep Time10

Cook Time45

Total Time55

Course: Soup

Cuisine: American

Keyword: creamy sausage potato soup, creamy sausage soup

Servings:

Author: Natasha Bull

Ingredients

16 ounces Italian sausage
1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick)
1/2 medium onion chopped small
2 sticks celery chopped small
2 cloves garlic minced
6 tablespoons flour
4 cups low sodium chicken broth
2 cups half-and-half
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes optional
1 pound Russet potatoes peeled & diced small
Salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

Add the sausage meat to a soup pot. Over medium-high heat, cook until browned (about 10 minutes), and break it up with your spoon as it cooks. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate. Leave the fat in the pot, but if it's more than about a tablespoon, drain some of it out.
Add the butter to the pot and once it's melted, add the onion and celery and sauté for 4-5 minutes. Scrape up any brown bits from the bottom of the pot.
Stir in the garlic and flour. Cook for about 2 minutes, breaking it up with your spoon/stirring it as you go along. This step cooks the raw flour flavor out.
Slowly whisk in the chicken broth until all the flour has dissolved and there's no lumps.
Stir in the half-and-half, Worcestershire sauce, red pepper flakes, potatoes, and add the sausage meat back to the pot. Increase the heat to high and bring the soup to a boil, then reduce the heat so it's bubbling but not boiling like crazy (medium-low heat works with my cast iron pot and gas stove). Cover the pot with the lid slightly open.
Let the soup simmer for about 15 minutes or until the potatoes are tender and the soup has thickened up to your liking. I like to stir it a few times to ensure nothing is sticking and that the stove's temperature is still correct.
Season with salt & pepper if needed.

Notes

Serves 4-6 depending on how much people eat.

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