Italian Sausage & Tomato Soup by Emeril

By rollingstone577

A nice easy and tasty recipe by a legend. Nice deep flavors in this. I used Fire Roasted tomatoes in this.

Ingredients

• 4 slices of Bacon
• 2 lbs of ground Italian Sausage
• 2 cups Red Onions chopped fine
• 1 T of Essence
• 1 t of Essence
• 1/2 t Crushed Red Pepper
• 2 Bay leaves
• 2 T Garlic minced
• 8 cups diced Tomatoes
• 6 cups Chicken stock
• 1/2 Cilantro fresh and chopped

Preparation

Step 1

Cook the bacon in a medium pot over medium heat for about 2 mins. Add the sausage and cook with the bacon until browned. About 5 mins. more. Add the onions and Essence and cook, stirring often, until onions are soft. About 5 mins.
Add the crushed red pepper and garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 secs. Add bay leaves, tomatoes and chicken stock. Stir to combine. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer for 30 mins. Season to taste. Stir in cilantro before serving.