Potato Pasta Kale Soup is a healthy and hearty soup. It is perfect for an appetizer or main course and I have a vegan option, too!
My husband likes some soups, but does not consider soup as a meal. But he liked this Potato Pasta Kale Soup and was even satisfied after we ate it for dinner.
I am pretty lucky because he will eat almost anything.
This soup also doesn’t have meat in it so I was pretty surprised that he liked it so much.
I was also glad that he didn’t feel like he needed to eat something with meat in it later.
My daughter and I also liked it very much.
Potatoes are one of my favorite foods and pasta is one of hers so there was a favorite element for both of us.
I love it when that happens.
We all really liked how good this Potato Pasta Kale Soup is for us.
I chose to use chicken broth in this recipe, but if you use vegetable stock then it would be vegan/vegetarian.
It is so flavorful and hearty that you won’t even miss the meat. Really!
Potato Pasta Kale Soup has quite a few ingredients, but it is a pretty easy recipe to make.
You can add a bay leaf if you like, just take it out before serving.
This is great with crusty bread or biscuits.
You could also sprinkle some grated Parmesan cheese on top of each bowl of soup, if you like.
I chose to use trottole pasta in this Potato Pasta Kale Soup because it is a short-cut pasta, but each piece is pretty large.
I found it worked well with the chunks of potatoes. Trottole kind of look like corkscrews.
Potato Pasta Kale Soup
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large onion chopped
- 1 1/2 cups carrot peeled and cut into thick slices
- 1 cup celery sliced into thick slices
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt divided
- 1 sprig thyme
- 1 tablespoon chopped rosemary
- 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 can Italian style tomatoes 14.5 ounces
- 8 cups chicken stock vegetable stock can be substituted to make this dish vegetarian/vegan
- 2 pounds potatoes peeled and cut into 1"-2" chunks
- 8 ounces large short-cut pasta I used trottole
- 4 cups kale ribs removed and chopped
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large heavy pot over medium-high heat (I use a Dutch oven). When the oil is hot add onion, carrot and celery; sprinkle with pepper and half of the salt. Cook until the vegetables are softened, stirring often, about 10 minutes. Adjust heat if necessary so the vegetables don't brown.
- Add thyme sprig, rosemary, garlic, paprika, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt; cook for 1 minute. Add tomatoes, chicken (or vegetable) stock and potatoes. Bring to a boil, add potatoes and reduce heat to a brisk simmer. Cook until potatoes are tender, 12-15 minutes.
- Stir in kale and pasta and cook for 10 minutes or until pasta is done. Remove thyme sprig before serving.
Recipe adapted form New York Times Cooking.
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This looks delicious. We love soup, especially once fall hits and through the winter. However, we don’t eat a huge variety of it, though I would like to try others. This one looks hearty and easy to make. Will definitely give it a try.
It is a very satisfying soup, I hope you like it!
I made this in an Instant Pot pressure cooker last night and it was very tasty! (For anyone interested in making it on a pressure cooker, I sauted the carrots, celery etc, in the pot on medium heat for about 5 minutes, added the herbs, tomato and diced potato and sauted for another 7 minutes, then added the broth, kale and pasta and pressure cooked it on the “Soup” setting for 7 minutes.)
Thanks for sharing. I have not ventured into the instant pot world yet, perhaps I should?
Definitely my kind of soup! So very comforting and warming…perfect for the freaking cold weather we have here.
It was pretty cold here in Kansas last week, but we are having spring-like weather this week. Thanks!