Olive Garden Favorite

This past week at PWOC we did a funny little ice breaker. We did a speed friending. We got 30 seconds per person and then flipped to the next. I got to 4 people before we were done. All 4 people said that Olive Garden was their favorite place to eat.

My favorite thing to eat at Olive Garden is the Zuppa Toscana. Finally today I decided to try my hand at it.

What you need:

1 lb of Chorizo

1 1/2 tsp of crushed red pepper

1 large diced onion

2 cloves of garlic

1 shallot

2 1/2 chicken broth

7 1/2 cups of water

3 tbsp of chicken boullion

2 lbs sliced potatoes

1 cup of heavy cream

1/2 bunch of kale

Cut the chorizo down the middle to split open.

Remove the sausage from the casing and brown.

When browned, drain and put to the side.

Saute onion, garlic and shallot until translucent.

Here's my last container of home-made chicken stock!

Add whatever equals to 10 cups of water and boullion. My boullion called for 1 tsp of boullion per cup of liquid.

To the onions and liquid add sliced potatoes and cook until the potatoes are tender.

Be sure to either cut or tear the kale into bite sized pieces. After the potatoes are tender add your cup of heavy cream and the chorizo and bite sized kale.

Let it boiled for a while to let all the juices converge. About 15 minutes or so.

Ohhhhh, so delicious!

So full of flavor, much more flavor than Olive Garden.

I like the chorizo, but would add a little more crushed red pepper next time.