Skip to Content
Menu

Chicken Sausage and Bean Soup (Cooking for 2)

Updated Feb 20, 2024
  • Pin
This homey, comforting soup, loaded with veggies, is ready for slurping in just 35 minutes! From our Betty Crocker Right-Size Recipes cooking for 2 cookbook, it's perfectly sized for smaller households, so you don't have a lot of leftovers (which means eating it night after night to use it up) or even worse, they go to waste.

Chicken Sausage and Bean Soup (Cooking for 2)

  • Prep Time 35 min
  • Total 35 min
  • Servings 3
  • Ingredients 11
  • Pin

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 links fully cooked chicken sausage, cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
  • 1/2 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
  • 1 1/2 cups Progresso™ Classic Chicken Broth (from 32-oz carton)
  • 1/2 cup great northern beans (from 15-oz can), drained, rinsed
  • 1/2 cup sliced carrots
  • 1 can (14.5 oz) Muir Glen Organic Fire-roasted Diced Tomatoes, undrained
  • 1 cup chopped fresh kale
  • 2 tablespoons Progresso™ Italian Style Panko Crispy Bread Crumbs
  • 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 teaspoon chopped fresh basil
Make With
Progresso Breadcrumbs

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    In 2-quart saucepan, heat oil in over medium-high heat. Add sausage; cook and stir about 5 minutes or until sausage starts to brown. Stir in garlic; cook 30 seconds.
  • Step 
    2
    Stir in broth, beans, carrots and tomatoes; heat to boiling. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 10 minutes. Stir in kale; cook 4 to 5 minutes longer or until carrots are tender.
  • Step 
    3
    Meanwhile, in small bowl, stir together bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese and basil. Ladle soup into serving bowls. Sprinkle each serving with crumb mixture.

Nutrition

260 Calories
12g Total Fat
15g Protein
21g Total Carbohydrate
6g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
260
Calories from Fat
110
Total Fat
12g
19%
Saturated Fat
3g
14%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
35mg
12%
Sodium
1220mg
51%
Potassium
640mg
18%
Total Carbohydrate
21g
7%
Dietary Fiber
3g
15%
Sugars
6g
Protein
15g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
80%
80%
Vitamin C
6%
6%
Calcium
10%
10%
Iron
15%
15%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

© 2025 ®/TM General Mills All Rights Reserved

Reviews & Questions Section