Slow-Cooker Sausage and Succotash Soup with Collards features so many of my favorite things all rolled up into a bowl of soup: smoked sausage, collards, succotash, plus a lot of aromatics. And a delicious bowl of soup it is, indeed.
Succotash (corn and butterbeans) is one of my favorite vegetable sides. There’s a raging debate that goes on about what’s a butterbean versus a lima bean. Technically, the aforementioned bean is a lima bean. Regionally, at least in my region, the tiny green limas are called butterbeans.
They’re called butterbeans now and they will always be called butterbeans.
I brown the sausage before adding to the slow-cooker to render some of the fat. While browning the sausage renders the fat, it certainly doesn’t render the flavor. In fact, browning adds flavor to an already flavorful sausage.
Less fat, more flavor. Win-win.
As with most soups, this soup tastes better the second day.
If you’re more inclined toward a stovetop soup recipe, Smoked Sausage Soup might be to your liking. It’s got lots of great vegetables in addition to smoked sausage and cooks in 90 minutes.
If you’re not a fan of collards (what???!?), use your favorite greens and adjust the cooking time as necessary. For a variation on this soup using Italian sausage instead of smoked sausage, and kale instead of collards, try Italian Sausage Potato Soup
It seems that collards are now available for the biggest part of the year. They’re able to withstand warmer temperatures that more delicate greens can’t handle.
You go, collards!
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Slow-Cooker Sausage and Succotash Soup with Collards
yield: 6 to 8 servings
A hardy soup that’s loaded with vegetables and made with flavorful Conecuh smoked sausage. If canned butterbeans or corn is used instead of fresh or frozen, drain before using.
1/2 pound smoked sausage, sliced in 1/2 inch thick pieces
1 medium sweet onion, diced
1 medium carrot, peeled and diced
1 medium celery stalk, diced
1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, with the juice
1 1/2 cup cut corn, frozen or fresh
1 1/2 cup tiny green butterbeans (limas), fresh or frozen
1 quart chicken/turkey stock
1 – 2 teaspoons seasoned salt (amount needed depends on sodium content of the stock)
4 to 6 cups of collards, cut and uncooked
Brown sausage bits in a skillet. Remove with a slotted spoon and add sausage to a slow-cooker.
Add remaning ingredients except collards. Cover and cook on high for 5 hours.
Add collards and stir. Cover and cook on high for an additional hour or until collards are tender.
Serve hot.
Slow Cooker Sausage and Succotash Soup with Collards
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound smoked sausage sliced in 1/2 inch thick pieces
- 1 medium sweet onion diced
- 1 medium carrot peeled and diced
- 1 medium celery stalk diced
- 1 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes, with the juice
- 1 1/2 cup cut corn frozen or fresh
- 1 1/2 cup tiny green butterbeans limas, fresh or frozen
- 1 quart chicken/turkey stock
- 1 - 2 teaspoons seasoned salt amount needed depends on sodium content of the stock
- 4 - 6 cups of collards cut and uncooked
Instructions
- Brown sausage bits in a skillet. Remove with a slotted spoon and add sausage to a slow-cooker.
- Add remaning ingredients except collards. Cover and cook on high for 5 hours.
- Add collards and stir. Cover and cook on high for an additional hour or until collards are tender.
- Serve hot.
Brandon J. Li says
Wonderful recipe that became a family favorite after the very first bite. This is also excellent with a big ole country ham bone and some extra diced ham in a quadruple sized batch (We LOVE leftovers) 🙂
Jackie Garvin says
I glad you liked it! Leftovers are the BEST!
Madonna J. Atwood says
Hi Jackie.long time followed here .I’m adding this soup to my list to try.It sounds so good! Can I use regular smoked sausage like hillshire smoked?
Jackie Garvin says
Yes, any of your favorite sausage brands are great! Thank you for your support