Chicken Sausage & Farro Soup

🥘 Ingredients

• Italian chicken sausage mix
  18 oz
• butter
  3 tbsp
• carrot
  6 unit
• chicken stock concentrate
  6 unit
• ciabatta bread
  2 unit
• farro
  1.5 c
• garlic
  2 clove
• italian seasoning
  1 tbsp
• olive oil
  1 tbsp
• parmesan cheese
  ½ cup
• pepper
• roma tomato
  2 unit
• salt
• tomato paste
  3 oz
• yellow onion
  1 unit

🍳 Cookware

• small microwave-safe bowl
• medium pot

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry all produce. Trim, peel, and finely chop carrot . Halve, peel, and finely chop half the yellow onion (use the rest however you like). Finely chop roma tomato . Peel and mince garlic .

   carrot: 6 unit, yellow onion: 1 unit, roma tomato: 2 unit, garlic: 2 clove
2. 

   2

   Place 1½ TBSP butter (3 TBSP for 4 servings) in a small microwave-safe bowl . Microwave until just softened, ⏱️ 10 seconds (do not melt). Stir in ¼ tsp italian seasoning (½ tsp for 4 servings). (You'll use more Italian seasoning later.) Season with salt and pepper .

   butter: 3 tbsp, italian seasoning: 1 tbsp, salt, pepper
3. 

   3

   Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a medium pot over medium-high heat. Add Italian chicken sausage mix and cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through, ⏱️ 5 minutes . Add a large drizzle of olive oil, the chopped carrot, chopped onion, and a big pinch of salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until veggies are slightly softened, ⏱️ 5 minutes .

   olive oil: 1 tbsp, Italian chicken sausage mix: 18 oz
4. 

   4

   Stir in 1 tsp Italian seasoning (2 tsp for 4 servings). (Be sure to measure the Italian seasoning; we sent more.) Cook until fragrant, ⏱️ 30 seconds . Stir in chopped tomato and tomato paste ; cook, stirring, until combined, ⏱️ 1 minute . Stir in chicken stock concentrate , ½ cup farro (1 cup for 4 servings), 3 cups water (5½ cups for 4 servings), and a few big pinches of salt. (Be sure to measure the farro; we sent more.) Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium low. Simmer for ⏱️ 10 minutes , then uncover and continue simmering until farro is tender, ⏱️ 5 minutes more.

   tomato paste: 3 oz, chicken stock concentrate: 6 unit, farro: 1.5 c
5. 

   5

   While soup simmers, halve ciabatta bread . Toast until golden. Spread cut sides with the herb butter from earlier, then halve on a diagonal.

   ciabatta bread: 2 unit
6. 

   6

   Stir half the parmesan cheese into the soup. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Divide soup between bowls and garnish with remaining Parmesan. Serve with toasts on the side.

   parmesan cheese: ½ cup