Chicken Sausage & White Bean Soup with Cheesy Garlic Ciabatta Toasts

🥘 Ingredients

• black pepper
  1 tsp
• butter (softened)
  2 tbsp
• cannellini beans
  1 can
• carrot (diced)
  1
• chicken stock concentrate
  1 unit
• ciabatta (cut into triangles)
  1
• garlic powder
  1 tsp
• italian chicken sausage mix
  2 links
• olive oil
  2 tbsp
• onion (finely chopped)
  1
• salt
  1 tsp
• tomato (diced)
  1
• tomato paste
  2 tbsp
• tuscan heat spice
  1 tsp
• water
  3½ cup

🍳 Cookware

• medium pot
• small bowl
• baking sheet

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry all produce. Prepare onion , carrot , and tomato .

   onion: 1 (finely chopped), carrot: 1 (diced), tomato: 1 (diced)
2. 

   2

   Heat a large drizzle of olive oil in a medium pot over medium-high heat. Add italian chicken sausage mix ; cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through ⏱️ 5 minutes . Transfer to a plate.

   olive oil: 2 tbsp, italian chicken sausage mix: 2 links
3. 

   3

   To the same pot over medium-high heat, add another drizzle of olive oil, onion, carrot, and a pinch of salt and black pepper . Cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened ⏱️ 3 minutes . Stir in tomato, tomato paste , tuscan heat spice , and half the garlic powder . Cook until fragrant ⏱️ 1 minute . Stir in cannellini beans and their liquid, chicken stock concentrate , and water . Cover pot and bring to a boil, then uncover and stir in cooked sausage. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until soup is slightly thickened ⏱️ 8 minutes .

   salt: 1 tsp, black pepper: 1 tsp, tomato paste: 2 tbsp, tuscan heat spice: 1 tsp, garlic powder: 1 tsp, cannellini beans: 1 can, chicken stock concentrate: 1 unit, water: 3½ cup
4. 

   4

   While soup simmers, heat broiler to high. In a small bowl , stir remaining garlic powder into butter until combined; season with a pinch of salt and pepper.

   butter: 2 tbsp (softened)
5. 

   5

   Halve ciabatta , then place cut sides up on a baking sheet and spread with garlic butter.

   ciabatta: 1 (cut into triangles)
6. 

   6

   Taste soup and season generously with salt and pepper.