Tasty! I subbed linguisa and beef broth and added minced garlic & onion.

I used authentic HOT Michael's chourico hand carried over from RI. That seemed to be the problem. Maybe it was in grandma's freezer too long? I sliced it thin but it was so tough and aside from a tell tale bit of heat was otherwise lacking in flavor. I fished it out and added a smoked sausage and some pepper flakes and cayanne to heat it up a bit.

John your mother's recipe is the best Kale soup. I never had Kale soup before but my husband's family was spending the weekend and he said that I should make his mother's Kale soup for the night they arrive.His family already left their house before I realized I couldn't find her recipe. I asked my husband what goes in and of course he said I don't know I just ate it, my Mother made it. So I found your recipe on line and went with it. I served it with some fresh Portuguese rolls and the whole family enjoyed it, even arguing who gets the left overs. My Mother in law came up to me after dinner and asked what I did to improve her soup? I had to tell her what happened and she wanted your recipe. So even A pure 100% Portuguese woman loved your soup.

Made this and loved it. The kids loved it too. I did tweak it a bit. I sauteed 1 chopped onion and 1 clove of garlic. I added 1 cup of ground chorizo as well as linguica sausage and I used 1/2 navy beans and 1/2 red beans. I also added some Sazon (which is a spanish seasoning, sometimes foung in the ethnic food aisle). This is a keeper.

My grandmother made this - was my favorite soup growing up. She has passed, and I couldn't find the recipe. So glad to have found it! This is almost exactly like she made it! (No one could ever make it like her, or your Mom, etc!) Thank you so much for the recipe. Delicious!

This is a good recipe and if you're from R.I. or SE Mass then you know all about Portugese soup. I'll give you a couple of twists on the recipe provided that will make it a little easier and taste great. For the broth use 1/2 beef broth and 1/2 chicken broth. No need to make your own unless you really want to. Around here we don't use the cabbage and we use either red kidney beans or pinto beans. In other parts of the country it is hard to find Chourico....(not to be confused with Chourizo which is Mexican and is very different), but the Chourico is essential! Linguica comes in a close second and is easier to find. If you really want to taste authentic Portugese soup then you really should make the effort to find the Chourico. But beware!! it is spicy! This is great soup that tastes very unique but try it without the kids first..it may be a little much for them. Give it a try!

I've never had kale but got a whole lot from a local farm, so I turned to allrecipes to figure out what to do with it. I was skeptical, but this was a success! Hubby and I both liked it, but kiddos only ate the potatoes. I didn't know what white pea beans were, so I used two cans of black eyed peas. I used beef broth instead of the soup bones. I cut back on the cabbage because it all wouldn't fit in my biggest stock pot. How much is one bunch of kale? I just had a huge bag of it from the farmers. Anyhow, I'm not scared of kale anymore and plan to try other recipes too! (Like I said, I've got a huge bag of it!)

I love soup, and I wasn't too into this soup. We had a bunch left over and my husband didn't touch it (and he eats everything). I think it was too peppery without much depth. Tasted good for you but just bland.

good soup! i also add 1-2 cans of peas smashed. stew beef 1lb. hand full of ditalini macaroni during the last 5-10 min of cooking..and 2 cans of kidney beans

I tried this soup for the first time and it is wonderful, it has great flavor and just the right amount of spice to keep my texan husband happy, it's also a great way to get him to eat kale!

I didn't follow the recipe to the letter, for instance, I added some diced carrots, onion, celery, and garlic; and used sun-dried tomato chicken sausage, but my family really liked it. My five year old son said it was "really good soup". I blended up a few of the vegetables and about half of the beans. Yummy soup-thanks for the recipe-we need to eat more kale!

This is the best soup.I grew up with this soup.I have 5 kids and they all love it.I us red kidney beans and blend it before putting it in the soup and use potatoe flakes instead of potatoes and sometimes I cook 2 yellow potates whole and take outwhen its cook and blend it and add back to the soup anlone with the water i cook the potaotes in. I get the chorizo at market basket or the portugues fish marketand sometime i us linguica and pay about 4 to 5 dollars a pound

This recipe has got to be the best! Only reason I did not give 5 stars to the kid friendly rating is because it may be too spicy for really young children. Instead of dried, I used canned white northern beans, tossed everything into the pot and let it simmer. Absolutely delicious.

Delicious simple soup. I used some hot smoked Hungarian sausage in place of chorizo. I also cheated by using low sodium beef boullion in place of the beef bones. I used the canned beans also. I will definately make this again.

This is very tasty! I used hot Portuguese Linguisa sausage, red cabbage, yellow potatoes, three cans of beef broth (and added some extra water)and a pinch of crushed red pepper along with the kale and it turned out wonderful!

This was good, but way too spicy for me (because of the meat). I didn't have any bones so left that out. I cooked this in a crockpot and it sure smelled good! Makes a generous amount. Would be great soup to chase away a cold!

John, your mom certainly knew what she was doing because my family and I agreed that this was one of the best soups we've ever eaten! I didn't add the bones to the soup, however, slowly roasted beef bones the day before and then made my stock.(better flavor) The following day I was then able to get rid of the fat that had surfaced and hardened. If I hadn't already had the bones in the house, I would have just used canned low salt beef broth and consomme. I did add more seasonings to the soup (garlic and onion powders) along with a can of beef consomme for some added flavor. Hubby did the grocery shopping and couldn't find pea beans, so we used canned pinto beans instead. Our grocery store didn't carry chorizo, so he decided to go to a specialty market to get it and paid $11.00 a pound for the sausage. Yikes! The kale held up beautifully in the soup (thanks Mic for the 411 on kale), the chorizo added a hint of heat and the cabbage mellowed out the whole soup with a touch of sweetness. Thanks for an amazing and delicious soup recipe that's even more appreciated on a sub-zero winter evening!

Excellent Kale soup!!! The best recipe I have had yet.