One of my favorite soup recipes ever! Perfect for a cold winter day/night. The soup is inspired by the flavors of Spain. It’s optional to add saffron or parsley, but both can really enhance the flavor profiles even more.

Ingredients

• 1 large onion, diced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 8 ounces Spanish chorizo, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 3 stalks celery, diced
• 3 carrots, diced
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 pinch saffron threads (optional)
• 5 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 small/medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
• 8 cups chicken broth 
• 4 cups lacinato (dinosaur) kale – washed, stemmed, and torn into pieces
• 1 lemon, juiced 
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, or to taste (optional)

Directions

Step 1 

Cook and stir onion in olive oil in a soup pot over medium-high heat for 5 minutes. Add chorizo and continue cooking, stirring frequently, for another 3 minutes.

Step 2 

Add celery and carrots; continue stirring and cooking until vegetables have softened slightly, about 3 minutes. Add cumin, paprika, turmeric, kosher salt, ground black pepper, saffron threads, and garlic. Cook and stir until garlic is fragrant and slightly soft, 3 more minutes.

Step 3 

Add sweet potatoes and chicken broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until sweet potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. Add kale and cook until vegetables are soft and the kale is wilted and cooked through, about 10 more minutes.

Step 4

Stir in lemon juice; adjust salt and ground black pepper to taste. Garnish with parsley.