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Wisconsin Sausage Soup

Here's how you make Wisconsin Sausage Soup
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  • Servings: 8-12
  • Prep: 30m
  • Cook: 30m
    • The following recipe serves 8-12 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 carrot, grated (large)
  • 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups chicken broth or stock
  • 2 cups milk
  • 3/4 cup beer
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional)
  • 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 7 ounces cheddar cheese shredded
  • 3 ounces Swiss cheese shredded
  • 1/2 lb smoked sausage (I use Hillshire Farm)
  • 1 -2 cup frozen corn (optional)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat.

  • Step 2: Add onion, carrot, and garlic and saute until softened

  • Step 3: Add flour, cook 5 minutes, stirring often.

  • Step 4: Add chicken broth, milk, beer, Worcestershire, salt, mustard, and bay leaf.

  • Step 5: Reduce heat to low and cook until soup has thickened, whisking often.

  • Step 6: Remove and discard bay leaf.

  • Step 7: Slowly whisk both cheeses into soups until combined and smooth.

  • Step 8: Cut sausage lengthwise into quarters, then slice into 1/2 inch pieces.

  • Step 9: Saute sausage in a small skillet over medium-high heat until heated through.

  • Step 10: Blot excess fat from sausage with paper towels.

  • Step 11: Add sausage to soup and stir.

  • Step 12: Serve hot with crackers or crusty bread.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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