microwave sausage and clam soup

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 pounds hot italian sausage
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 onions, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 bunch snipped fresh parsley
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 1 (28 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes with juice
• 1 cup dry white
• 4 (6.5 ounce) cans minced clams, drained with juice reserved
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 45 mins


• in a large microwave-safe dish, microwave sausage 5 minutes on high, until no longer pink. remove sausage from dish. stir garlic and olive oil into sausage drippings and microwave 1 minute. stir in onion, bell pepper, parsley and basil and microwave 4 minutes, until just tender.
• stir in the mushrooms and cook 2 minutes. then stir in the tomatoes, and reserved clam juice. cover and cook 10 minutes, stirring once.
• stir in the sausage and cook 5 minutes more. let stand 5 minutes before stirring in the clams and salt. serve hot.