How to Make Hangover Soup

Many years ago I like many folks celebrated with a chemical called Alcohol. When the celebrating was too much I needed to pay the fiddler the next day. Remember this time in my life I had no need to be aware of how much fat or salt I ate. Fat was flavor to me. New Years Day was always a party to watch football and heal from the celebrations of the night before. That is the history of this "Hangover Soup." Warning this is not a low calorie or a low fat soup. Mom would most likely add a pound of butter to enhance the flavor but I'll leave that up to you. Y'all best pour yourself a large spicy Bloody Mary, roll up your sleeves, take off your rings. wash your hands and we will begin cooking.

Hangover Soup

(aka Polish Good Luck Soup)

Ingredients:

1 pound your favorite smoked sausage diced

1 pound deli bacon diced

2 softball szed onions diced

1-2 green peppers seeded and diced

3-4 jalepeno peppers seeded and diced (optional)

2 cups diced celery

1-2 cups frozen peas

1 can 16oz Sauer Kraut rinsed and diced

1 can 8oz mushrooms stems and pieces drained

1 can 16oz diced tomatoes

1 can 16oz red beans rinsed

4-5 cups beef broth

1 large mug of Black Coffee

½ bottle red wine (optional)

1 Tablespoon Sea Salt

2 Tablespoons sweet paprika

2+ Tablespoons garlic powder

1 cup French onion chip dip

¼ cup cornstarch

Directions:

Into a large pot put sausage, bacon, onions, peppers, celery, frozen peas, sauer kraut, mushrooms, tomatoes, beans, beef broth, red wine, Sea Salt, paprika, garlic powder, and a cup of coffee. Bring to a rolling boil, reduce heat to a simmer for 1-2 hours. Put French onion dip, corn starch, and one cup of soup into a bowl and whisk together. Slowly add to simmering soup and stir till soup thick and bubbly.

Notes:

I didn't precook bacon just put it in the pot. Deli bacon is dryer than packaged bacon but either will work. I have replaced the red wine with Welch's concord grape juice. Easy way to dice smoked sausage is quarter it lengthwise, then slice it. Serve this with a spicy sub sandwich and an ice cold cole slaw. Remember this is soup not rocket science. If you choose to add or delete from this recipe it is your choice.

Y'all have a special extra Happy New Year... Mizpah. ;-}}>