Braised Italian Sausage & White Beans
with Kale, Couscous, & Parmesan
- Wheat
- Milk
This hearty, warming dish is packed with Italian pork sausage that’s browned and braised along with tender white beans, garlic, and kale—which wilts as it simmers in chicken stock—until all of the flavors meld together. You’ll add springy couscous and a swirl of butter to the pan to turn the cozy factor up to 11, then finish with a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese, chili flakes, and fresh lemon juice for a meal to remember.
Ingredients
2.5 ounce
Israeli Couscous
(Contains: Wheat)
2 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1 clove
Garlic
1 unit
Lemon
1 unit
Cannellini Beans
4 ounce
Kale
9 ounce
Italian Pork Sausage Mix
3 tablespoon
Parmesan Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
1 teaspoon
Chili Flakes
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
1 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
1 tablespoon
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Bring couscous, half the stock concentrates, and ¾ cup water (1½ cups for 4 servings) to a boil in a small pot. Once boiling, cover and reduce heat to low. Cook until tender, 6-8 minutes. • Keep covered off heat until ready to use in Step 3. • While couscous cooks, drain and rinse beans. Peel and mince or grate garlic. Remove and discard any thick center stems from kale. Quarter lemon.
• Remove sausage* from casing if necessary; discard casing. • Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add sausage and cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes. • Add beans and garlic; cook, stirring, until fragrant, 30 seconds. • Stir in kale, remaining stock concentrate, and ¼ cup water (½ cup for 4 servings). Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until kale is wilted, 1-2 minutes. (For 4, add half the kale and stir until slightly wilted; add remaining kale and cook 3-4 minutes more.)
• Reduce heat under pan with sausage-kale mixture to low. Add cooked couscous, 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings), and a squeeze of lemon juice. Cook, stirring, until butter has melted. • Add another squeeze of lemon juice to taste. Season with salt and pepper if desired.
• Divide sausage and white beans between plates. Sprinkle with Parmesan and as many chili flakes as you like. Serve with remaining lemon wedges on the side.
Pork Sausage is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Feb 2026- Flavor: Many loved the tasty blend of ingredients, though some found it a bit bland and suggested adding extra herbs or spices for more depth 🍲.
- Ease of prep: Customers praised how quick and easy this dish was to prepare, with several mentioning it came together fast.
- Suggestions: Consider swapping kale for spinach if preferred; some found whole kale leaves easier to prep than pre-chopped.
- Leftovers: Several noted it reheated well, with some saying it tasted even better the next day.
- Texture: Some enjoyed the mix of textures, while others found the beans became too soft when cooked.
Reviews from our home cooks
This is a hit! The sweet flavor of the pork, the texture of the couscous, beans, and kale, and the zing of lemon juice all combine really well without any one ingredient being overpowering. The recipe is also easy to prepare. I look forward to ordering it again.
Tasty, though after stirring it all together the beans got pretty mashed up. I liked the mix of beans and couscous together and the kale and sausage helped keep it from being too mushy.
This was soooo good and came together so fast too. I loved the kale and beans with just the right amount of sausage.
Really love this recipe perfect blend of beans and vegetable. Only suggestion is to offer an option with spinach instead of kale for those of us who don't like a lot of kale.
I really liked this one! The beans almost melt into the dish. I will be making this again. I also find it's very versatile with veggies.
This was surprisingly good, I loved how all the flavors came together and how the beans meshed. And the Kale was the star
Deeeeeelicious! I cooked my kale a little longer than the 1-2 minutes. More like 5. It made it softer and sooo good.
This was excellent! We've had this as a soup before but it was really nice to just have it as a meal. We would definitely order it again or try to make it ourselves!
This was soooo good! Would definitely buy again. Only thing that would make it better - send whole kale instead of pre-chopped. It took forever to pick out the stem chunks but it's so easy to chop it myself.
Bland and lacked texture. I had to add a lot of Parmesan for flavor. My husband thought the sausage was weirdly chewy. Also couscous never turns out right even though I follow your directions exactly.
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