Lemony Broccoli & Pork Sausage Soup
with Carrots & Couscous
- Wheat
- Milk
This one-pot soup stars hearty pork sausage simmered in a garlicky broth with a colorful cast of broccoli, carrots, and bouncy pearl couscous. Add a touch of silkiness with a swirl of crème fraîche and finish with a bright squeeze of lemon juice for tangy flavor and luscious texture that beckons to your very favorite bowls.
Ingredients
6 ounce
Carrots
2 unit
Scallions
1 clove
Garlic
9 ounce
Italian Pork Sausage Mix
2.5 ounce
Israeli Couscous
(Contains: Wheat)
3 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1 unit
Lemon
8 ounce
Broccoli
4 tablespoon
Crème Fraîche
(Contains: Milk)
Not included in your delivery
Salt
Pepper
1 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Trim, peel, and halve carrots lengthwise; thinly slice crosswise into half-moons. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. Peel and mince or grate garlic.
• Remove sausage* from casing if necessary; discard casing. • Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add sausage, carrots, and scallion whites; cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes.
• Add garlic to pot with sausage and veggies; cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, 30 seconds. • Stir in 3 cups water (6 cups for 4 servings), couscous, and stock concentrates, scraping up any browned bits from bottom of pot. • Cover and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a low simmer. Cook until couscous is tender, 4-5 minutes. (You’ll add more to the pot in Step 5.)
• Cut broccoli into bite-size pieces if necessary. • Zest and quarter lemon.
• Once soup has simmered 4-5 minutes, uncover pot and add broccoli. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, 2-3 minutes. • Remove soup from heat; stir in crème fraîche, a squeeze of lemon juice (big squeeze for 4 servings), and as much lemon zest as you like. Taste and season with salt, pepper, and more lemon juice if desired.
• Divide soup between bowls and sprinkle with scallion greens. Serve.
Pork Sausage is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Sep 2026- Flavor: The lemon zest and sausage give this soup a bright, savory character, though a number of reviewers found it bland and recommend seasoning at each step rather than just at the end 🍲.
- Ease of prep: Simple one-pot prep that comes together quickly, though actual cooking time runs longer than stated — especially for the broccoli, which needs more than the listed 2–3 minutes to become tender.
- Suggestions: Add extra chicken stock or reduce the water slightly to build a richer, more flavorful broth; a sprinkle of Parmesan or red pepper flakes at the end makes a noticeable difference. Some reviewers toasted the couscous before adding liquid for deeper flavor.
- Leftovers: The soup reheats well, but the couscous absorbs liquid quickly — add a splash of broth when reheating to restore the soupy consistency.
- Portions: This recipe yields generous servings and several reviewers had enough left over for a full extra meal or two lunch portions the next day.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was delicious!!! And I love that it has lots of veggies, there's plenty of carrot and broccoli but there's also protein from the chicken sausage and some good mouth feel from the couscous. Even though it's a creamy soup it's nice and light because of the lemon, I will definitely get this again!!! \o/
Excellent soup - very flavorful - family loved it. Broccoli added great flavor and nutrition to the soup as well. Very, very good!!
This was a fantastic soup with the best ingredients ever! Adding the broccoli made it perfect. All flavors were terrific!
What's not to love - two veg so not skimping there, couscous for carbs & texture, chicken sausage slightly healthier option to the pork sausage (LOL) & a nice creamy broth? Sign me up every time. :)
Need bread on the side. Lemon was missing. Sausage took longer to cook than listed (was still pink). Couscous took longer to cook. Broccoli took longer to cook.
Very flavorful! Used about half the broccoli but it was still a lot. Love your soups. Always has a surprising flavor addition; always different. And we have leftovers for a quick lunch.
The lemon brings this to life! Def my fave soup from you I've tried so far! And I try to get one soup per week, so that says a alot!
Love the lemony flavor and the ease of the recipe. Had leftovers for lunch and dinner the next day.
Delicious! Received a very small lemon, so didn't have as much lemon zest for extra flavor that I would have liked. Chicken sausage is always a hit!
This made more than I expected. I ordered it with chicken sausage, which gave it a really good flavor.
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