This Italian sausage beans and greens is probably my favorite Italian recipe that doesn’t involve pasta. Savory sausage, earthy beans, and tender escarole, with just the right seasonings make this one of the best dishes ever for a cold winter day, but this is so delicious, you’ll want to enjoy it all year long. Enjoy!

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42 Comments

  1. Question on greens- My standard store doesn't carry escarole, and I'm wondering how to substitute. I have iceberg lettuce, but I'm assuming that's too flimsy. Would collards or cabbage work instead, and if so would it be correct to use something like a 30min-1 hour cook time for those? I'm also guessing the sausage should be held back until the last 10-15 min. It seems to get chewy with longer cook times. Anyway, does that seem like a good way to go about it?

  2. Stupid Youtube! I havnt been getting notifications of you channel in a long time. Glad to see youre still at it. I unsubscribed and then resubscribed again. Hopefully that fixes the problem.

  3. Me, just listening to the video in the background.

    "…whether you decide to expose your sausage…"

    Wait, what?! 😳

    🤣🤣🤣

  4. Made this tonight! Cannellini beans, Savoy cabbage, pancetta. But, you know, the same difference. Saw this after I'd actually made it, so my own approach and I also had carrots and celery in there too, but alas!, no lemon zest or juice, and I'm sure that would have been terrific. Next time.

  5. At our house we make it with kale and a splash of half & half or cream. Maybe some chopped up potatoes if we're feeling nasty.

  6. Wow, that was awesome. Flavor layers ad Infinitum. The perfect comfort food while trapped in a polar vortex waiting for the blizzard of the century. Bravissimo!

  7. You should be called the sing song chef, why do you talk with a sing song as you deliver your message?

  8. I just made this dish. I am incredibly impressed. My favorite dish I've made in months. I used my homemade smoked Italian sausages. I used Swiss Chard since I couldn't find escarole. My wife wants me to make it with my kielbasa, and I believe it will be excellent. Thank you for this one!

  9. Made this recipe, just had to sub in chicken sausage, but it was so good and will join my regular rotation. I ordered escarole for delivery and the shopper bought me romaine lettuce instead, so I had to place another order lol.

  10. Did I miss the 'you can do what you want because after all you are the X of your own Y" ?