Sausage & Clams w/ Chickpeas

from Cooking Light, Oct. '08

Total time: 35 minutes.

Yield

4 servings (serving size: 2 cups)

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 12 ounces hot turkey Italian sausage
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 tablespoons Madeira wine or dry sherry
• 8 cups chopped kale (about 10 ounces)
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 (14-ounce) can fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
• 16 littleneck clams
• 1 (15 1/2-ounce) can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), rinsed and drained

Preparation

1. Heat a Dutch oven over high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Remove casings from sausage. Add sausage to pan; cook 4 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble. Reduce heat to medium. Stir in chopped onion and garlic; cook 1 minute, stirring occasionally. Add Madeira; cook 1 minute or until liquid evaporates. Add kale, salt, and chicken broth; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes. Stir in clams and chickpeas; cook, covered, 10 minutes or until shells open. Discard any unopened shells.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

349 (33% from fat)

Fat:

12.6g (sat 3g,mono 4.8g,poly 3.4g)

Protein:

31.1g

Carbohydrate:

30.8g

Fiber:

5.7g

Cholesterol:

70mg

Iron:

13.1mg

Sodium:

842mg

Calcium:

242mg