White Bean & Kale Soup w/ chicken sausage

4		The Original Brat Hans Chicken Sausage, suches as Roasted Artichokes and Olives or Spinach & Feta, sliced
1		large yellow onion, thinly sliced
1  pinch		Salt and ground black pepper to taste
4-1/2  cups		cooked white beans (cannellini, navy or great northern), divided
4  cups		bunch organic kale, stems and tough ribs removed, leaves roughly chopped
4  cups		365 organic vegetable broth
4  cups		365 organic chicken broth low sodium

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Heat 1/4 cup broth in a large pot over medium heat. Add sausage slices and cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid has evaporated and sausage is just browned, about 10 minutes. Add onions, salt and pepper and cook, stirring often, until softened, about 10 minutes more. (Add a generous splash of broth to the pot if onions begin to stick.)

Meanwhile, put 3 cups beans and 2 cups broth into a blender and purée until smooth; set aside. Add remaining broth to sausage mixture in pot and bring to a boil, scraping up any browned bits. Add kale, reduce heat, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until wilted and softened, about 5 minutes. Uncover, add remaining 4 cups beans, bean puree, salt and pepper and simmer until hot throughout, about 5 minutes more.