Polish Cabbage Soup
- Ready In:
- 2hrs
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Yields:
-
34 cups
ingredients
- 6 lbs sauerkraut
- 1 lb cabbage, chopped fine
- 1⁄2 lb bacon
- 2 lbs dried peas
- 4 lbs potatoes
- 2 lbs onions
- salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
- garlic powder, to taste (be generous with the garlic powder)
- 1⁄4 cup white vinegar (if needed for tartness)
directions
- Potatoes: Cook with little salt, drain and mash.
- Bacon& Onions: Cut bacon very fine and fry; use the fat from the bacon to cook onions till soft (Cooked bacon can be discarded or saved for use in another dish.)
- Sauerkraut: cook with a little water added, then drain and save the juice.
- Cabbage: cook in water with very little salt, when tender, drain and When tender, drain and put through a blender.
- Dried Peas: Cover with water about 2 inches and cook until tender; DO NOT DRAIN, mash or put through the blender.
- Combine potatoes, onions, and sauerkrout in a large pot and blend with a hand (stick) blender until smooth; then add cabbage, peas and sauerkraut water until tart (add vingar as needed)
- Helpful Hint: the cabbage and peas should remain hole since they give the soup texture; it should not be the texture of baby food.
- Season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Babybuttons
Collingdale, PA
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