Sweet & Sour Beef-Cabbage Soup

Submitted by TattooedMamaof2

"Eating Well - October 2009 -- To suit our diet and tastes, I used ground turkey, 4 C chicken stock, 1/3 C cider vinegar, and sugar intead of honey."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons caraway seeds
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 1⁄2 cups frozen peppers and onions, thawed & chopped
• 1 medium golden delicious apple, unpeeled & diced
• 6 cups low sodium beef broth
• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 3 cups savoy cabbage, coarsely chopped
• 1 -2 tablespoon cider vinegar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• pepper, to taste

directions

1. Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add beef, caraway seeds and thyme, cook, stirring until beef is mostly browned, about 4 minutes.
2. Add in pepper-onion mix and apple; cook, stirring for 2-3 minutes more.
3. Stir in broth, tomatoes, honey and paprika and adjust the heat so the mixture boils gently. Cook for 8-10 minutes to blend the flavors.
4. Stir in cabbage and cook until just barely tender, 3-4 minutes more. Season to taste with vinegar, salt and pepper.

Reviews

[thejonesgal]

I have a similar recipe that I was hoping to find on food.com<br/>Here are the differences as I can remember them:<br/>1/2 lb ground beef<br/>granny smith apple<br/>chicken stock instead of beef<br/>There may be a few more differences but it's really close and I love it!