Cabbage Soup -- Quick & Easy

Submitted by Chicagoland Chef du Jour

"A very tasty and tummy warming recipe given to me several years ago. Once the ground beef is cooked, this can all get dumped into the crock pot. UPDATE 3/09 I added a 1/2 t of dried thyme to round out the flavor."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 onion, medium chopped
• 1 minced garlic clove
• 28 ounces diced tomatoes with juice
• 3 cups low sodium beef broth
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 14 ounces great northern beans, sub. kidney
• 1 small cabbage, chopped, sub. 16 oz. package of slaw mix
• 1⁄2 - 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1⁄2 teaspoon chili powder (to taste)
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste

directions

1. In a large pot: Brown ground beef, drain any fat.
2. Add onions and garlic, saute with ground beef until tender.
3. Note: At this point you place the ground beef mixture and remaining ingredients in the crock pot. Cook on low for 4-6 hours.
4. Standard stove top cooking: Add remaining ingredients and simmer.
5. Simmer for 1-2 hours on stove top until cabbage is tender. Stirring occasionally. Check fro additional seasonings.
6. Serve with a crusty bread.

Reviews

[Chef shapeweaver]

I made this recipe on 1/18/12 for our dinner.And due to what I had on hand, a few changes were made to the recipe and they are as follows.Instead of the canned beans, the same amount of leftover white beans were used. I didn't have a 28 ounce can of tomatoes,so 2 14.5 ounce cans were used. And to give the beef a bit more flavor,the onion was added as the beef was browning.About 1 1/2 hours into the cooking time a " Quality Taste Test " was done and I realized I forgot to add the garlic,so I added about a teaspoon or so of garlic powder.And at that time I also added another 3/4 teaspoon of chili powder.This recipe turned out to be a " Keeper ". Thanks for posting and " Keep Smiling : ) "

 

[nemokitty]

This is a very delicious soup!! I used beef broth and left out the tomato sauce. We don't like alot of tomatoey soups but the diced tomatoes were a great fit. I made alot so I'm going to be freezing some and eating some for lunch all week. Thanks for a great and easy soup.

 

[Cilantro in Canada]

Very good recipe with an unusual taste. We really enjoyed it. Thanks for the recipe.

 

[Beth Brogan]

Great soup! So easy to throw together and with things (except for the cabbage) that I would usually have on hand. I think next time I will add a second can of the northern beans. YUMMY.

 

[Darkhunter]

A good hearty soup for a chilly evening. Everything went together very quickly and the reward was a soup we will have often. Thnx for sharing your recipe, Chef du Jour. Made for My-3-Chefs 2009.