French Cabbage Soup

Submitted by Mysterygirl

"My cousin gave me a cookbook with some French recipes in it for Christmas one year. This recipe was in it and has been a hit with my family ever since. We even sold it to the pool hall for their daily soup special and it was a hit with the general public too. I like a piece of warm french bread served with it."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 large potatoes
• 1 small head of cabbage
• 1 (15 ounce) can white beans
• 3 leeks
• 2 1⁄2 quarts water
• 1 carrot
• 1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1 turnip
• 1 lb smoked sausage
• 1 onion
• 2 stalks celery
• 1 garlic clove

directions

1. Chop up all vegetables.
2. Place butter in soup pot over medium heat.
3. Once melted, add the cabbage, leeks, carrot, turnip, onion, celery and garlic.
4. Stir occasionally until the vegetables are tender, but not browned.
5. Peel potatoes and cut into large pieces.
6. Add potatoes and drained beans to pot.
7. Add the water and broth.
8. Season to taste with salt & pepper.
9. Simmer for 1 hour.
10. Cut smoked sausage into small pieces and fry until browned.
11. To serve, place a few pieces of sausage in the bottom of your soup bowl and ladle the soup over them.

Reviews

[MizzNezz]

Good, good, good!!! Lots of flavor! All I added was salt and pepper to taste. Loved the turnip flavor, and also the beans made a hearty addition. This is a "make again very soon" soup! Thanks for posting this one.

 

[ed14230]

we found this recipe to be very bland. My family didn't like it.

 

[shadylady123]

I liked this soup. This is a super simple to make with a good combination of veggies/beans. My husband does not like cooked cabbage very much but he ate a bowl of this and liked it. Good tasting comfort food served with some warm bread. Yum! :) Especially nice on a cold winter day.

 

[gwynn]

Very nice tasting soup. Had good flavor with all the different vegetables in it. Thanks for posting.