Rachael Ray's St. Paddy's Corned Beef and Cabbage Stoup

Mom2Rose's Note:

Found this recipe on Rachael Ray's website!! Great way to use up leftovers from your St. Patrick's Day feast!

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 4

Yield: 4.0

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 large onion , halved and sliced
• 4 celery ribs , with leafy tops thinly sliced crosswise
• 3 carrots , shredded
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 small savoy cabbage , quartered, cored and shredded
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1 (12 ounce) bottle beer
• 1 (32 ounce) container chicken broth
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce , plus more for seasoning
• 1 ½ lbs corned beef , chopped
• ¾ cup white rice
• pumpernickel bread (optional) or rye bread , to pass around the table (optional)
• butter (optional)

Directions:

1. In a soup pot, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat.
2. Add the onion, celery, carrots and bay leaf and cook for 3 minutes.
3. Add the cabbage by the handful, season with salt and pepper and cook until wilted, about 2 minutes.
4. Add the beer and boil until reduced, 1 minute.
5. Stir in the chicken broth, tomatoes and the 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce.
6. Add the corned beef and rice.
7. Bring the stoup to a boil, then simmer until the rice is tender, about 15 minutes.
8. Season with salt, pepper and more Worcestershire sauce; serve the stoup in shallow bowls. P.
9. ass the bread and butter around the table.

Reviews

[mama smurf]

Found this on the Rachael Ray website and made this to use up our corned beef....yummo! I cut the recipe in half and used beef broth (that is what I had open) and used tomatoes with basil, garlic and oregano. I also added some minced garlic and some basil to the soup for more flavor. I am so glad to see that it was already posted! Definately going into my Favorites of 2011.

[Julie B's Hive]

A really satisfying soup. I used a can of Hormel corned beef and cooked my rice on the side. The soup was very thick so I added another 16 oz of broth as we like our soup soupy. Made for the Aussie/NZ RS#31 tag game.

[StacieJG]

This was fast and easy. Thanks for so many great ideas.