Kohlsuppe - Cabbage Soup

"This afternoon I put some broth and cabbage into the crockpot, and when my husband came home he said, "That smells good, what is it?" I chuckled. "Just cabbage in broth. That's it." He hmmm'ed. "You need to come up with some German name for it, instead. Cabbage in broth just won't do." So I looked up what it would be in German, found some similar recipes online, fiddled with the contents of the crockpot a bit, and here's what we had for dinner! :) Really simple, and very tasty! This is a Pantry Challenge recipe, using ingredients that were already on hand at home."
 
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Ready In:
3hrs 15mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
6-8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Put the chopped cabbage and the broth in the crockpot, on high; simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
  • In a sauté pan, cook the bacon slices until crisp; remove, chop roughly, and set aside.
  • Sauté the onion in the bacon drippings until soft.
  • Add the chopped bacon, onion, potato, and salt and pepper to the crockpot.
  • Cook on high for an additional 1 to 1 1/2 hours hours, until the cabbage reaches the texture you prefer.
  • Serve with a dollop of sour cream.
  • Notes: would also be good with some dill weed or caraway added, or even kielbasa slices, if you like; I also added a 1 once cube of concentrated frozen duck stock, but as most folks don't have it in their freezer I didn't include it in the ingredient list; you could simmer this in a heavy pot on the stove for an hour instead of the crockpot, too.

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  1. This is just like my mom's recipe, except for the potatoes and sometimes she's using kielbasa instead of bacon. I liked the addition of potatoes and it was perfect for a cold winter evening. Made it with the dill weed.
     
  2. Oh Julesong, this was so tasty! I have always loved cabbage soup and this was really wonderful! Added caraway seeds to mine and made the way you posted. We don't have a crockpot here at the home so we made it on top of the stove. Served sour cream on the side along with extra bacon for garnish. The residents that tasted it kept saying -- this is so good, does it have beans? The residents are so used to eating only Cuban foods or Cuban type foods that every time we introduce something new they try & guess what is in it. Thank you for a fun meal, which was delicious! Can't wait to make it again, Diane :)
     
  3. Yummmm...I cut up our leftover pork chops and added to soup.
     
  4. This was gone in a second, and we wanted more! I think I have to make it in barrels next time. Delicious Polish comfort food. Thank you!
     
  5. I made this soup tonight. Was sceptic but decided to give it a try because I had all the ingreidients on hand (had a cabbage for over a month in the fridge and could not decide what to do with it). I followed general direction with some alternation. I used already cooked and crumbled bacon. I added 2 more cups of chicken broth. I used pressure cooker instead of slow cooker: saute onions and bacon bits in pressure cooker, added cubed potatoes, broth and chopped small cabbage, bring to boil, close cover, wait until pressure monitor is activated, lower heat to medium, cook under pressure for 10 minutes, take off the heat, let the pressure to fall by itself. Soup was ready under 20 minutes and it tasted fantastic. Who knew cabage can be this tasty?! Thanks for posting your discovery.
     
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  1. This is just like my mom's recipe, except for the potatoes and sometimes she's using kielbasa instead of bacon. I liked the addition of potatoes and it was perfect for a cold winter evening. Made it with the dill weed.
     

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