Cabbage soup isn’t just for St. Patrick’s day. Cabbage soup should be added to your recipe list and made throughout the year. Cabbage soup is a hearty and nourishing, “comfort food” soup that is also perfect on a cold winter’s night. Made with cabbage, chicken stock, onions, carrots and tomatoes, it’s a rather simple recipe to follow. We top ours with bacon and it is just that little touch that gives it extra flavor.
This is our original recipe for a Hearty Cabbage Soup.
Kitchen Supplies Needed:
- Cast Iron Dutch Oven is what we used
- Stainless Steel Long Chef’s Ladle
- Paring Knife
- Vidalia Chop Wizard (works great if you don’t want to use a knife)
Cabbage Soup Ingredients:
- 1/2 head cabbage, roughly chopped
- 1 cup celery, diced
- 1 cup onion, diced
- 1 cup carrots, diced
- 4 to 5 slices of bacon, diced
- 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 cups vegetable or chicken broth
- 14 ounce can fire roasted diced tomatoes with juice
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 2 teaspoons basil
- 2 whole Bay leaves
- salt and black pepper to taste
Cabbage Soup Cooking Instructions:
1. Gather the ingredients and prepare the vegetables.
2. In a large Dutch oven, cook bacon until crispy, then remove bacon. Add onions to bacon fat and cook until almost tender. Add garlic to onions and cook for one minute. Add celery and carrots, saute for 10 minutes.
3. Add broth and Bay leaves and bring to a boil. Once boiling, cover and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
4. Add oregano and basil and simmer for 2 minutes. Add tomatoes and cabbage. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Cover and cook until the cabbage is tender. Season to taste with salt and black pepper.
5. Serve in soup bowl and add bacon bits as garnish.
6. Enjoy!
Bonnie says
This soup looks so good! It could also easily transition to vegetarian by leaving out the bacon and using the vegetable stock option.
Can’t wait to try this!
Mary says
Good for diabetics?
Terry says
This IS good for diabetics. No serious carbs. Maybe a little salty. you should be “safe”. As a type II myself, Pinterest has been a wealth of information. Try the “Clean Eating” Boards. Eliminate ALL processed foods from your kitchen cabinets / pantry and ultimately your diet. learn to re-eat and cut the white starched. there are good alternatives. Watch your blood sugars and A1C drop along with your weight.
Shirley Smith says
I will be making the cabbage soup this week. My favorite soup…
april says
How many does this recipe serve??? Looks yummy!
Emily says
Do you think it would be ok to use beef stock in there? I just made a lot of it. 🙂 Thanks!
Connecticut Lifestyles says
It should be. It just might give it a slightly different taste.
Jessica says
This soup is to die for! I made it two nights ago and am making it again! I followed the recipe exactly and couldn’t get enough. Will make it again and again!
Connecticut Lifestyles says
Great, so glad you liked it 🙂
Pam says
I love this and I added a can of Rotel Tomatoes to spice it up a bit and use a whole head of cabbage.
franceska says
We have tomato and onion allergies, what would substitutions be? I will use veg broth as I can’t have chicken either.
Thank you. I would love to make this in 2 weeks.
Gayle says
If you have to change most everything why even use this recipe????
Penny says
I love soup weather and have been looking for some healthy and tasty soup recipes. I just made a double batch of this with a pound of stew meat instead of bacon and a little less stock cause I like my soups thick. It’s absolutely delicious! This recipe will go into my regular rotation. Thank you for sharing it.
Karen says
This sounds awesome? Do you know the calorie count? Thanks!
Kelcie says
Making this right now! So excited to try it. Used rotel to add some spice. How well does this freeze?
Jennifer booth says
Cookin it up right now!! Everyone is getting excited to get some!!
Ric Bucklew says
I made this soup but substituted Italian ground meat instead of bacon. Everyone loved it and Demand I make it again.
Angela Conrad says
Does this freeze well?
Karen says
This looks a lot like the Borscht recipe that I grew up with, but my recipe includes potatoes, meat & milk or cream added to each bowl. Looks delicious!
Andrea says
This soup is one of my favourite things, I substituted celery for potatoes and it reaaaally took it up a notch, so delicious.
Ann Victoria Paras says
I bought Savoy cabbage and found the perfect recipe to use it!