Cabbage Soup
A quick and deliciously flavorful Cabbage Soup made with ground beef, ground pork sausage, onions, garlic, carrots, tomatoes, and cabbage in a perfectly seasoned beefy tomato broth.
Servings 6 servings
Calories 261kcal
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb. ground beef
- 1/2 lb. ground sausage see notes
- 1 medium yellow onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- ½ teaspoon dried marjoram or oregano
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- 2 bay leaves
- 4 cups low sodium beef broth vegetable broth, or chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 large carrots peeled and chopped
- 4-5 cups chopped cabbage
- 1 8 ounce can tomato sauce
- 1 15 ounce can fire roasted tomatoes
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Red pepper flakes
- Fresh parsley
- Fresh basil
Instructions
- Brown the ground beef and sausage over medium heat in a large Dutch Oven or heavy stock pot. About halfway through the browning process, add the onions. Cook until the onions are soft and the meat is browned.
- Reduce the heat to low and add the garlic, marjoram, thyme, paprika, and bay leaves. Cook for 1 minute while stirring constantly.
- Add the beef broth, brown sugar, Worcestershire Sauce, carrots, cabbage, tomato sauce, and fire-roasted tomatoes. Bring the soup to a boil, then reduce it to a simmer. Cover and cook for about 30 minutes or until the carrots and cabbage are tender. Remove the bay leaves. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with red pepper flakes, fresh parsley, or fresh basil.
Notes
- You can substitute ground beef, ground chicken, ground pork sausage, ground turkey, Polish polska kielbasa, or Italian sausage.
- For aesthetic purposes, peel the carrots and let that beautiful orange color shine through.
- You can substitute oregano for the marjoram, but if you have never cooked with marjoram, you really should treat yourself. Marjoram is less pungent, milder, and sweeter, with a woodsy citrus aroma.
- Chop your vegetables fairly small so that you can enjoy a variety of flavors in every spoonful.
- Go light on the salt, as the beef broth and tomatoes are already salty.
Nutrition
Calories: 261kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 621mg | Potassium: 724mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 3563IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 2mg