Hearty Cabbage & Smoked Sausage Soup
"Really rich and flavorful, and very hearty. All you need with it is a hunk of Italian bread and butter."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (289.2 g)
- Calories 272.3
- Total Fat - 17.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.5 g
- Cholesterol - 51 mg
- Sodium - 928.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 21 g
- Dietary Fiber - 4.6 g
- Sugars - 4.1 g
- Protein - 10.1 g
- Calcium - 98.7 mg
- Iron - 2.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 72.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Melt butter in a stock pot. Brown sausage on medium heat; then remove from pan with a slotted spoon. Set aside.
Step 2
Add to the same pot, onion, bell pepper, celery and carrots. Cook on medium heat to soften. Add garlic and cook 1 minute.
Step 3
Add caraway seed, celery seed and thyme leaves and cook a couple minutes.
Step 4
Add cabbage, stir, cover and cook for about 15 minutes.
Step 5
Add the cooked sausage, chicken stock, tomatoes, salt and black pepper. Stir, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and let cook 30 minutes.
Step 6
Drain potatoes and add to soup. Increase heat to medium-high and cook 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender, but not mushy.
Step 7
*Note: if you like a more brothy soup, add more chicken stock.
Tips
No special items needed.