Kind of an exciting week this past week. My first grandchild arrived 3 weeks earlier than expected. Everyone is doing well; she is a healthy beautiful little girl and I am so excited for the new parents and all the adventures they will have.  It is super sweet to see my son who is a pretty big guy holding his tiny little daughter, melts my heart how protective he already is with her.

I wanted to make something for when they all arrived home from the hospital. I wanted to make it something warm and comforting plus easy to reheat. Soup is where my mind goes to immediately. I can’t think of anything more comforting, well I can but I wanted to make it a meal in itself that wasn’t too spicy, too acidic, something a little on the mellow side of the food equation.

Todays soup is what I came up with for what ingredients I had on hand. I tend to do that, I really try to use up ingredients that are in my fridge. I had a quarter piece of green cabbage and also a half head of napa cabbage in the veggie drawer. I always have sausage on hand either in the fridge or freezer. It’s also on my grocery shopping list today just to replace what I used. I have homemade chicken stock in the freezer at all times. The soup comes together really easy and is quite tasty, I think even if you don’t particularly like cabbage, I think you will in this, the dominant flavor is from the homemade chicken stock and then the sweet Italian sausage. So give it a try.

Cabbage and Sausage soup

dclarkabal

a come together quick and very easy soup to warm your belly

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

30 mins

Course Soup

Cuisine American

Servings 6 people

Equipment

• 1 stock pot or Dutch oven
• 1 food processor optional

Ingredients

  

• olive oil
• 1 head cabbage sliced thin or through a food processor
• 3 links sweet Italian sausage casing removed
• 1 medium yellow onion diced
• 4-5 cloves garlic minced
• 4 large carrots peeled and sliced
• 2 teaspoon Kosher salt
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• 1 28 ounce can diced tomato
• 6 cups chicken stock
• crushed red pepper

Instructions

 

• in a large Dutch oven or stock pot, swirl a little olive oil. Once the pot is heated up add the casing removed or bulk sausage, crumble and cook mostly through about 8-10 minutes. Add the diced onion and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add the minced garlic and cook for another minute.
• Raise heat to medium-high and add in cabbage along with 2 teaspoons of kosher salt and ½ teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper. Toss to combine and continue cooking for 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until cabbage begins to wilt and release some moisture.
• Add the diced tomatoes, carrots and chicken stock and bring to a boil. Once boiling, cover and reduce heat to a simmer. Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, remove from heat and adjust seasonings if necessary. Serve with a sprinkle of crushed red pepper flakes to add a little bit of heat and Enjoy!

Keyword cabbage and sausage soup, cabbage soup, easy soup, Italian Sausage