Cabbage Soup Ala Nita
Total Time: 1 hr
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 6
- 6 -8 slices bacon, cut in 4 pieces each
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 vidalia onions or 2 sweet onions, peeled
- 1/2 head green cabbage, cored,shredded fine
- 2 fresh carrots, scraped,chopped small
- 2 cans tomatoes, crushed or cut up
- 2 cans campbell chicken broth (or 2 knorr chicken bouillon cubes dissolved in 3 cups hot water)
- 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
- fresh ground black pepper
Recipe
- 1 prepare vegetables.
- 2 set aside.
- 3 in a heavy pot or dutch oven over medium-low heat, cook bacon until browned.
- 4 remove and drain on paper towels.
- 5 reserve bacon drippings for another use, if desired.
- 6 add butter to pot.
- 7 melt over low heat.
- 8 add onions and stirring, saute over medium heat until tender and somewhat translucent-- 5 to 7 minutes.
- 9 add cabbage and carrots.
- 10 stir in and saute-- also stirring-- for about 5 minutes.
- 11 do not overcook.
- 12 cabbage should be just wilted good and soft.
- 13 add tomatoes and juice from cans.
- 14 add chicken broth or bouillon cubes dissolved in hot water.
- 15 thin with additional chicken broth or water if desired.
- 16 cook covered at a slow boil for about 20 minutes.
- 17 add dark brown sugar and black pepper.
- 18 top with crumbled crisp bacon.
- 19 serve hot.
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