HAMBURGER CABBAGE SOUP RECIPES

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef and onions in the hot skillet until beef is browned and crumbly and onions are translucent, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add cabbage, carrots, and celery. Cover and cook, stirring often, until tender, about 10 minutes. Add water, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, bouillon, soup mix, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, red wine, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, until flavors are mixed and cabbage is tender, about 1 hour.

Steps:

• In a large pot, brown the ground beef with the garlic and onion. Don’t drain the fat (if you use high-fat ground beef, you may want to remove part of the grease, but some is needed for flavor—this is still a very low-calorie dish).
• Chop the cabbage coarsely (large chop) and add on top of the ground beef. Add salt and pepper. Cover kettle. Push cabbage down if necessary. It will cook down quickly. Reduce heat to low. Cook until the cabbage is tender...about 45 minutes.
• Stir hamburger and cabbage together, and serve in bowls.
• Variation: When the cabbage is tender crisp, stir in a large can of chopped tomatoes with the juice (and maybe a dash of cayenne pepper and ¼ -½ tsp. of turmeric, if we’re in the mood for a little heat.). Add a can of Ro-Tel tomatoes or ½-1 cup of chunky salsa, if desired. Continue cooking until the cabbage is done and the tomatoes are hot. Stir everything together and serve in bowls. This variation will be more like soup, although it still won’t have a lot of liquid. Sometimes we add some brown Minute Rice right at the end, too. If you do this, you need to increase the liquid somehow: add some tomato juice or water or chicken broth. As you can see, this is a very forgiving recipe that will let you adjust it to your “taste of the day” or the taste of the people you’re serving it to.