Old World Cabbage and Kielbasa Soup
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Recipe type: Soup
Cuisine: Polish
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Serves: 16
 
Ingredients
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 2 onions, diced
  • 4 carrots, peeled and diced
  • 6 garlic cloves, smashed and minced
  • 1 pound smoked kielbasa sausage, sliced in half lengthwise twice and cut into ½-inch pieces
  • 2 teaspoons caraway seeds
  • 1 gallon vegetable stock
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons black pepper
  • 1 head green cabbage, cored and chopped
  • 28-ounce can stewed tomatoes
  • 1 teaspoon Vegeta Gourmet Seasoning & Soup Mix
Instructions
  1. Pour the olive oil into a large stockpot and heat over medium
  2. Stir in the onions and carrots and cook for 5 minutes
  3. Dump in the garlic, kielbasa and caraway seeds and cook 3 minutes
  4. Pour in the stock along with salt and pepper and bring mixture to a boil
  5. Stir in the cabbage, reduce heat and let simmer 10 minutes
  6. Pour in the tomatoes and their juice and simmer 15 to 20 minutes longer, breaking up the tomatoes with a spatula into small pieces
  7. Add the Vegeta seasoning during the last 10 minutes of cooking
Notes
This recipe makes a very large batch of soup. Feel free to cut it in half for a smaller crowd. Otherwise, this soup makes very tasty leftovers.
Recipe by eSoupRecipes at https://esouprecipes.com/old-world-cabbage-and-kielbasa-soup