Potato Cabbage Soup with Bone Broth

My husband is a funny boy. He leaves for work by 6 a.m. – before the newspaper would be delivered – so he stops for a paper on the way to work to read while on break. He always brings the paper home, and I read it in the evening. That’s just what I was doing one night last week, when I turned the page and saw this note written on the photo featuring a local woman and her Potato Cabbage Soup.

HaHa! Way to be subtle, hon! I made the soup the very next day. You can find the original recipe in the newspaper clipping here.

I made a number of changes, of course, like using bone broth rather than water, and cream instead of milk. I also sautéed the onions in bacon fat and added some hot pepper flakes. Oh, yeah!

I’m sure that the recipe in the newspaper was good; mine was fantastic.

If you’re wondering about all that fat, you may be interested in my post on why animal fat is a health food when it comes from pastured animals.

Now, on to the recipe for Potato Cabbage Soup – you’re gonna’ love it!

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Potato Cabbage Soup with Bone Broth

This is comfort food at its best, and a perfect way to use homegrown cabbage and homemade chicken bone broth.

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Course: Soup

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cabbage soup

Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes minutes

Total Time: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes

Ingredients

• 1 large head cabbage chopped small
• 1 large onion chopped
• 3 cloves garlic chopped
• 1/2 cup pastured butter and/or bacon fat
• 4 cups beef or chicken bone broth
• water if necessary
• 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper flakes
• 6 medium potatoes cubed
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 cups pastured cream
• 4 strips of bacon optional

Instructions

• In a large pot, melt the butter and/or bacon fat over medium heat and saute the chopped onion. Add the garlic and saute lightly.
• Add the chopped cabbage and the bone broth. If needed, add water to cover the cabbage. Simmer for 30 minutes.
• Add the hot pepper flakes, and the chopped potatoes and simmer until soft, another 15 minutes or so.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Remove from heat and add cream.
• Serve topped with crumbled bacon, if desired.

Notes

Here's my recipe for homemade chicken bone broth.

If you prefer a creamed soup, blend until smooth using an immersion blender before adding the cream to the recipe.