A staple in so many of our local Jewish delis, this Easy Beefiness Cabbage Soup recipe is hearty and comforting. Made with beef brisket, fresh cabbage and bold, vibrant flavors, this elementary stew is on the must make list almost every week.

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Beef Cabbage Soup

But a few days left in February and winter has returned with a gusty forcefulness.  I'm back to craving all the soups and stews that are currently stocked in my freezer and curled up under a fake fur blanket staring at our leaf covered pool. Summer is a long ways off, so we're going to make the most of it.  One of my favorite ways to warm myself from the inside out is with this Like shooting fish in a barrel Beef Cabbage Soup.

If yous've ever heard nigh the cabbage soup diet back in the 80'due south….this isn't that cabbage soup recipe at all. This Beefiness Cabbage Soup is a copycat recipe from one of my favorite Jewish Delis….Hymie's in Merion Station, PA. Their Cabbage Soup is just astonishing, loaded with season and big hunks of beef brisket.  It's soooo hearty and DELISH.

Their version is more of a Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup with beefiness in it…..information technology'southward tangy and sweet (well, duh) with large chunks of carrots and celery.  Though in that location are no tomatoes in this recipe, it has a tangy tomato-y flavor because of the tomato paste that I added.

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How To Make It

This easy Beef Cabbage Soup recipe is made with only a few unproblematic ingredients you lot'll find in merely about any kitchen. The availability of ingredients makes this such a simple recipe to throw together on a moments find.

  1. Cutting the brisket into bite sized pieces and flavour with common salt and pepper.
  2. In a large dutch oven, heat oil over medium high rut.
  3. Brown the beef brisket on all sides until a golden crust has formed.
  4. Remove the beef from the pot.
  5. Add together the onion, carrot and celery to the pot. Cook until softened.
  6. Stir in the tomato paste and seasonings. Add together the cabbage and stir to combine.
  7. Stir in the beef stock, vinegar, worcestershire sauce, brownish sugar and bay leaf.
  8. Bring the soup to a boil and return the beefiness to the pot.
  9. Plough the heat to low and embrace. Simmer the soup for 45-60 minutes.
  10. Serve immediately
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Ingredients You lot Will Need

A lot of recipes for Beef Cabbage Soup are made with hamburger but this piece of cake Beef Cabbage Soup recipe calls for brisket.  I dearest the large beef flavor of brisket for this recipe and the meat becomes soft, tender and melt in your oral fissure succulent when information technology simmers in the soup.

Here are the ingredients for Beef Cabbage Soup:

  • Brisket
  • olive oil
  • onions
  • carrots
  • celery
  • tomato paste
  • italian seasoning
  • cabbage
  • beef stock
  • balsamic vinegar
  • worcestershire sauce
  • brown sugar
  • bay leaf

I, ordinarily, take all of these ingredients available in my kitchen so this is always something that's easy to whip upwardly whenever I observe nosotros need something hearty to stave off the wintertime arctic.

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Can Beef Cabbage Soup be made in the slow cooker or Crock Pot?

Aye! Making this Beef Cabbage Soup recipe in the slow cooker is one of my favorite means to get dinner on the table without a fuss. Simply follow the instructions for browning the beefiness and so toss all the ingredients into your slow cooker or Crock Pot.

Cook the soup on high for 4-five hours or low for 6-7 hours then serve! And so easy to make either on the stove top or in your slow cooker.

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How To Freeze It

Y'all can totally brand a large batch of this Beef Cabbage Soup and freeze it in an closed container for upward to 6 months.

To reheat frozen Beef Cabbage Soup, just either reheat on the stovetop (you tin add together additional beefiness stock, if necessary) or estrus in the microwave until warmed through.

And then, if you can't become to MY favorite jewish deli to get your paws on my favorite Cabbage Soup, you tin totally make information technology at dwelling house and it tastes merely as amazing as Hymie'south version does. Think of information technology as a Sugariness and Sour Cabbage Soup with lots of tender beef. You will LOVE it…..I hope.

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More Comfort Soup Recipes

  • Piece of cake Blimp Cabbage Soup…just in case y'all bought besides much cabbage. It happens. 🙂
  • Best Ever Vegetable Soup…our favorite here.
  • Flossy Craven Artichoke Soup
  • Easy Beef Vegetable Soup
  • Slow Cooker Loaded Broiled Irish potato Soup
  • Quick and easy Minestrone Soup Recipe
Overhead shot of stainless steel pot with minestrone soup and a ladle.

If you desire more CABBAGE recipes….you take to try these super amazing Beef Blimp Cabbage Rolls. They're amazing and FREEZER FRIENDLY.

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Sweet and Sour Beef Cabbage Soup recipe in a blue and white bowl.

Get the Recipe: Easy Beefiness Cabbage Soup Recipe

Yield: 10

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: i hr

Total Fourth dimension: i hr xv mins

Super easy to make Beef Cabbage Soup recipe is slow simmered with tender bites of beefiness and juicy cabbage. Hearty and comforting.

  • 2 lbs beef brisket, cut into bite sized pieces
  • ane tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cup diced onion
  • 2 celery stalks, chopped
  • ane cup chopped carrot
  • 3 tbsp tomato paste
  • one tbsp italian seasoning
  • one caput cabbage, cored and chopped
  • four cups beef stock
  • 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • i/4 cup dark-brown sugar
  • one bay leaf
  • kosher common salt and fresh basis pepper

  • Season the brisket liberally with salt and pepper.

  • Estrus the oil in a large dutch oven over medium/high heat. Add together the brisket to the pot and brownish on all sides, working in batches if necessary. Do not crowd the pan.

  • Using a slotted spoon, transfer the browned beef to a platter or plate.

  • Add the onion, celery and carrot to the pot. Melt for 2-iii minutes or until beginning to soften. Stir in the lycopersicon esculentum paste and italian seasoning. Cook for 1 minute.

  • Stir in the cabbage and beefiness stock. Bring the soup to a boil.

  • Add the worcestershire sauce, vinegar, brown saccharide and bay leaf. Stir to combine. Render the beef to the pot and comprehend.

  • Turn the heat to low and simmer, covered, for 30-45 minutes.

  • Flavour with common salt and pepper, to gustatory modality. Serve immediately

Calories: 230 kcal , Carbohydrates: sixteen g , Protein: 22 g , Fatty: eight g , Saturated Fat: 2 m , Cholesterol: 56 mg , Sodium: 350 mg , Potassium: 792 mg , Fiber: 3 thousand , Sugar: 11 grand , Vitamin A: 2345 IU , Vitamin C: 36.7 mg , Calcium: 76 mg , Iron: three mg

Course: Dinner, lunch, Soup

Cuisine: American, jewish