German Cabbage and Beef Soup is Hearty Comfort Food for Cold Days
Prep Time 10 minutesmins
Cook Time 25 minutesmins
Total Time 35 minutesmins
Course Soups
Cuisine German
Calories 565kcal
Ingredients
3quartswater
1large onion
1tbsp.whole allspice berries
3-4bay leaves
4lbs.chuck roast
1white cabbagemedium
2poundsbaby carrots
3large russet potatoes
1tsp.whole caraway seeds
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Remove peel from the onion and cube into quarters.
Rinse the meat and pat try.
Add the water, allspice, bay leaves and the chuck roast to a large pot and bring to a light simmer.
Bring the water to a light simmer and then lower the heat to medium. Cover it with a lid and cook the meat until it is soft and almost falling apart.
Remove meat from the pot and set aside to cool. Reserve the liquid in the pot and bring again to a simmer.
In the meantime, remove the outer and damaged leaves of the cabbage. Cut out the core and slice cabbage first into slices and then into 2-inch pieces.
Peel and cube the potatoes. Add them to the pot where you cooked the meat.Cut the baby carrots smaller pieces and place them also into the pot with the simmering broth.
Simmer for about 15 min. or until the potatoes and the carrots are almost done.In the meantime, cut the meat and the cabbage into bite-sized pieces.
Taste the broth and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Add the cabbage pieces and the caraway seeds to the pot and cook for about 5-10 min.
Add the meat and let sit for about 10 min.
Notes
Only buy fresh firm cabbage. If the cabbage head appears to be very small it is most of the times a very aged head of cabbage that got stored for several weeks in the supermarket and the rotten leaves got removed over time.