Hearty Pork and Cabbage Soup Recipe - A Comforting Classic

Pork and Cabbage Soup

YIELD Makes 6 servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2 pound pork loin, cut into 1/2-inch cubes 1 medium onion, chopped 2 strips bacon, finely chopped 2 cups Beef Stock (recipe) or canned beef broth 2 cups Chicken Broth (recipe) or canned chicken broth 1 can (28 ounces) tomatoes, cut-up, drained 2 medium carrots, sliced 3/4 teaspoon dried marjoram leaves 1 bay leaf 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 1/4 medium cabbage, chopped 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley Additional chopped fresh parsley

PREPARATION:

1. Cook and stir pork, onion and bacon in 5-quart Dutch oven over medium heat until meat loses its pink color and onion is slightly tender. Remove from heat. Drain fat.
2. Stir in Beef Stock and Chicken Broth. Stir in tomatoes, carrots, marjoram, bay leaf and pepper. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer, uncovered, about 30 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaf. Skim off fat.
3. Stir cabbage into soup. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer, uncovered, about 15 minutes or until cabbage is tender.
4. Remove soup from heat; stir in 2 tablespoons parsley. Ladle into bowls. Garnish each serving with additional parsley.

This recipe appears in: Soups