Keto Cabbage Roll soup

[jcam222]

Weather turned last weekend and soup made sense again. A friend had brought me a bowl of a similar soup and loving all things cabbage I knew I needed more. I perused a few online recipes and then merged a couple adjusting taste as per usual until I thought it was best.

Ingredients:

• 6 lbs. 80/20 ground beef. 2 large heads cabbage
• 2 onions diced
• 1T minced garlic
• 3 58 oz. cans crushed tomatoes
• 5 15 oz. cans diced tomatoes
• 1 cup minced jicama
• 16 cups Minors beef broth (8T to 16 cups water)
  [* 1 to 1 1/2 cup Brown Swerve (can sub brown sugar if not concerned with carbs)
• ¾ cup Apple Cider Vinegar
• 5TWorcestershire Sauce
• S&P to taste
  • Brown and chop up the ground beef. Set aside retaining a few T of the fat
  • Sauté the onions and garlic in the leftover beef fat. Saute all the cabbage to soften.
  • Add all other ingredients to a stock pot along with the ground beef , cabbage and onions. Simmer for an hour or more. Salt and pepper to taste. I also add a little MSG food crack. For the jicama you can sub in apple if you don’t mind the carbs.

You may want to downsize this :) Makes around 15 quarts. Note at the end I adjust with more sweetener and/ or vinegar as needed until I get that sweet tang I want. Between friends , family, the freezer and my belly that worked out for me lol. Here it is simmering away.

I also made a 10 lbs. batch of bratwurst patties using Polka recipe for German Bratwurst. I made a few in the past and after trying his never looked back. Here is some served up goodies. Double decker bratwurst with Swiss cheese and a little of my homemade kraut on a savory French toast "bun" served with a bowl of the soup. Used Aunt Millie's Carb Smart for the French toast.

This meal really hit the spot!! The French toast really elevated the sandwich a notch too. Just mixed an egg with a little garlic and herb seasoning and minced parsley. Thanks for looking.

 

[h8that4u]

How much cabbage and when do you put that in, or am I missing something?

 

[jcam222]

How much cabbage and when do you put that in, or am I missing something?

Lol now I missed that whole step! Edited and added. Thanks!

 

[tbern]

Looks and sounds good! Bookmarked! ( had to look up jicama)

 

[jcam222]

Looks and sounds good! Bookmarked! ( had to look up jicama)

I use It often to sub for apple. It has a bit of an apple taste. Truly a versatile low carb root. I’ve used it to make faux apple pie filling even. https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/keto-caramel-apple-crumble-pie.300883/

 

[bauchjw]

Wow! I’d say out of the park for sure and another to my list. You’ve never steered me wrong! Thank you Jeff, I’ll be doing this soon!!!

 

[civilsmoker]

Very nice work! I’m a huge fan of cabbage soup and that looks yummy!

 

[Steve H]

Nice looking bowl Jeff! I wonder how many people you converted to keto without them knowing it!

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Man I love cabbage soup and yours looks great!

 

[Gonna Smoke]

That soup wouldn't last long around here, Jeff! Excellent!

 

[chopsaw]

That soup looks great . I need to try it .

 

[gmc2003]

Good looking soup Jeff.

Point for sure
Chris

 

[xray]

Great looking soup Jeff! I’m full just looking at those pictures. We had a cabbage style soup last week, as soon as the gas clears and a few open windows, I’ll be reloaded for some of that!

 

[jcam222]

Wow! I’d say out of the park for sure and another to my list. You’ve never steered me wrong! Thank you Jeff, I’ll be doing this soon!!!

Thanks Jed. I was pleased with it. The bratwurst is awesome too. If you can’t find the recipe I reference I can send it to you.

Nice looking bowl Jeff! I wonder how many people you converted to keto without them knowing it!

Thanks, I can say I routinely feed folks who have no cares about carbs that love what I serve haha.

Man I love cabbage soup and yours looks great!

I’m all about cabbage!! Thanks!

That soup wouldn't last long around here, Jeff! Excellent!

That soup looks great . I need to try it .

Thanks Rich. If you try it let me know what you think. I think vinegar and either apple or jicama make it uniquely different than most I’ve had before.

Good looking soup Jeff.

Point for sure
Chris

Thanks Chris!

Great looking soup Jeff! I’m full just looking at those pictures. We had a cabbage style soup last week, as soon as the gas clears and a few open windows, I’ll be reloaded for some of that!

LOL I’m sure my dogs can attest to the fact it’s been an explosion zone here!!

 

[tx smoker]

Man Jeff, that just looks amazing!! That is some seriously great looking soup. Being that the temps are well into the 80's though, not a good time. I'll sure as heck be looking to make this when it cools down though.

Robert

 

[sawhorseray]

Great looking cook Jeff, and as usual enough to feed a small army! RAY

 

[jcam222]

Not a lot of time to cook this weekend but with a blast of cold weather this came to mind, Rather than a new post I figured I’d just add to the original. I really loved this and missed it when the last batch was gone. This will always be my go to for cabbage soup as the broth is just phenomenal. At the end you can adjust sweetener and vinegar to get the perfect sweet tangy result. I also bumped up the Worcestershire by 1T. The local grocer cabbages were about softball sized so guessed on them and ended up likely using more cabbage this time. Ended up with 19 quarts. After neighbors / friends and my belly I’ll freeze quite a few quarts.

 

[WV_Crusader]

Man, I know what I’m making when I harvest my cabbage this year!

 

[Buckeyedude]

Nice! Ill take quart of that! Sure sounds good with this chilly weather!

 

[6GRILLZNTN]

Heck yea Jeff. I'm bookmarking this one.