Hearty Cabbage Beef And Lentil Soup Recipes

BEEF AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat until it begins to smoke. Season the beef with salt and pepper, then gently place into the hot oil, and brown on all sides, about 8 minutes. Once browned, remove the beef and set aside, reserving the remaining oil in the pot. Stir in the celery, carrot, onion, garlic, cilantro, and oregano; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 8 minutes more.
• Pour in the chicken broth, tomatoes, and browned beef. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the meat is beginning to turn tender, about 1 hour.
• After the soup has simmered 1 hour, add the lentils, recover, and continue simmering until the lentils are tender, about 40 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper, then stir in the parsley. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese to serve.

HEARTY CABBAGE, BEEF, AND LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Combine broth, carrots, celery, and lentils in a large stockpot over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes, then reduce heat to low. Add cabbage, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, thyme, oregano, salt, pepper, and bay leaf. Cover and let simmer until vegetables and lentils are cooked thoroughly, about 45 minutes.
• While soup is simmering, heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground beef, onion, and garlic; cook and stir until browned and crumbly and onion is soft, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain fat from the skillet; add contents to the soup. Serve.

HEARTY CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat.
• Add onion, celery, cabbage, salt, and pepper.
• Partly cover and cook for 10 minutes over a low heat.
• Add potatoes, chicken stock, and dill.
• Bring to a boil while stirring periodically.
• Boil, partly covered, for 20 minutes.
• Mix the flour with the sour cream in a bowl.
• Add 1/2 cup of the hot soup stock to bowl, mix well, and pour into soup.
• Mix well and serve.

HEARTY CABBAGE & BEEF SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, brown beef, drain.
• Add all remaining ingredients except parsley.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 1 hour.
• Garnish with parsley.
• *I substitute the celery, tomatoes, and water with a one quart jar of my stewed tomatoes and one jar of water.

BEEF LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink, 5-7 minutes; crumble meat; drain. Add the tomato juice, water, lentils, cabbage, carrots, celery, onion, green pepper, pepper, thyme and bay leaf., Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until the lentils and vegetables are tender. Add spinach and heat through. Remove bay leaf.

HEARTY CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the cabbage, zucchini and mushrooms; cook and stir 8 minutes longer. , Stir in the soup, tomatoes, pepper sauce, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Sprinkle each serving with 2 teaspoons cheese., Serve immediately or cool and freeze in a freezer container. May be frozen for up to 3 months., To use frozen soup: Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Transfer to a saucepan. Cover and cook over medium heat until heated through. Sprinkle each serving with 2 teaspoons cheese.

LENTIL SOUP WITH BEEF

Steps:

• Heat the oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Sprinkle the beef with salt and pepper. Add half of the beef and cook until brown, about 8 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the beef to a bowl. Repeat with the remaining beef. Add the celery, carrots, onion, garlic, rosemary, and oregano to the pot. Saute until the onions are translucent, about 8 minutes. Return the beef and any accumulated juices from the bowl to the pot. Add the broth and tomatoes with their juice. Bring the soup to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer until the meat is just tender, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour. Add the lentils. Cover and continue simmering until the lentils are tender, about 40 minutes. Stir in the parsley. Season the soup, to taste, with salt and pepper. Ladle the soup into bowls and serve.