Cabbage Soup - Kapusniak - Ania's Polish Food Recipe #35

smoked sausage

🥗Healthier: chicken sausage

💰Cheaper: regular sausage

Chicken sausage reduces fat while maintaining flavor.

bacon

🥗Healthier: turkey bacon

💰Cheaper: pork lard

Turkey bacon cuts calories and fat.

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Homemade broth is fresher and more flavorful.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil offers health benefits and can be less expensive.

Add all vegetables into a large pot full of water along with bay leaf and bacon; cook on medium-high for around 30 minutes.

Strain the cabbage and reserve the juice; rinse under water if too sour.

Chop onion and sausage into half-moons.

Peel and chop potatoes into cubes.

Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a frying pan; add onions and cook until softened.

Add sausage to the onions and cook for another minute.

Fish out all vegetables from the pot, reserving bacon and carrot.

Cut bacon into cubes and chop carrots into half-moons.

Add potatoes to the stock along with bacon, fried onions, and sausage; cover and boil for around 10-15 minutes until potatoes are tender.

Add cabbage and carrots to the pot; stir and cover, boiling for another 10 minutes.

Prepare a roux by melting butter and mixing in flour; cook for around 1.5 minutes and add to the soup, stirring well.

Check seasoning, adding black pepper and reserved cabbage juice if needed.

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