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Ok ok relax I know exactly what you’re feeling when you read cabbage soup and I gotta tell you, this recipe is like no other!

If you hate cabbage than this where I bid you adieu and promise more great recipes in the future.

This Cabbage Soup has so many layers of flavour that there’s no way to fully prepare yourself.

Slightly sour from the apple cider vinegar but balanced out nicely with the brown sugar in and tart green apple (what‼️)

Oh that’s not the only surprise in this pleasantly satisfying bowl so give it a go why don’t you?

To be forthright, I didn’t think I would dig on this like I am but here she is, jumping ahead of all my waiting posts!

what you need

6 quart instant pot

ingredients

• 1 tbs veg oil
• 3/4 cup of pork, bacon or mushrooms, chopped
• 1 cup red onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup carrot, peeled and chopped
• 1 medium sized cabbage (green or red or combo) cut into 1/2” slices 👉NO coleslaw mix! Way too thin for IP cooking
• 6 cups chicken broth ( Better than Bouillon is what I used)
• 1 tart green apple, peeled and chopped
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar (or if you like sour do 1/2 cup) can always adjust later
• 1 tbsp orange zest, finely grated
• 1/2 tsp each nutmeg and pepper
• 2 bay leaves
• One 4” cinnamon stick
• 2 tbsp butter (optional)

Trust the process grasshopper – it’s not going to taste like a weird cabbage dessert!

this is how we do it

• Set Instant Pot to sauté
• Brown chosen protein or mushrooms, 2 min
• ADD red onion and carrots, cook til softened
• STIR in cabbage and cook down until wilted
• TURN OFF SAUTÉ BUTTON
• ADD 6 cups chicken broth, deglaze scraping the bottom til smooth ( no browned parts)
• ADD in remaining ingredients.
• Lock lid, set to seal and pressure cook or manual 20 minutes with keep warm turned off.
• Quick release after 20 minutes discard cinnamon stick and bay leaves.
• GARNISH with green onions.

Get a big bowl of this Cabbage Soup! It’s filling and flavourful with zero carb crash.

Can’t describe it except if Pho and Sweet and Sour soup had a baby (maybe wonton too?).

Weird analogy but you’ll see what I mean soon enough.