This wholesome sweet-and-sour soup combines beef, caraway seeds, sweet paprika and cabbage—ingredients that star in a number of German dishes. It is particularly nice served with crusty rye bread. For an even heartier soup, add diced cooked potatoes along with the cabbage.

Servings: 6 servings, about 1 3/4 cups each
Total Time: 30 minutes
Ease of Preparation: Easy
Health: Healthy Weight, High Potassium, Low Cholesterol, Low Sat Fat, Low Carb, Low Calorie


Ingredients:

Sweet & Sour Beef-Cabbage Soup
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 pound lean (90% or leaner) ground beef
1 1/2 teaspoons caraway seeds
1 teaspoon dried thyme
2 1/2 cups frozen bell pepper and onion mix, thawed, chopped
1 medium Golden Delicious or other sweet-tart cooking apple, unpeeled, diced
6 cups reduced-sodium beef broth
1 15-ounce can crushed or diced tomatoes
1 1/2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon paprika, preferably Hungarian sweet
3 cups coarsely chopped Savoy or green cabbage
1-2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1/4 teaspoon salt
Freshly ground pepper to taste


Steps:

1: Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add beef, caraway seeds and thyme and cook, stirring and breaking up the beef with a spoon, until it is mostly browned, about 4 minutes. Stir in pepper-onion mix and apple; cook, stirring, for 2 to 3 minutes more.

2: Stir in broth, tomatoes, honey and paprika and adjust the heat so the mixture boils gently. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes to blend the flavors. Stir in cabbage and cook just until barely tender, 3 to 4 minutes more. Season with vinegar to taste, salt and pepper.

Nutrition: (Per serving)

Calories - 250
Carbohydrates - 20
Fat - 10
Saturated Fat - 3
Monounsaturated Fat - 5
Protein - 20
Cholesterol - 54
Dietary Fiber - 4
Potassium - 717
Sodium - 705
Nutrition Bonus - Vitamin C (45% daily value), Vitamin A (30% dv), Iron & Potassium (20% dv).

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