Cabbage and Chicken
Soup Recipe

A Sunday Dinner Leftover Special

You can use this cabbage and chicken soup recipe to make the best use of your Sunday leftovers. Or you can start with fresh chicken and cabbage ingredients, the choice is yours to make.

This quick and easy recipe for cabbage and chicken soup combines two southern favorites, cabbage and chicken to create a wholesome and healthy cabbage soup. The addition of cabbage makes this a variation of a classic chicken soup recipe.

Cabbage And Chicken Soup

You will need the following ingredients and cooking utensils for this recipe: large soup or stock pot, 5 cups water, 2 cups chicken broth, 2 chicken bouillon cubes, 2 medium size tomatoes peeled an chopped; 1 cup finely shredded carrots, 1/2 cup finely diced celery, 1/2 cup diced onion, 3 cups finely shredded cabbage; 1 cup diced cooked chicken, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon ground pepper, 1 teaspoon thyme, 1 teaspoon basil, and 1 bay leaf.

1. In a large soup pot, combine water, chicken broth, crushed bouillon cubes, tomatoes, carrots, celery, onions, cabbage and chicken, mix thoroughly. Bring mixture to boil. Cover pot, reduce heat and simmer for about 30 minutes.

2. After 30 minutes of simmering add salt, pepper, thyme, basil and bay leaf. Simmer for an additional 10 minutes and soup is ready to eat. Remove bay leaf before serving.

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