Name: Country Potato-and-Cabbage Soup Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 4 oz Bacon; 1 large onion; 1 leek; ½ cup dry white wine; 6 parsley sprigs; 6 thyme sprigs; 1 bay leaf; 1 lb red potatoes; 6 cups chicken stock; 1 lb green cabbage; salt; 2 tbsp chives; 3 slice country bread; 2 clove garlic; 2 tbsp parsley

How To Make Country Potato-and-Cabbage Soup

Slices of bacon give this dish a savory richness. This cabbage soup also comes loaded with potatoes, herbs, and crisp croutons.

Preparation: 30 minutes

Cooking: 30 minutes

Total: 1 hour

Serves:

Ingredients

3tbspextra virgin olive oil
4ozbacon,thick cut
1largeonion
1leek
½cupdry white wine
6parsley sprigs
6thyme sprigs
1bay leaf
1lbred potatoes,small
6cupschicken stock
1lbgreen cabbage
salt,and freshly ground pepper
2tbspchives
3slicecountry bread
2clovegarlic
2tbspparsley,minced

Instructions

In a soup pot, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil. Add the bacon and cook over moderately high heat until crisp.
Add the onion and leek and cook over low heat until softened. Add the wine and simmer until nearly evaporated.
Tie the parsley sprigs, thyme sprigs and bay leaf with string; add to the pot along with the potatoes and stock.
Bring to a boil, then simmer until the potatoes are tender. Add the cabbage, season with salt and pepper and simmer until the cabbage is tender.
Discard the herb bundle.
Stir in the chives.
Meanwhile, in a medium skillet, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil.
Add the bread and garlic and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until the croutons are golden brown; discard the garlic.
Season with salt and sprinkle with the parsley.
Ladle the soup into deep bowls.
Sprinkle with the croutons and serve.