CABBAGE FIESTA SOUP
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This soup is great comfort food and easy to make in the crock pot or make it on top of the stove even quicker.
Brown hamburger with garlic on stove and drain. Add to crock pot along with the rest of the ingredients. Cook on high for 4 hours or low 6 – 7 hours or make on top of the stove, too. Enjoy! This soup is great with my Quick Peppery Cheese Bread recipe. Don’t Forget to Pin! 
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Added cumin, chili powder and diced jalapeños for added flavor, good recipe.
Can you leave out chili peppers and cheese soup ?
You can definitely give it a try.
How do you cut your cabbage??
I just chop it up with a large knife on a cutting board. You can make the pieces as large or small as you like them.
I’m making this today for my meeting tonight, we’re doing three different kinds of soups. This is the one I’m doing, so I’ll have to comment later how everyone enjoyed ! I’ve already tasted it and it taste delicious!
Thanks Billie! Hope your meeting goes well and they like the soup.
Everyone enjoyed the Cabbage Fiesta Soup ! One of the member’s husband had a bowl and said that she needed to get the recipe from me. I referred her to the site! The Southern Lady Cooks !!!!
Thank you so much Billie! So happy they liked it and thank you for letting me know. Have a great week.
Drop in a jar of Canned Deer meat … Hmm Hmmm good
Bet you can spice it up a bit with some sausage vs ground beef – cabbage and sausage are a great mix!
Want a printable copy of this soup
If you look under the recipe, Margaret, there is a picture of a printer icon. Click on that and you can remove the photo and any text you don’t want and print only the recipe.
It’s a snowy-icy-windy day here in Lawrenceburg, KY but I braved the elements and made a quick trip to Kroger for a few ingredients I needed. My Cabbage Fiesta Soup is now in the crockpot. Will let you know later how the family likes it. (But no way it could top your Woodford Pudding recipe, hmmm, wonder if I have all those ingredients? Maybe another trip to Kroger is in my near future, man that would be good finish to a hot bowl of soup supper, wouldn’t it? Where’s my boots?LOL) Thanks Judy, everything I’ve ever made from your recipes was delicious.
my favorite soup!
How long would you cook it for on the stove?
About 30 minutes. Long enough for the cabbage to cook.
We just finished ours and it was soo good. I cooked it on the stove on low for 2 hrs
So happy you enjoyed the soup recipe, Karen.
I’m trying to think of a substitute for the Cheddar Cheese soup called for in the recipe. I prefer not to have too much processed food. Any suggestions besides maybe just cheese?
I feel the same way Mary H.and was was wondering if I could shred some cheddar cheese with a bit of milk and melt in a double broiler.
I added tubettini pasta to mine. Yum
I think I will try to make a cheese sauce, like the sauce for mac and cheese. It’s just a white sauce with cheese melted in it. I’m thinking the cheese soup acts as a thickener, and the sauce would do the same, if it is thick enough. Maybe cook the flour/butter and add just enough milk to loosen the roux so that the cheese can melt in. Hmmmm…. thoughts?
Have made a similar soup only I don’t cook the hamburger. Instead I flake it into small chunks into the mixture (last ingredient I put in) then put the lid on the crockpot and cook until I get home from work. Perfect every time!
I made this & it was good but I used light colored beans & did’nt draine the corn or the beans and used a little more water and garlic. I think next time I will use the sausage and butter beans which I love and a few carrots too. Thanks Debi Chowning for the idea.
I made this last night with a twist or two and we loved it !! I used ground sausage instead of ground beef. I also threw in a couple new potatoes chopped, a can of butter beans, and chopped a few carrots. It was truly heaven in a bowl !!!
Looks yummy! Can’t wait to try it!
What size crock pot? I have a 4, is that OK?
Yes, Carolyn, if you mean 4 quart that is fine.
this sounds like the cabbage soup served at Shoney’s Restaurant, which I absolutely love! I don’t think theirs has the cheese, but that would be a nice touch.
This looks wonderful, Judy, especially for the cloudy and colder winter days we’ve been having lately. Amazingly, we still have a cabbage or two left in the garden!
This sounds great! Winter is the perfect time for soup. I like it all year round but something about the cold outside just makes soup better!
I love cabbage and kidney beans together. Looks wonderful.
No doubt, this is a very healthy soup. Looks great – so glad you shared. Thanks for all the inspiration you give.
This sounds like a great version of this soup, especially with the cheddar soup added. Can’t wait to try it!