CABBAGE FIESTA SOUP
This Cabbage Soup is made with ground beef and its delicious! Flavorful, comforting and so simple to make!
If you love this recipe, you may want to try this delicious Tortellini Soup made with Italian Sausage. It’s wonderful and comes together quickly.
❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE
We love this recipe because it’s full of flavor and it’s simple ingredients. It can be made in the crock pot or on top of the stove too. It reheats well and is super versatile. If you don’t like green peppers, simply leave them out.
SWAPS
You could easily make many variation so this soup! Make it with ground turkey or ground chicken, add any spices you love like cumin, chili powder and smoked paprika. All soups are super versatile and we love to try new things.
We have made this recipe many times, and we love to switch it up. You will see corn in the ingredients; we left it out the last time we made it, and I snapped these photos. It’s great with or without it!
Debi
“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!!!”
⭐TIP
Cabbage Tip: Green and Savoy cabbage is best to use in cooked recipes. Red cabbage is best raw, and napa cabbage is best raw or stir-fried. Bok choy is good sauteed.
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Cabbage Fiesta Soup
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef cooked and drained
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/2 to 3/4 head cabbage chopped
- 1 small onion cut in rings
- 1 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1 10 ounce can tomatoes with green chilis
- 1 14.5 ounce can of chicken broth
- 1 10 3/4 ounce can cheddar cheese soup(do not dilute)
- 1 15 ounce can kidney beans, drained
- 1 cup frozen cut corn can use one can, drained
- 1 small green pepper chopped
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- Salt to taste
Instructions
Crock Pot Instructions
- 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.
Stove Top Instructions
- Make hamburger in skillet with garlic and drain. Add to large pot with all other ingredients, bring to a boil and turn down to a simmer. Let simmer until cabbage is the consistency you desire.
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We really enjoyed this soup, thank you for the recipe. I made it on the stovetop and followed the recipe exactly, except I didn’t have fresh garlic so I used 1/2tsp dried minced. It was fantastic and one that I’ll definitely make again.
Made it tonight with sausage! It is delicious! Thanks for the recipe.
Added cumin, chili powder and diced jalapeños for added flavor, good recipe.
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!
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!
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?
I added tubettini pasta to mine. Yum
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 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 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.