SMOKED SAUSAGE AND CABBAGE WITH DUMPLINGS
This recipe for Smoked Sausage and Cabbage with Dumplings is perfect comfort food. I can eat this anytime. Add some cornbread muffins and you have a meal. You can cut this recipe in half and it keeps well in the fridge for several days.
1 small head cabbage, chopped or 1/2 of a large head of cabbage
4 to 5 carrots, scraped and cut into bite-sized pieces
1 small onion, peeled and chopped
4 cups chicken broth
4 tablespoons butter
4 cups water
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon caraway seeds
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 bay leaf
1 (12 ounce) package smoked sausage, cut in pieces
Combine cabbage, carrots, onion, chicken broth, butter, water, black pepper,caraway seeds, basil and bay leaf in a large soup pot. Bring to a boil, cover, turn down to simmer and let cook until cabbage has cooked down and carrots are tender. Add smoked sausage, let cook about five minutes before adding dumplings.
Recipe for Dumplings:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 teaspoons shortening (I use Crisco)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
Mix together and either pinch off pieces or drop by spoonfuls into gently boiling cabbage recipe above. I add several dumplings at a time removing the cover and replacing it on the pot after each addition.
Makes about 10 to 12 servings. Enjoy!
Note: I have not tried freezing this recipe.
Smoked Sausage and Cabbage with Dumplings
Ingredients
- 1 small head cabbage chopped or 1/2 of a large head of cabbage
- 4 to 5 carrots scraped and cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 small onion peeled and chopped
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 4 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon caraway seeds
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 12 ounce package smoked sausage cut in pieces
Ingredients for Dumplings:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3 teaspoons shortening I use Crisco
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
Instructions
- Combine cabbage, carrots, onion, chicken broth, butter, water, black pepper,caraway seeds, basil and bay leaf in a large soup pot. Bring to a boil, cover, turn down to simmer and let cook until cabbage has cooked down and carrots are tender. Add smoked sausage, let cook about five minutes before adding dumplings.
Directions for Dumplings:
- Mix together and either pinch off pieces or drop by spoonfuls into gently boiling cabbage recipe above. I add several dumplings at a time removing the cover and replacing it on the pot after each addition.
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