Authentic Polish Pickle Soup (Zupa Orgorkowa)

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 85 min
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Description

This authentic Polish pickle soup (zupa orgórkowa) recipe is a typical chicken and vegetable soup. It gets it's zing from sliced pickles and sour cream.

Ingredients

2 chicken leg quarters, skin removed
5 cups water, or as needed to cover
1/2 small head green cabbage, chopped
2 carrots, peeled and sliced
2 stalks celery, sliced
1 onion, sliced
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 bay leaves
1 clove garlic, minced
1 pinch ground thyme
1 pinch dried marjoram
salt and ground black pepper to taste
4 small dill pickles, thinly sliced
1/4 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

Directions

1 Place chicken leg quarters in a large pot; cover with water. Add cabbage, carrots, celery, onion, parsley, bay leaves, garlic, thyme, marjoram, salt, and black pepper.
2 Cover pot; bring to a simmer over medium heat. Cook about 1 hour; transfer 1 cup soup broth to a saucepan. Add pickles to broth in saucepan; simmer over medium-low heat for about 15 minutes. Pour pickle broth into soup in pot.
3 Combine sour cream and flour in a bowl; stir into soup. Bring to a boil until thickened, about 5 minutes. Serve immediately.