Cabbage and Smoked Sausage Soup

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 70 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

This cabbage and smoked sausage soup recipe includes onion, carrots, celery, beans, rice, tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, bouillon, bay, and thyme.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 onion, chopped
1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
3 cups water
1 head cabbage, cored and coarsely chopped
1 pound smoked sausage, sliced
3 carrots, sliced
3 stalks celery, sliced
1 (15 ounce) can red beans, with liquid
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1/3 cup uncooked long grain white rice
2 cubes chicken bouillon
1 bay leaf
1/2 teaspoon crushed dried thyme
salt to taste

Directions

1 Heat vegetable oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion; cook until lightly browned. Add crushed tomatoes, water, cabbage, sausage, carrots, celery, beans, tomato sauce, and rice. Add bouillon; stir until dissolved. Season with bay leaf, thyme, and salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cook until vegetables are tender and rice is cooked, at least 1 hour.