
Simple cabbage soup recipe
Description
Such shchi is a nutritious and hearty dish for lunch. I cook everything in a cauldron with thick walls and bottom, but you can use a regular pot. Serve the dish immediately after cooking; you can garnish it with sour cream and chopped herbs. Instead of fresh cabbage, you can use sour cabbage. The soup is ready to serve.
Instructions
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Step 1

1. Heat vegetable oil in a cauldron. Peel the potatoes and onions, then cut them into cubes. Clean the mushrooms and slice them into small pieces.
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Step 2

2. Place the onion in a cauldron and fry until it turns slightly golden. Meanwhile, cut the pork meat into pieces and add it to the onion. Fry the meat until fully cooked.
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Step 3

3. Add mushrooms to the meat and onions in the cauldron, mix well and cook until the liquid evaporates.
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Step 4

4. Cut the cabbage into cubes, place it in the pot, and also add the potatoes and bay leaf.
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Step 5

5. Pour hot water over all the contents of the cauldron, simmer for 1.5 hours over low heat with the lid closed.
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Step 6

6. Season with salt and pepper to taste, press the garlic cloves through a garlic press. Remove the bay leaf and serve the dish with sour cream and chopped herbs.