Creamy Cabbage Soup
Creamy Cabbage Soup is hearty and comforting! This delicious and easy soup recipe is loaded with tender cabbage, carrots, celery, ham and spices. Yum!
Creamy Cabbage Soup
I wasn’t sure so about this Creamy Cabbage Soup before I tried it. Don’t get me wrong, I love regular Cabbage Soup with its tomato based broth. I even have shared Cabbage Roll Soup and Sausage & Cabbage Soup on this blog and they are two of my more popular recipes. But cabbage with cream? I figured I’d find out.
My sister shared this recipe with me from her mother-in-law. She was telling me how delicious it was and that I needed to try it. I was up for the challenge so that’s exactly what I did!
The final result? OMG….amazeballs! This Creamy Cabbage Soup is one of the best soups I’ve ever made. No joke! It’s seasoned perfectly and has the perfect texture and flavor. I absolutely love it and I hope you do, too!
I had a friend over when I was making this soup. She was skeptical to about it until she tried it. We both agreed it was one of the better soups that I’ve made. She took a container home with her to share with her daughter.
Creamy Cabbage Soup Ingredients
This soup recipe has loads of wholesome ingredients. It’s filled with veggies including cabbage (of course!), celery, onions and carrots.
The broth is a base of chicken broth, milk and half and half cream. I used flour and butter to thicken it up.
The only meat is cooked cubed ham. You could leave that out if you wanted to make it vegetarian.
It’s seasoned with salt, pepper and dried thyme. You could also use fresh thyme if you wish. Use about 1 tablespoon instead of 1/2 teaspoon as stated in the recipe.
How to Make Creamy Cabbage Soup
Grab a big pot and get started by adding the chicken broth, celery, cabbage, onions and carrots to the pot and bringing the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to simmer for 20 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked and tender.
In another bowl, stir together cream and milk. Set aside.
In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add flour, salt and pepper. Stir to form a smooth paste. Gradually add the cream and milk mixture and make sure to continue to stir constantly. Cook until it reaches your desired thickness.
Gradually add the cream mixture to the vegetable mixture, stirring to combine. Add in the ham and dried thyme and heat through.
You garnish with some fresh parsley if you wish. I like it because it adds a nice pop of color.
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Creamy Cabbage Soup
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Ingredients
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 2 celery stalks chopped
- ½ medium head of cabbage shredded
- 1 sweet onion chopped
- 1 carrot peeled and chopped
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- 2 cups half and half cream
- 1 cup milk
- 2 cups ham cooked and cubed
- ½ tsp dried thyme
- chopped parsley for garnish, if desired
Instructions
- Add chicken broth, celery, cabbage, onions and carrot to a large pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
- Stir together cream and milk in a bowl.
- In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add flour, salt and pepper. Stir to form a smooth paste. Gradually add cream and milk mixture, stirring constantly. Continue to cook and stir until it reaches desired thickness.
- Gradually add cream mixture to vegetable mixture, stirring to combine. Add in ham and thyme. Heat through.
- Garnish with parsley if desired. Serve hot.
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Thinking of trying this in a crockpot- I’m thinking it would work best to add the cream to crockpot toward end of cooking time, but not sure… any recommendations?
I would definitely add the cream at the very end so it doesn’t curdle.
How many people does this recipe feed ?
It serves about 6 to 8 depending on how big of bowls you serve to people.
I made the cabbage soup on a rainy day in south Ga. It really complimented our cold snap! Your recipe is just delicious with a big piece of butter milk corn bread! Thank You!! And my wife really likes it!!
Can you freeze this soup?
I tend to not freeze cream based soups because the texture changes. This post here has some info about what you can do to freeze a creamy soup: https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/how-to-freeze-soups-cream-vs-other/
Could you pressure can this soup? Thanks
Hi Lindsey,
I’m not sure. I’m not that familiar with pressure canning. Sorry!
Can’t wait to try this soup. I added fresh garlic with the veggies (all veggies sautéd in butter firs). During 20 minute simmer I added 1/4 cup rice, and I added a 1/4 cup fresh parm cheese to the rue.
What can I sub for the flour? I’m gluten free.
The flour is used to thicken the soup. You could try a gluten free flour or arrowroot. I found this post that might help: https://zestforbaking.com/gluten-free-thickening-agents
Oat fiber!
I made mine in the instant pot today & it was so delicious. Definitely will make again!
This is soup is delicious!  It’s so easy to make and so enjoyable to eat!  Thank you!
Oh my!!! Â This soup is delish! Â So glad I tried it!
This is the best soup I’ve ever had! Really. It will be a regular for us.Â
Better with sauerkraut.
Oh my goodness yes!!!!
you sub the cabbage for sauerkraut?
I had some canned kraut in my fridge left over from dressing some hot dogs. I spooned some of the creamy soup broth over it and it is good. Makes for a different soup; a new creation.
It is a great soup. I added two stalks of celery and used instant potatoes instead of the flour to thicken it, a process I learned from our school lunchroom cook.
Make it today everyone liked it I did add some corn an cut up a few potatoesÂ
This is the best comforting soup.  The only thing I did different was… our local Market Basket smokes meat and I used their 1/2 venison and half pork sausage and it gave the soup such a rich taste.  I will be making it again today because I want my sister to try it.  Thank you for sharing.  I love  the Creamy Cabbage Soup!!!
I made this for my elderly parents .  My dad is not a vegetable eater, but I filled this soup extra vegetables and he ate two bowls and said he can’t wait to eat some tonight.  It is one of the best soups I’ve ever made and I cook lots of soups !  I used Market Basket smoked sausage with venison and YUM!!!  Thank you for sharing!!!
Thanks for the great recipe. I’m not a fan of tomato based soups so this was perfect for me. I have been looking for a good cabbage soup recipe for years. This one was perfect. It was so delicious. Everyone went nuts over it. Will definitely make again.
very tasty i did not have ham or celeryÂ
Sounds delicious. I make a similar soup except replace the cabbage and ham with sauerkraut and corned beef and add some Swiss cheese. Also very delicious.
Delicious!  I added Some extra veggies (asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower). Also made with chicken.  I didnt Have any half n half so i did a little substitution with Greek yogurt.  Although i have Never made a rue and didn’t know how thick it was supposed to be, it turned out fabulous! Â
Thanks i will Be adding this to the regular line up.Â
This cabbage soup was delicious and easy to make. I will be making it again.Â
This was wonderful and so easy made it just like your recipe said this will b one I got to this winter a lotÂ
This brings back childhood memories. I am a Ukrainian girl and have had my fair share of cabbage soup over the years. I do recall my mom and baba adding some cream in theirs as well. Most of the time they actually made it with sauerkraut!! I will have to try this version and see how they compare. And of course, bacon makes everything delicious.