Cabbage And Sausage Soup

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 4 mild italian sausage, casings removed
• 2 carrots, peeled cut into 1 inch discs
• 2 celery ribs, cut into 1 inch chunks
• 1 onion, thinly julienne
• 1 red pepper, diced
• 1/2 savoy cabbage or 1/2 napa cabbage, cut into bite size pieces
• 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup lipton onion soup mix, one package
• 1 knorr chicken bouillon cube
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• cracked black pepper
• 2 cups dried egg noodles, cooked al dente or 2 cups noodles, of your choice cooked al dente

Recipe

• 1 begin to brown sauage in a 6- 8 quart pot. add garlic, onions, celery and carrots, stirring until sausage is nearly cooked.
• 2 add 6- 8 quarts of water depending how soupy you like it. add onion soup, boullion, salt and pepper and thyme. add cabbage and bring to a boil. simmer for about 30 minutes, or until carrots are tender, and soup tastes yummy. about 5 minutes before it's done, add red peppers. add cooked noodles before serving.
• 3 makes about 6 quarts, and it's not completely soupy, but chock full of yumminess with a moderate amount of broth. tastes even better next day.