Description
Light and nourishing cabbage detox soup offers a cleansing journey through wholesome ingredients. Packed with nutrients and healing properties, this simple recipe restores wellness while satisfying hunger with minimal effort.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 (medium) cabbage, chopped
- 2 (large) carrots, sliced
- 2 bell peppers, any color, chopped
- 3 celery stalks, chopped
- 1 (large) onion, chopped
- 6 cups / 1.4 liters vegetable broth
- 1 can (14.5 oz / 411 g) diced tomatoes
- 1–2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp oregano
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Hot sauce (optional, for extra spice)
Instructions
- Prep Workspace: Meticulously wash and uniformly chop cabbage, onion, carrots, bell peppers, celery, garlic into consistent bite-sized pieces, ensuring balanced cooking and texture.
- Aromatic Foundation: Warm olive oil in a large pot over medium heat, sauté minced garlic and onions until translucent, releasing their fragrant essence and creating a flavor base.
- Vegetable Transformation: Add carrots, bell peppers, and celery, stirring continuously for 4-5 minutes to soften vegetables and develop caramelized undertones that enhance overall taste profile.
- Liquid Integration: Fold chopped cabbage into the vegetable mixture, then introduce diced tomatoes and vegetable broth, ensuring thorough ingredient distribution and complete liquid coverage.
- Seasoning Harmony: Sprinkle dried basil, oregano, salt, and freshly ground black pepper, gently stirring to seamlessly integrate herbs and spices throughout the liquid base.
- Simmering Process: Bring soup to a robust boil, immediately reduce to a gentle simmer, cover pot, and allow ingredients to meld and vegetables to tenderize for 25-35 minutes, developing deep, complex flavors.
- Final Touch: Conduct a comprehensive taste evaluation, adjusting seasonings as desired. Optional: Add hot sauce for additional zest. Serve in warmed bowls, ensuring balanced vegetable distribution.
Notes
- Slice Uniformly: Chop vegetables into consistent bite-sized pieces to guarantee even cooking and balanced flavor distribution in every spoonful.
- Sauté with Care: Gently cook garlic and onions until translucent to release their aromatic base, which forms the flavor foundation of the detox soup.
- Build Flavor Layers: Allow vegetables to slightly caramelize during cooking to enhance natural sweetness and develop deeper, more complex taste profiles.
- Season Strategically: Taste and adjust seasonings toward the end of cooking, as herbs and spices intensify during simmering, preventing over-seasoning.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
- Method: Sautéing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 7
- Calories: 50
- Sugar: 4g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 1g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 12g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 0mg