Cabbage soup with chicken

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   A set of products for cooking cabbage soup in chicken broth.

2. Step 2:

   

   First of all, we cook the broth. We wash the chicken well, pour cold water 4-5 cm above the chicken, salt it and put it on medium heat for about 1 hour. Do not forget to carefully remove the foam. When the chicken is ready, we take it out of the broth and leave it to cool.

3. Step 3:

   

   Peel potatoes, cut into strips, put in broth.

4. Step 4:

   

   Shred the young cabbage. We put it in a saucepan 10 minutes before the end of cooking the soup.

5. Step 5:

   

   Be sure to remove the foam that forms when cooking cabbage.

7. Step 6:

   

   Chop the onion, fry in 1 tbsp vegetable oil

8. Step 7:

   

   Add carrots and a couple more tablespoons of oil to the onion.

9. Step 8:

   

   Add tomato sauce or ketchup. I don't like fresh tomatoes in soup, but if you like, you can add them instead of sauce. Fry everything together for a couple of minutes.

10. Step 9:

    

    Add 4 tablespoons of broth and simmer for another 5 minutes. Add to the soup 5 minutes before it is ready.

11. Step 10:

    

    Last of all, add the peppercorns and bay leaf. Cut the cooled chicken into pieces, or disassemble it into fibers and add it to the soup. When serving, season with sour cream and herbs.