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    Home » Recipes » Soup & Salad

    Chicken Cabbage Soup (No Tomatoes)

    Published: Apr 27, 2020 · Modified: Sep 10, 2023 by Lauren · This post may contain affiliate links · 4 Comments

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    Chicken Cabbage Soup - This delicious soup is an easy recipe made with minimal ingredients, including carrots, thyme, and cooked chicken. No tomatoes needed!

    Chicken cabbage soup made without tomatoes

    This story is not particularly interesting, but I always enjoy reading how recipes begin!

    One day, instead of my usual lunch salad, I was in the mood for soup.

    Because I'm half Czech, I very often have cabbage in my fridge! This day was no different, and my cabbage's destiny was to be used as soup!

    I wanted to avoid using tomatoes in my soup, as in this Low Calorie Cabbage Soup already on the blog.

    Sometimes, I avoid tomatoes. If I don't, I can find myself eating them nearly every day! Which is fine, if you're not a hyper-allergic individual, such as myself.

    In addition to being sans tomato, I wanted to use as few ingredients as possible.

    Initially, I limited myself to four. I was thinking...cabbage, carrot, water, thyme. This was not going on the blog at this point, mind you, so I just wanted fast, simple, healthy.

    But!...after a few additions and tweaks, I came up with something rather delicious!

    Natalie, the queen of 'I don't like soup', even dug this one, so I wanted to share.

    Healthy cabbage soup with chicken

    Recipe notes

    The first time I made this soup, I didn't add the chicken and was definitely hungry again soon after. After making it a second time, I stirred in some cooked chicken breasts that were in desperate need of moisture, and the soup tasted phenomenal!

    Chicken cabbage soup made without tomatoes
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    Chicken Cabbage Soup

    This delicious soup is an easy recipe made with minimal ingredients, including carrots, thyme, and cooked chicken. No tomatoes needed for this one!
    Prep Time10 minutes mins
    Cook Time25 minutes mins
    0 minutes mins
    Total Time35 minutes mins
    Course: Soup
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: Anti-candida, Dairy-free, Grain-free, No broth, Sugar-free
    Servings: 8 servings
    Calories: 104kcal
    Author: Lauren Goslin

    Ingredients

    • 2 Tablespoons olive oil
    • ¾ cup yellow onion chopped
    • 3 large garlic cloves minced
    • ¾ cup carrots (about two medium carrots) chopped
    • pinch red pepper flakes
    • 5 cups green cabbage shredded
    • 1 dried bay leaf
    • 10 fresh thyme sprigs (or a big pinch of dried thyme)
    • 7 cups water
    • 1 teaspoon sea salt plus more as desired
    • 1-3 cups cooked chicken as desired

    Instructions

    • Heat a large pot over medium heat.
    • Add in onion, garlic, carrots, red pepper flakes, and a good pinch of sea salt.
    • Saute 2-3 minutes.
    • Add in the cabbage, water, thyme, and one teaspoon of sea salt.
    • Give everything a good stir.
    • Bring soup up to a boil, then lower to a simmer.
    • Cook 20-25 minutes, until cabbage is tender, not mushy.
    • Stir in as much or little chopped cooked chicken as you like.
    • Taste for salt and enjoy!

    Notes

    Nutrition facts based on using two cups of chicken.
    WW Points: 3

    Nutrition

    Calories: 104kcal | Carbohydrates: 4.9g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 4.6g | Fiber: 1.6g | Sugar: 2.4g

    If you have a chance to try this recipe, please leave a star rating and a comment below letting me know how you liked it!

    Healthy, low carb cabbage soup

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    1. Michael

      June 07, 2023 at 4:36 am

      This is a super easy recipe to make with awesome results. My only change was leaving out the garlic (my wife is not a fan). I ended up with a large pot of soup which I served with homemade socca. This recipe goes into my keeper file.

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      • Lauren

        June 07, 2023 at 7:21 pm

        Thanks, Michael. Love the idea of serving it with socca, yum! 🙂

        Reply
    2. Lauri

      April 14, 2022 at 6:46 am

      Delicious water-based cabbage recipe! I made this for my dad, who has stage three kidney disease. I left out the salt. I included a bit more thyme than called for and added a scope of white rice to thicken the broth a bit. Thanks for such an easy recipe.

      Reply
      • Lauren

        April 15, 2022 at 8:02 am

        Thanks, Lauri! I'm happy your dad enjoyed it. 🙂

        Reply

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