Hot And Sour Cabbage Soup

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 small onion, minced (3 oz)
• 8 ounces cabbage, about the size of a grapefruit
• 15 ounces diced tomatoes (petite dice)
• 5 -6 cups fat free chicken broth or 5 -6 cups vegetable broth
• 1 (15 ounce) can straw mushrooms, undrained
• 1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce
• 1/3 cup seasoned rice vinegar (see note on substituting)
• 1 teaspoon hot red chili pepper flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• black pepper, to taste (a lot!)

Recipe

• 1 note: one cup of seasoned rice vinegar is the same as 3/4 cup rice vinegar plus 1/4 cup sugar plus 2 teaspoons salt. i used this substitution and it was great.
• 2 spray a large soup pot with some cooking spray, and heat over medium heat. add onion, and saute until soft.
• 3 meanwhile, quarter your cabbage, remove the core, and shred the cabbage with a large chef’s knife. add tomatoes, cabbage, undrained mushrooms, and broth to the pot and stir well.
• 4 add the soy sauce, vinegar, chili flakes and salt. bring to a boil, cover, then turn heat down to medium low. simmer for 20 minutes or until cabbage is the desired tenderness.
• 5 grind a lot of fresh black pepper over the top and serve.