Name: Crock Pot Ham Cabbage Potato Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h 20 min
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 4 medium russet potatoes, diced, about 3 cups; 1 1/2 cups chopped cabbage; 1 small onion, diced, about 1 cup; 1 leek, diced about 2 cups; 2 carrots, diced, about 1 cup; 2 cups diced ham, (I used my leftover Thanksgiving ham); 2 small bay leaves; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 64 oz beef broth; 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley; 1/2 cup sour cream

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Crock Pot Ham Cabbage Potato Soup

This German Crock Pot Ham Potato Cabbage Soup recipe reminds me of my German grandmother.

Since crock pot soup recipes are so much easier now I can enjoy my grandmother’s cabbage soup recipe without all of the work.

Grandmother’s German Recipes

I may have mentioned a few times that my family has a deep German heritage.

Both of my parents hail from German stock. On my father’s side, there is a little bit of English and Irish but most of both sides of my family come from Germany.

As I was slow cooking this Crock Pot Ham Cabbage Potato Soup recipe my home filled with the aromas of my childhood.

My grandmother would cook boiled ham, cabbage and potatoes often. Only she never served it as a soup.

We would pile our plates high with thick slices of boiled ham, the tender leaves of boiled cabbage and fat pieces of tender boiled potatoes.

It was delicious and another one of those nostalgic childhood meals I can’t get my family to eat – which makes me a bit sad sometimes.

Honestly, they don’t know what they are missing if you ask me.

This Ham Cabbage Potato Soup recipe also has diced fresh fennel in it. I do not ever remember seeing my grandmother cook with fresh fennel.

But, one of the old wives tales I grew up with; which I am sure comes from a distant German relative is that when a baby has colic you should make them some warm fennel tea and it will help relieve the gas pains.

Now I have never tried this with any of my children. I was pretty lucky and none of them suffered from colic.

Have you ever heard of this old German fennel tea wives tale? I’d love to hear if you did so leave me a comment!

How To Make Crock Pot Ham Cabbage Potato Soup

Ingredients

4 medium russet potatoes, diced, about 3 cups
1 1/2 cups chopped cabbage
1 small onion, diced, about 1 cup
1 leek, diced about 2 cups
2 carrots, diced, about 1 cup
2 cups diced ham, (I used my leftover Thanksgiving ham)
2 small bay leaves
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
64 oz beef broth
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/2 cup sour cream

Directions

Dice and chop all of the vegetables (except the parsley) and add them to a 6 or 7-quart crock pot slow cooker.
Add the diced ham to the slow cooker.
Next add the salt, pepper, bay leaves and nutmeg to the crock pot.
Pour the beef broth over all of the ingredients in the crock pot and stir to combine.
Cook for 4 -5 hours on high or 7-8 hours on low.
An hour before done add the chopped parsley to the slow cooker, recover and continue to cook.
Before serving stir the sour cream into the soup or add a tablespoon of sour cream to each serving
Serves 8.

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