Cabbage soup
| Type | Soup |
|---|---|
| Serving temperature | Hot |
| Main ingredients | Sauerkraut/white cabbage |
| Ingredients generally used | Stock (fish, mushroom, or pork) or fat, vegetables, |
| Other information | Shchi is generally made with cabbage. Borscht can be a cabbage soup as well. |
Cabbage soup may refer to any of the variety of soups based on various cabbages, or on sauerkraut and known under different names in national cuisines. Often it is a vegetable soup, with lentils, peas or beans in place of the meat. It may be prepared with different ingredients. Vegetarian cabbage soup may use mushroom stock. Another variety is using a fish stock. There is also a preference to cook cabbage soup using a pork stock.