Looking for a hearty and comforting keto-friendly soup recipe? Try this Keto Cabbage Soup with Beef – it’s the perfect soup for a cold fall or winter night!
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Anyone remember The Cabbage Soup Diet? It’s one of those weird diets that promise quick weight loss through cabbage-based simplicity: eating bowls of cabbage soup for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for a full week.
While I do not recommend The Cabbage Soup Diet, I will say that trying it once when I was younger made me realize that cabbage soup is actually pretty tasty! This cabbage soup – made heartier with beef – is wonderfully flavorful and very easy to make in less than 60 minutes.
Why You’ll Love This Keto Beef and Cabbage Soup
- This is a quick keto-friendly recipe: it will take you less than an hour to make.
- By adding ground beef, it becomes a one-pot dinner.
- This recipe makes ten full servings, perfect for a crowd or for meals throughout the week.
Can I Add Ground Beef to Cabbage Soup?
You can add ground beef to cabbage soup to add more protein and fat to the soup. By doing so, it will also enhance the flavor of the cabbage soup.
Can I Add Hamburger to Cabbage Soup on the Keto Diet?
You can add hamburger to cabbage soup on the keto diet. By adding hamburger you will increase the fat content of the soup. Simultaneously, by using lower net carb vegetables you will make your beef cabbage soup keto-friendly.
Ingredients Needed to Make This Keto Hamburger Cabbage Soup Recipe
Ingredient quantities for this homemade beef cabbage soup are located in the recipe card at the end of the post.
- Olive oil
- Garlic
- Red onion
- Red bell pepper
- Carrot
- 80/20 ground beef
- Green cabbage
- Paprika
- Beef stock
- Canned diced tomatoes
How to Make Low Carb Hamburger Cabbage Soup {Quick Overview}
This is just a quick overview of some of the steps involved in making the low carb beef cabbage soup. For the recipe in detail, including exact measurements used at each step, scroll to the recipe card at the end of the post.
To a large pot on medium-low heat, add olive oil. When olive oil is heated, add chopped red onion and saute until the onion just begins to turn translucent. (Photo 1)
Add garlic and red pepper. Cook until onions are translucent and the garlic is starting to brown. (Photo 2)
Add carrot and crumbled ground beef, stir mixture thoroughly, and turn heat up to medium. (Photo 3)
Cook, stirring occasionally, until the beef is mostly cooked through.
TIP: Because this is a keto recipe, you don’t need to drain the oil off the cooked beef. However, if you would prefer to do so, you can drain some or all of it before moving on to the next step.
Add cabbage, stir, and cook covered for 5 minutes. (Photo 4)
Add diced tomatoes, paprika, and beef stock, and again thoroughly stir the mixture. Bring it to a low boil.
Then, reduce the heat to a gentle simmer. Simmer the soup, uncovered, for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. (Photo 5)
Add salt and pepper to taste and serve
More Keto Soups
Try even more of our delicious keto soups!
- By substituting high carb vegetables with low carb vegetables you can make your vegetable soup keto-friendly.
- Remove a high net carb ingredient and you can eat chili on the keto diet!
- Use this type of noodle to eat chicken noodle soup on the keto diet.
- Learn how to make your mushroom soup low carb and keto-friendly by substituting a few ingredients.
- Substitute turkey with beef to make keto turkey chili.
- Use low carb ingredients to make this keto-friendly cheeseburger soup!
Nutrition Facts for This Easy Beef Cabbage Soup Recipe
Per serving (10 total servings):
- 320 calories
- 23g fat
- 20g protein
- 5g net carbs
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Keto Hamburger Cabbage Soup
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/2 large red onion chopped
- 1 medium red bell pepper chopped
- 1 small carrot chopped
- 2 lbs 80/20 ground beef
- 3/4 medium green cabbage
- 1 tbsp paprika
- 6 cups beef stock
- 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
Instructions
- To a large pot on medium-low heat, add olive oil. When olive oil is heated, add chopped red onion and saute until the onion just begins to turn translucent. Add garlic and red pepper. Cook until onions are translucent and the garlic is starting to brown.
- Add carrot and crumbled ground beef, stir mixture thoroughly, and turn heat up to medium. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the beef is mostly cooked through. (TIP: Because this is a keto recipe, you don’t need to drain the oil off the cooked beef. However, if you would prefer to do so, you can drain some or all of it before moving on to the next step.)
- Add cabbage, stir, and cook covered for 5 minutes.
- Add diced tomatoes, paprika, and beef stock, and again thoroughly stir the mixture. Bring it to a low boil.
- Then, reduce the heat to a gentle simmer. Simmer the soup, uncovered, for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add salt and pepper to taste and serve.
Nutrition Disclaimer
Nutrition facts are included as a courtesy only. They are accurate to the best of our knowledge based on the ingredients and brands used, but their accuracy is not guaranteed. If applicable, sugar alcohols have already been removed from the total carb count.
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Brilliant cabbage beef soup recipe! I made this and kept reheating it for lunch for a few days. It helps me stay warm during these cold days.
VERY good soup! I literally made it in July on a day when I had no desire to cook and had some ground bison on hand and no plan for what to do with it. The whole family loved it, even the kiddos. It will stay in my rotation; super easy to make, hearty, filling and clean.