napa cabbage soup

Soul-soothing and comforting, this Chinese napa cabbage soup makes a great easy weeknight dinner! Ready in 30 minutes and only a handful of ingredients needed. A quick side dish that your family will love!

Chinese Napa Cabbage Soup

garlic (minced)

vegetable stock

cabbage

carrot

soy sauce

shaoxing wine

sesame oil

Heat up a tablespoon or so of neutral oil in a Dutch oven or soup pot. Once heated, place in garlic and saute 1 minute until fragrant.

Next, add in napa cabbage, carrot and broth. Bring mixture to a boil, then lower heat to a gentle simmer. Place the lid on and cook for 20 minutes, stirring every once in a while, until veggies have softened.

Remove from heat and stir in soy sauce, shaoxing wine and sesame oil. Give it a taste and add more soy sauce, if needed. Serve Chinese cabbage soup while warm!

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1.6 lb Napa cabbage (1 medium)

garlic (sliced, 3 large)

0.2 oz ginger (julienned)

avocado oil (or olive oil)

½ tsp coarse sea salt (or

chicken stock (I use Pacific Foods)

½ tsp shiitake mushroom seasoning

eggs (gentle whisked)

scallions (diced, garnish)

Slice: Make a slice to trim away the bottom tip end of the cabbage. Stagger the leaves and make a slice to separate the stem from the leafy parts.

Slice

Slice the stems to 1.5-inch (4 cm) in width crosswise and leaves to 3 to 3.5-inch (8-9 cm) in width.

Clean

Wash and drain: Keep the stems separated from the leaves, rinse the cabbage stems first then the leaves, keeping them separated and drain well.

Chop

Prepare garlic and ginger. Set them aside ready to use.

Saute

Saute garlic and ginger: Preheat a 4 quart size soup pot over medium-low heat with 1 tbsp oil until it feels warm. Turn heat up to medium, saute the garlic and ginger until fragrant, about 10 seconds.

Simmer

Cabbage stems and broth: Add the napa cabbage stem and saute for 1 minute. Pour-in the chicken stock. Close the lid and simmer the soup until the stems turn softer but still have some bite to them, about 12 minutes. Stir periodically to cook the cabbage evenly.

Cabbage leaves: Add the cabbage leaves. Use a wooden spoon to gently press the cabbage down so they are in contact with the broth. Simmer further for 3-4 minutes or until the leaves just turn tender but not mushy.

Season

Season: Taste the broth and add seasonings. Depending on the brand of your chicken stock, I recommend adding a combination of coarse salt and bouillon or dash powder.

Add eggs

Make egg ribbons: Whisked the eggs. While the soup is gently boiling, slowly drizzle in the egg from higher up in a swirling motion, using a chopsticks or fork to help you slowly stream in the egg. Let the eggs cook for a few seconds to form before gently whisk to break up the ribbons.

Serve

Garnish: Drizzle in sesame oil and garnish with scallions. Serve warm.

This could be obe one my new, easy fav soups.

This is easy to make, so healthy and so delicious! I’m grateful to have found this website and this first recipe!

Thank you for the delicious recipe! I made it tonight with bone broth for extra protein. I had to use chicken bullion, but I’m ordering mushroom now. It was still fantastic and filling!

Tastes like a restaurant dish - loved by all the family

Very easy and delicious. I had a 1/2 head of Napa cabbage I wanted to use up and had the rest of the ingredients so just made it for lunches for the next few days. Added an extra egg and some chicken for extra protein. I had dashi powder and used that, great suggestion on that. Thank you for sharing this recipe!

“Souper” simple to make and so yummy. This soup is perfect for the winter days. I really enjoyed. For some extra protein I added some precooked chicken. What’s also great about this soup, is that it’s even better the next day!

I made this for dinner tonight and it was so delicious! So simple but so satisfying on a cold January night. The dried shiitake powder really adds authentic flavor. Will definitely make this again!

This is so delicious and you know it’s healthy. Even my husband is raving! It’s quick and easy and a perfect cool weather meal. I added jasmine rice to mine!

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