Unstuffed Cabbage Soup – Ohio

It is important to note that white-tailed deer meat can and is easily substituted for beef in recipes using tomatoes or tomato juice. Ground white-tailed deer meat makes for a tasty burger, but most people in our area like white-tailed deer meat either in a sausage form or in a stew.

White-tailed deer meat is lean and tends to be a chewier, tougher red meat than a finely fat-marbled red meat such as beef or pork. To tenderize white-tailed deer meat (also known as venison) tomato sauce or tomato juice is often used.

Slow cooking white-tailed deer meat (venison) in a slow cooker is an ideal solution for tenderizing and cooking this meat at the same time. The process of slow cooking breaks down the toughness of meat; thus a slow cooker recipe using tomatoes, salsa or tomato juice are ideal!

If you like stuffed cabbage rolls, you’ll like this. It’s a lot faster and easier to prepare than Cabbage Rolls.

Ingredients for Unstuffed Cabbage Soup

• 1 pound ground white-tailed deer meat or eye-of-round beef
• 6 cups beef broth (made with bouillon is okay)
• 4 cups low-sodium vegetable juice
• 2 (14 1/2-ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
• 2 cups frozen chopped onion, or 2 cups fresh
• 1 (1-pound) bag coleslaw mix, or 10 cups shredded fresh green cabbage
• 2 cups instant rice

Directions

1. Spray a slow cooker with nonfat cooking spray.
2. In the slow cooker mix together the deer meat ( or beef), broth, vegetable juice, tomatoes, onion, and coleslaw.
3. Cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours or on high for 4 to 5 hours.
4. Before serving stir in the rice.
5. Cover and let the soup sit for 5 minutes.
6. Serve hot.

[ad#Google 250 x 250 right]Yield: 16 (1-cup) servings

Calories: 140

Fat: 3 grams (20% fat)

Cholesterol: 10mg

Carbohydrate: 18g

Dietary Fiber: 2g

Protein: 9g

Sodium: 488mg

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