Sweet-and-sour cabbage and barley soup with beef

candidate 26.8 attention-min · 60 min total · moderate
Leaves 2 lunches (home only)

Stuffed cabbage rolls without the rolling. The vinegar and brown sugar go in at the end; taste and push it sweeter or sharper.

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef

0.5 cup pearl barley

0.5 green cabbage

1 yellow onion

2 garlic cloves

28 oz canned crushed tomatoes

4 cup beef broth

2 tbsp brown sugar

2 tbsp apple cider vinegar

1 tsp paprika

1. Chop onion, mince garlic, core and slice the cabbage · 10 min · hands-on

2. Brown the beef with the onion, breaking it up · 8 min · nearby

3. Add garlic, paprika, rinsed barley, cabbage, tomatoes, and broth; simmer until barley is tender · 40 min · earshot

4. Stir in brown sugar and vinegar; adjust salt · 2 min · hands-on

Source: Claude draft (2026-10-14) — unvetted