Slow Cooker Borscht with Cabbage and Potatoes

Serves 6
Time 5 hrs
Slow Cooker Borscht with Cabbage and Potatoes

This borscht will make you fall in love with beets all over again, and using your slow cooker makes it deliciously easy. Skip the sour cream for a dairy-free version, if you like.

Special Diets:

VegetarianVegetarian

Ingredients

    8red beets, peeled and halved
    2Russet potatoes (about 3/4 pound total), peeled and halved
    1 largeyellow onion, quartered
    4 cupslow-sodium vegetable broth
    1 tablespoontomato paste
    3 cupsvery finely shredded green cabbage
    1/4 cupchopped fresh dill
    1 tablespoonred wine vinegar
    1 tablespoonlemon juice
    1/4 teaspoonfine sea salt
    3hard-boiled eggs, thinly sliced lengthwise or quartered
    1/4 cupsour cream, divided
    Lemon wedges

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Method

Combine beets, potatoes, onion, broth and tomato paste in a slow cooker and cook until vegtables are very soft, about 4 hours on high heat or 8 hours on low heat. 


Working in batches, carefully transfer vegetables to blender and purée until smooth; return to the slow cooker. 


Add cabbage and cook until the cabbage is softened, about 45 minutes on high. 


Add dill, vinegar, lemon juice and salt. 


Ladle soup into bowls and top with eggs and sour cream and serve with lemon wedges.

Nutritional Info

Serving Size

Calories

190

Total Fat

4.5g

Saturated Fat

2g

Cholesterol

90mg

Sodium

320mg

Total Carbohydrate

30g

Dietary Fiber

5g

Total Sugars

11g

Protein

7g

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