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polish pickle soup! or polish chili !

(3 ratings)
colleenlucky7 avatar
Recipe by
Colleen Sowa
@colleenlucky7
La Crosse, WI

I had a few requests for this recipe... You can add or delete items and you can play with meats and seasonings... Many people eat this without any meat. It is easy to make and enjoy! You can substitute the sour cream with canned tomatoes (amount doesn't really matter), and you can add Polish Sausage cut up instead of the bacon or ham. You can add colored bell peppers and carrots for color... This recipe is a kind of Polish Chili! Play with your food!

(3 ratings)
yield 8 serving(s)
prep time 15 Min
cook time 25 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For polish pickle soup! or polish chili !

  • SOUP
  • 1/3 c
    butter
  • 2 lg
    green onions (chopped small)
  • 1 lg
    onion (chopped large)
  • 6 lg
    potatoes (peeled, cut in 1-inch cubes or smaller)
  • 5 c
    chicken broth
  • 4 c
    diil pickles (cut into slices or cubes) (about 4-5 pickles)
  • 1 c
    pickle juice
  • 1 tsp
    each: garlic powder, ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp
    each: sugar (optional), fresh dill (chopped fine) (save some dill to garnish - optional)
  • 1 1/2 c
    sour cream
  • OPTIONAL THICKENER
  • 1/2 c
    water or broth
  • 2 -3 Tbsp
    corn starch
  • OPTIONAL SOUP INGREDIENTS
  • 1/2 c
    crispy bacon crumbled large
  • 1 - 2 c
    ham (cubed)
  • carrots, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, zucchini

How To Make polish pickle soup! or polish chili !

  • Butter in bottom of pan, melting.
    1
    Saute the onions in the butter about 4 minutes over medium heat until translucent (be sure not to burn!).
  • 2
    .
  • 3
    Add potatoes and half the broth. Cook 10 minutes. Add remaining broth, pickles, pickle juice, sugar and seasonings.
  • Garlic dill pickles with red peppers... I like spicy foods... so that's how I canned this batch. You can buy store bought pickles too...
    4
    Use Garlic Dill Pickles..... This photo is my home canned Garlic Dill Pickles with red peppers..... both are good.
  • 5
    Cook 10 minutes with the lid on the pot. Remove lid, take out 1/2 cup of broth, slowly stir the broth into a bowl with the sour cream. Slowly add sour cream mixture into soup pot stirring constantly. If you want the soup thicker, add together the optional cornstarch and water in a bowl or a cup. When well mixed, slowly add to the soup pot (stirring constantly). When thickened, remove from heat. Stir in the optional bacon or ham and serve. At this time you can garnish with a sprig of fresh dill (optional)
  • Fried bacon ready to be crumbled.
    6
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