Irish Potato Cabbage Soup with Bacon & Cheese | Idaho Potato Commission

Ingredients

• 2 slices of uncured bacon*
• 1 tablespoon rendered bacon fat
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ½ large onion, chopped (about ¾ cup)
• 3 small carrots, diced
• 4 cups cabbage, coarsely chopped (about ½ of a large cabbage)
• 2 large cloves garlic, minced
• 2 large yellow-skinned Idaho® potatoes, peeled and chopped into cubes
• ½ teaspoon white pepper
• ½ teaspoon caraway seeds, ground
• ½ teaspoon crumbled dry sage
• ½ teaspoon Lo-Salt*
• 1 bay leaf
• 6 cups low-sodium vegetable or chicken broth, preferably homemade
• ½ cup Guinness or dark beer of your choice
• crumbled bacon
• ½ cup shredded Castelo Caraway Havarti cheese
• thinly sliced cabbage
• sliced green onion