dad's spinach soup

Name: Dad's Spinach Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Polish
Ingredients: 3 pound(s) pork neck bones; 1/2-3/4 medium onion, chopped; 2 bag(s) baby spinach, frozen; 2 clove(s) garlic, minced; 3/4 cup(s) barley, quick; 10 cup(s) water or more if needed; 3 - 4 medium carrots, diced; - salt and pepper; 1 - 2 teaspoon(s) italian seasoning; 1 pint(s) sour cream; 2 - 4 tablespoon(s) apple cider vinegar

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Kim Campbell

Youngstown, OH

Updated on Oct 30, 2014

I got lucky making pierogies with my Dad and then he brought me this soup to try. Well, it is amazingly good and comfort food at it's finest. He has been making this recipe for years yet it was new to me. Dad is a great cook but quiet about his skills and those tried & true recipes. I have to really stay on him to get the really good ones. I am going to kick it up a notch when they get back from Florida and spend more time with him in the kitchen to get some more as he would say, "Ancient Debelak Recipes".

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prep time 10 Min

cook time 3 Hr 30 Min

method Stove Top

yield 6 - 8 bowls

Ingredients

3 pounds pork neck bones
1/2-3/4 medium onion, chopped
2 bags baby spinach, frozen
2 cloves garlic, minced
3/4 cup barley, quick
10 cups water or more if needed
3 - 4 medium carrots, diced
- salt and pepper
1 - 2 teaspoons italian seasoning
1 pint sour cream
2 - 4 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

How To Make dad's spinach soup

Step 1

10 cups of water and put in neck bones bring to a boil then scrape off the film after 2 1/2 hours.

Step 2

At this point Dad says he has always left the bones in and proceeded to add all the rest of the ingredients to cook down for another 35 minutes or so.
Step 3

Then, because my mother doesn't like the soup served w/bones in...Dad removes all the bones and pulls of the meat after they cool for a few minutes and adds the meat back to the soup.
Step 4

At the last, he adds the sour cream and then the vinegar. Dad likes more of a sour taste with it so he would add 4 tbsps but you be the judge and a little then taste and adjust to your liking.
Step 5

Here is the soup right after Dad adds the pint of sour cream and vinegar.
Step 6

Ready to eat.
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