Unstuffed Cabbage Roll Soup Recipe

Unstuffed cabbage roll soup in a large red Dutch oven with a soup ladle in the cabbage soup.

5 from 14 votes

Unstuffed Cabbage Roll Soup Recipe

This cabbage roll soup has all the same delicious flavors as your grandmother's classic baked cabbage rolls, but with way less work! This unstuffed cabbage soup is hearty, filling and an ideal choice for an easy dinner option.

Prep Time15

Cook Time30

Total Time45

Course: Hearty soup, Main Course

Cuisine: American-Polish

Servings:

Calories: 351kcal

Author: Marisa Franca @ All Our Way

Equipment

Ingredients

2 teaspoons olive oil
16 ounces Ground beef Use lean 90 to 95%
1 Medium sized yellow onion finely diced
2 teaspoons garlic minced
4 cup green cabbage coarsely chopped
2 carrots washed, quartered and sliced
4 cups beef broth
24 ounces tomato sauce 3(8-ounce cans)
½ cup long grain rice uncooked
1 bay leaf
3 Tablespoons brown sugar
2 Tablespoons Italian parsley chopped
Kosher salt and Black pepper

Instructions

In a large Dutch oven or soup pot, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat.
Add the ground beef and season with the Kosher salt and black pepper to taste.
Cook the beef until it is browned, about 4-5 minutes, breaking up the meat with a silicone spatula.
Add the diced onion and minced garlic. Cook for an additional 2-3 minutes.
Add the cabbage, carrots, beef broth, tomato sauce, rice, bay leaf, and brown sugar to the soup pot.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Bring to a simmer and cook for 25 minutes or until rice is tender.
Remove and discard bay lear.
Sprinkle with chopped Italian parsley and serve.

Notes

TIPS:

Reheat leftover cabbage roll soup on the stovetop over medium-low heat until heated.
If you cook your white rice separately, add it to the soup just before serving otherwise, it will become too soft and mushy.
Make sure to remove the bay leaves from the soup before adding garnish and serving.
The brown sugar in this soup helps to tenderize the ground beef. You don’t have to worry about the soup being sweet in any way!

VARIATIONS:

You can easily make this cabbage roll soup in the slow cooker instead of on the stovetop. You can cook on HIGH for 4 hours or LOW for 7-8 hours.
For a low-carb meal, simply omit the rice. The soup will still be super delicious!
You can use brown rice instead of white rice in this soup, but then you’ll need to add about 20 minutes to the cooking time.
If you don’t enjoy ground beef, make this cabbage roll soup with ground turkey instead.

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