Stuffed Cabbage Soup

Stuffed Cabbage Soup is hearty, filling, and tastes just like cabbage rolls, made with ground beef, cabbage, and rice in a savory tomato base, ready in under 45 minutes!

We’re all about hearty comfort food on cold winter days, and with cabbage in season we’re making Cabbage Soup, Crispy Roasted Cabbage Steaks and Stuffed Cabbage Casserole.

STUFFED CABBAGE SOUP

Stuffed Cabbage Soup is the BEST way to keep warm in the winter, made with hearty ground beef, chopped cabbage, and rice in a tomato and beef broth, it tastes just like cabbage rolls! But instead of stuffed, this is more of a deconstructed or unstuffed version that you won’t have to spend time rolling.

This cabbage soup is made in just one pot on the stovetop, and is a great weeknight recipe because it’s ready in a total time of 45 minutes. It’s perfect for when you don’t have time to make a whole pan of regular cabbage rolls. I like to serve this dish with Garlic Bread or Dinner Rolls and butter, and some extra rice on the side.

If you’re looking for more fun recipes with cabbage you may want to try my super popular Crispy Slow Cooker Corned Beef or my Haluski Noodles with bacon!

HOW LONG WILL STUFFED CABBAGE SOUP KEEP?

Stuffed cabbage soup will keep in the refrigerator for 2-3 days in an airtight container. Reheat in a saucepan over medium-high heat.

CAN YOU FREEZE CABBAGE SOUP?

Cabbage soup is a great dish for making ahead and freezing for busy nights, so make a double batch next time! When I’m freezing cabbage soup, I undercook the cabbage slightly, to prevent it from overcooking when you reheat the soup.

HOW TO MAKE STUFFED CABBAGE SOUP IN THE SLOW COOKER

• In a large saucepan, brown ground beef in 2 tablespoons of butter until almost cooked through. Add ground beef along with all other ingredients, except for rice, to the slow cooker.
• Cook on high for 4 hours, or on low for 8 hours.
• Stir cooked rice into the slow cooker just before serving. You can also add uncooked rice about an hour (on high) before the time is up. If you’re cooking on low, add uncooked rice 2 hours before the slow cooker time is up.

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HOW TO MAKE CABBAGE SOUP IN THE INSTANT POT

• Turn on the sauté function. Add 2 tablespoons of butter and ground beef, stirring until beef is browned. Remove and set aside.
• Add remaining butter with cabbage and onions, and cook until they start to soften.
• Add beef and all other ingredients (except for rice) to the instant pot and stir together. Close and seal the lid of your pot and close the pressure valve.
• Cook on high for 8 minutes, then naturally release.
• Stir in rice before serving.

MORE SOUP RECIPES:

• • Vegetable Soup
  • Slow Cooker Vegetable Beef Soup
  • Classic Chicken Noodle Soup
  • Easy Taco Soup
  • French Onion Soup

TIPS FOR MAKING STUFFED CABBAGE SOUP

• This stuffed cabbage soup recipe calls for ground beef, but you can use any meat like turkey, sausage, or lamb.
• I’m using diced and crushed tomatoes because I like to have pieces of tomato in this soup, but you can use a can of tomato sauce if that’s what you have. Make sure you use a can of plain tomato sauce, not a jar of pasta sauce! And don’t go overboard, or it will become too much like tomato soup.
• You can add potatoes to cabbage roll soup, even though they are not technically in cabbage rolls. I like to use peeled russet potatoes, or quartered Yukon gold potatoes.
• You can completely omit the beef and use vegetable broth to make this vegetarian. Or stir in cubed tofu a few minutes before serving.
• You can top stuffed cabbage with crispy chopped bacon for extra flavor, which also works great for this soup!
• You can add extra seasoning to this dish for more flavor, like cayenne pepper, minced garlic, Worcestershire sauce, or a bay leaf.
• Instead of ground beef, try using chicken broth and cut up leftover rotisserie chicken!
• Omit the salt and use low-sodium beef broth for a lower sodium version of this soup. You can also use brown rice as a healthier alternative to white rice.
• Try adding other ingredients to this soup like white beans, green beans, peppers, or celery.
• I always make soups and stews in a dutch oven, because the heat distribution of the metal makes the dish taste amazing, but you can technically use a large pot if you don’t have one.
• Cabbage rolls typically call for rice, but you can make this cabbage soup lower carb by leaving the rice out, or using less.
• Be careful not to overcook the soup, or the cabbage will get too mushy. You can also undercook it slightly if you want to leave some crunch in the cabbage.
• I don’t recommend using red cabbage, because the flavor is totally different. Just like cabbage rolls, we want to go with green cabbage.

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Stuffed Cabbage Soup

Stuffed Cabbage Soup is hearty, filling, and tastes just like cabbage rolls, made with ground beef, cabbage, and rice in a savory tomato base, ready in under 45 minutes!

Course Dinner

Cuisine American

Keyword stuffed cabbage soup

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

Servings 8 servings

Calories 537 kcal

Author Sabrina Snyder

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 yellow onion chopped
• 1 head cabbage chopped roughly
• 14 ounces diced tomatoes
• 14 ounces crushed tomatoes
• 3 cups beef broth
• 3 cups rice cooked

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

1. Add the ground beef to a large dutch oven with the salt and pepper and brown it really well then remove it from the pot and add in 4 tablespoons of butter, onions and cabbage and cook for 5-6 minutes until they start to caramelize.

2. Add in the diced tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, beef broth and the cooked beef and let simmer on low heat for 15 minutes then stir in the cooked rice and cook until its warmed through and serve.

Recipe Notes

Note: click on times in the instructions to start a kitchen timer while cooking.

Nutrition Facts

Stuffed Cabbage Soup

Amount Per Serving

Calories 537 Calories from Fat 180

% Daily Value*

Fat 20g31%

Saturated Fat 10g63%

Cholesterol 62mg21%

Sodium 833mg36%

Potassium 733mg21%

Carbohydrates 69g23%

Fiber 5g21%

Sugar 7g8%

Protein 18g36%

Vitamin A 540IU11%

Vitamin C 51.7mg63%

Calcium 118mg12%

Iron 3.5mg19%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.