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This Cabbage Roll Soup is a hearty, comforting dish inspired by classic stuffed cabbage. Packed with tender cabbage, ground beef, rice, and a savory tomato broth, it’s an easy, flavorful meal in a bowl!
Cabbage Roll Soup brings all the flavors of traditional stuffed cabbage into a warm, comforting bowl that’s perfect for busy weeknights. It is ready in minutes with tender cabbage, ground beef, rice, and a rich tomato broth, it’s hearty, satisfying, and easy to make. This soup captures the essence of a classic comfort food without the extra steps of traditional cabbage rolls.
If you grew up with stuffed cabbage rolls, you know just how good they are. But they can take forever to make! It is a very tedious process of filling, rolling, and baking. But this soup hits all the same notes in about 30 minutes!
What You’ll Need
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- Olive Oil
- Ground Beef
- Onion
- Garlic
- Carrots
- Cabbage
- Long Grain White Rice
- Tomato Sauce
- Beef Broth (I use low sodium)
- Brown Sugar
- Salt
- Italian Seasoning
How to Make Cabbage Roll Soup
This cabbage roll soup recipe is so simple to make, you really just dump everything and let it go!
- Beef. Brown ground beef and the onion together until the beef is cooked and the onions are translucent. I like to add in the garlic during the last little bit so it can cook for about a minute and doesn’t burn.
- Add Everything. Add in all of the remaining ingredients and bring it to a low boil. You let it simmer for about 25 minutes until the rice is cooked. You don’t need to cover it, just let it simmer and the rice will plump up and get soft.
- Serve. Once the rice is cooked it is time to serve. You can garnish with parsley to serve if you want, or just serve as is.
Recipe Tips & Suggestions
- Protein. Ground beef is traditional in cabbage rolls, but you can use ground turkey or even chicken if you want to cut down on the calories and fat a little bit.
- Rice. You can use brown rice, it will just cook longer before the rice is tender.
- Sodium. If you are watching your sodium you can use low or no salt tomato sauce and beef broth in this recipe.
What to Serve with Cabbage Soup?
This is a very hearty soup, so you could just serve it on its own. But I love bread with soup, so here are a few of my favorites.
Storage
Store leftover soup in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. You can reheat on the stovetop or the microwave.
Freeze
This is a great soup to freeze. The rice does absorb some of the liquid and can get a tiny bit mushy, but it isn’t much of a problem. If the soup is too thick add a little beef broth when reheating to thin it out.
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Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 carrots, peeled and diced
- 4 cups chopped green cabbage
- 28 oz tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup uncooked white rice
- 4 cups low sodium beef broth
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 Tablespoon light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
Instructions
- In a stock pot heat oil over medium high heat. Add ground beef and onions. Break up ground beef and cook for 5-6 minutes until beef is cooked and onions are translucent.1 Tablespoon olive oil, 1 pound lean ground beef, 1 small onion
- Mix in garlic and cook for 1 minute until fragrant.3 cloves garlic
- Add all of the remaining ingredients, stirring to combine.2 carrots, 4 cups chopped green cabbage, 28 oz tomato sauce, 1/2 cup uncooked white rice, 4 cups low sodium beef broth, 1 bay leaf, 3 Tablespoon light brown sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- Bring to a low boil and cook for 20-25 minutes until the rice is cooked. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Fantastic soup! So much easier than a stuffed cabbage roll
Oh yum! This is my kind of comfort food. 🙂
I love all the ingredients in this soup. I will definitely love it!
I love soup season for recipes just like this one! Excited to enjoy this, especially on St. Patrick’s Day; looks too good to pass up!
Such an incredible soup!! I can’t wait to try it! YUM!
I made cabbage for the first time in FOREVER recently, and remembered how much I love it! I love cabbage rolls and this soup sounds absolutely perfect!
I just love cabbage in soups, so I’m printing this one! Love it.
We get one of those weekly veggie delivery boxes, and there’s always a head or two of cabbage in the box. Found this while scouring the web for recipe ideas, so looking forward to trying it out. But can I just say how much I appreciate the “jump to recipe” link? Thank you!
The serving size shown in the Nutrional list indicates a serving size of 1, 1 what; 1 cup, 1 bowl, 1 pot?
At the top of the recipe card it says Yield: 6 – so a serving is 1/6 of the pot of soup.