Cabbage Roll Soup recipe is a delicious dinner recipe that will warm your belly on a cold and crisp fall day. This unstuffed cabbage soup is one of the BEST soup recipes that we have ever made and very easy to make!
With lots of chopped vegetables, broth, tomato sauce, ground beef and rice, this hearty soup is a total winner. We like to serve this soup with our easy and delicious 30-minute dinner rolls.
Cabbage Roll Soup
This recipe is pretty simple, which is just one of the reasons I love it so much. You simply season and brown your ground beef, add veggies, broth and tomato sauce, then let sit for 25 minutes. My whole family loves this soup!
We really like making this recipe in our amazing dutch oven, but you can totally use your soup pot instead. Any pot with a lid will work!
How to make Cabbage Roll Soup?
Ingredients you will need:
- lean ground beef
- vegetable oil
- onion
- garlic
- green cabbage
- carrots
- low-sodium beef broth
- tomato sauce
- white rice
- bay leaf
- brown sugar
- parsley
To make this delicious unstuffed cabbage soup, you’ll need to start with lean ground beef. You can use regular ground beef, but we like that the lean keeps out a lot of the grease. You put a nice golden brown on the beef and then add in the rest of the ingredients to the pot.
I like to make a double batch of this soup so we have leftovers to eat. We always have sporting events and this is such an easy dinner to heat up on those busy nights knowing everyone will love it.
Can you Freeze Cabbage Roll Soup?
Yes!! If you have leftovers, this soup freezes perfectly. We place the cooked and cooled soup into individual portion freezer bags and place them on a tray or cookie sheet to freeze. Once the soup is frozen, stack the bags in the freezer. Take a bag out to thaw when ready for use. These make easy and delicious lunches.
What Is A Dutch Oven?
A Dutch Oven is very similar to your usual large pot, except with one big difference. That is, it’s usually made out of cast iron. Also, it is much heavier and thicker and the lid fits very tightly on top. Here is the classic red one we like to use.
To cut and dice your vegetables, I always suggest getting a Ninja Food Chopper Express Chop. (Just $18.99 on Amazon.) This things makes chopping one hundred times easier! It’s such a time saver.
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Cabbage Roll Soup
Ingredients
- 2 tsp. vegetable oil
- 1 lb. lean ground beef
- salt and pepper
- 1 medium yellow onion diced finely
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 4 cups chopped green cabbage
- 2 medium carrots quartered and sliced
- 4 cups low-sodium beef broth
- 3 8 oz. cans tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup white rice uncooked
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 tbsp. light brown sugar
- 2 tbsp. fresh chopped parsley
Instructions
- In a dutch oven or large soup pot, heat oil over medium-high heat and add ground beef.
- Season ground beef with salt and pepper as desired and cook until browned.
- Add diced onion and minced garlic and cook for another 2-3 minutes, until onions are tender.
- Add in chopped cabbage, carrots, tomato sauce, beef broth, white rice, bay leaf, and brown sugar and stir to combine.
- Bring soup to a simmer and let cook for about 25 minutes, until rice is tender.
- Take out the bay leaf and sprinkle with chopped parsley.
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349 comments on “Cabbage Roll Soup”
Added Hungarian hot paprika, dill and thyme. Made the meat into little meatballs with the same herbs & spices and onion/garlic. Also, roasted the cabbage first. Super delicious!
Just made this recipe for dinner this week. It was amazing! Taste just like the cabbage rolls that my mom made. This is so much easier, and less time intensive. I agree with earlier posts that recommend adding more cabbage. Hey, you’ve got an entire head of cabbage in front of you, you might as well use it! I doubled the amount of cabbage, and it made a really good hardy soup. I would recommend adding the brown sugar one tablespoon at a time. (2 tablespoons were just about right for our family’s sweetness preference). Finally, I used what tomato products I had in my pantry, so I added one 14 oz. can diced tomatoes, and( 1 ) 6 ounce can of tomato paste mixed with 2 cups of water. It worked! Thanks for sharing.
Sounds great Mendy. Thank you!
This is fabulous!! We have eaten it two days in a row at work. I even had a teenager tell me how good it is.
Thank you Magi!
It was easy to make, and it was delicious! It is a rich, hearty soup. My husband loved it so much he had two full bowls!
So glad to hear that Michelle!
Omg made this tonight and followed the recipe x2 except I only put in about a Tbs and a half of brown sugar and a little more cabbage so not to be wasteful. Oh…my…goodness it was so amazing! Will definitely make this again and again!
Glad you liked it Colby. Thanks!
Love this soup!! I’m wondering how big the serving size is for this recipe. It says 6 servings but how much in a serving? Just trying to figure weight watchers points! Thank you!!
This recipe is fabulous. My mom made cabbage rolls when I was a kid. Mom’s sauce was tomato Bisque soup. That’s the only change I made (no tomato sauce, just a few cans of TBisque ). It is the best. Thank you
Thanks Linda!
A great soup to make for a cold winters night. It has a great blend of flavors especially adding the brown sugar. And easy to make. It is healthier than a lot of other soups that I make.
Thanks Kathy!
I absolutely love this soup! Love it as is and with some variations. I like to add mushrooms, zucchini and a touch of heavy cream. Sooo good!
Thanks Charity!
Holy moly was this recipe ever delicious and easy. I had everything on hand and thought it was awesome night one. But holy moly day two was even better! I shared with several friends all to rave reviews. What a keeper of a recipe!!!
Glad to hear it Kat. Thanks!
I didn’t add sugar. I did have to add a little more salt to it. The beef broth wasn’t salty enough. Easy recipe!
I found this recipe looking for gluten free recipes since my nephew and his daughters can’t eat gluten.
They devoured this soup!
So good
This is my third time making it
I leave out the brown sugar for my
Personal issues.
Love it thanks for sharing
MikeT
Thank you Mike! So happy to read this.
I have leftover cooked white rice can I use it
Hi Terri. Yes, leftover rice will work great!
I’m so glad I found this. I saw a list of the ingredients about a week ago, but when I clicked on the link, I couldn’t find the directions. Now I’m ready to try this! It looks so, so wonderful and nourishing.
I made this and it turned out great! Will definitely make again.
Thank you!
Thanks Leesa!
Delicious!
What an easy soup to make for a cold winter’s night. The flavor of the soup is delicious! Will make again.
Loved the flavours and how cozy and comforting this meal was, plus it made enough for a second meal AND lunch for my hubby. Fantastic budget-friendly meal that came together quickly on a weeknight. Thank you!
Thanks Monica!
Hi, quick question!
Busy family, can this be cooked in the slow cooker? If so do we know timings?
Thank you!!
Hi Emily. I understand busy family schedules! This recipe really has little prep and cook time and I’ve never tried it in a slow cooker but I would cook on high for 4 hours, or on low for 7-8 hours.
Great recipe with good flavor. Thank you!