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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294 comments on “Cabbage Roll Soup”
I love cabbage rolls and this is easier thank you
Delicious!! Can’t wait to make again. I will probably add more rice next time.
Where you say Tomato sauce do you mean tomato paste or sauce you put on pasta
You will find cans of tomato sauce in the grocery store right next to the tomato paste, diced tomatoes etc
Cannot wait to make this. Just moved and want a home cooked meal that’s easy.
Just made this recipe today &can say it was lovely & everyone in the family enjoyed it . Served it with crusty bread
The soup is delicious and so easy!
Wow! This was sooooo good! It really does taste just like cabbage rolls! I added some cornstarch and water at the end so it was thicker than soup… more like when I cut up my cabbage rolls on my plate. I will make this many times for sure!
This was a huge hit at my house & my quilt group. Everyone wanted the recipe. This will be added to my favorite recipes.
Very easy to make and taste just like cabbage rolls. Family enjoyed it.
I have made cabbage role soup from your recipe and let me tell You it is the best cabbage soup I ever tasted just love it
Cannot wait to make this tomorrow! I love cabbage rolls and am so excited to have it in a soup.
Just wondering if I could make it in the instant pot to save time? If so, do you happen to know how long/what temp to cook it to make sure the veggies and rice are cooked through but not mushy?
Excellent, hearty and easy to make.
Can you use sausage instead?
Yes, you could use sausage as a substitute.
I’ve made this several times, it is delish!!
I use lemon oil and brown rice. I add the rice to each serving. (I cook the rice separately from the soup, less starchy.)
I increase the amount of ingredients to accommodate an 8 qt.crockpot.
This recipe is an added favorite!! Warms the belly and pleases the palate!! ❤️
I made this today. It is so good‼️
tasted amazing, so good!!
I made this soup today. It was really delicious! Made a big pan of cornbread to go with it. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I will definitely be making it again!
Great soup! We doubled the recipe the 2nd time – in 3 weeks making it! ALL tomato and bouillon we use is NO Sodium and this is an extremely healthy soup with the salt controlled and SO satisfying!! Thanks!!
Excellent soup!
Nice change of pace, a little sweet but not overly. We loved it!