Best Cabbage Roll Soup Recipe

Cabbage roll soup is a winter comfort food with all the same flavors as your favorite stuffed cabbage rolls but in a bowl! 

Ready in less than 45 minutes but by making this soup recipe in a slow cooker early in the day will make your house smell amazing when you come home for a family

Cabbage roll soup is the ingredients of cabbage rolls, ground beef, rice, cabbage, tomatoes, tomato sauce, vegetables and seasonings in a soup. Think of it as a deconstructed cabbage roll with more delicious tomato sauce and in a soup bowl.

This recipe is similar to my stuffed pepper soup in that, you get all your favorite flavors of the stuffed cabbage rolls but without the work and mess of stuffing them. 

🥰 Why you will love stuffed cabbage soup

• Warm and comforting this fall soup has layers of flavors that are delicious together in your bowl.
• A family favorite in my house this soup is very nostalgic for my dad.
• Perfect for easy heat up meals for busy week night dinners.
• Inexpensive and readily available ingredients make this a low cost and delicious, filling winter soup.

Scroll down to the recipe at the bottom for quantities.

🥘 How to make cabbage roll soup:

1. Heat a large pot over medium-high heat and brown the ground beef.
2. Carefully remove all but a few tablespoons of the rendered beef fat from the pan.
3. Add the onions and green peppers to the pot and saute the vegetables.
4. Add the grated garlic and stir, cooking 30 seconds until the garlic becomes fragrant. 
5. Add the browned beef, tomato paste, and spices to the meat and vegetable mixture and stir to the pot and stir to combine.
6. Add the cabbage and the remaining ingredients to the soup pot.
7. Bring to a boil and drop to a simmer, cover and cook until rice is tender.
8. Remove the bay leaf and discard.
9. Season with salt and pepper to taste. 

♨️ Slow cooker instructions to make this soup

1. Heat a large pot over medium-high heat and brown the ground beef.
2. Remove the browned beef and add it to your large slow cooker.
3. Carefully remove all but a few tablespoons of the rendered beef fat from the pan.
4. Add the onions and green peppers to the pot and saute the vegetables.
5. Add the grated garlic and stir, cooking 30 seconds until the garlic becomes fragrant. 
6. Transfer the cooked vegetables too your large crock-pot add the rest of the soup ingredients WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE RICE.
7. Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours or on high 3-4 hours.
8. Add the rice to the unstuffed cabbage soup, stirring to combine and cook an additional 20 minutes to cook the rice. 

🧊 Freezer instructions for stuffed cabbage soup

Cabbage roll soup can easily be frozen and reheated beautifully. Just be sure to cool it completely and store in a freezer-safe container. Make a double batch of soup, cool it completely, and portion it out into freezer-safe containers for an easy and delicious meal any day of the week.

🔥 Reheating instructions

This recipe makes a LOT and makes delicious leftovers for taking to work or school later in the week. I would recommend adding a splash of tomato juice, beef stock or water to the hearty soup before reheating the soup in the microwave on the stovetop. The rice will continue to absorb the liquids in the soup and to get more of a soup consistency, extra liquids will need to be added. 

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Cabbage Roll Soup Recipe

Sarah Mock

Cabbage roll soup is a winter comfort food with all the same flavors of your favorite stuffed cabbage rolls, but in a bowl! 

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Prep time for the recipePrep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook time for the recipeCook Time 35 minutes mins

total time to prep and cook the recipe.Total Time 45 minutes mins

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Course Soup

Cuisine American

Makes 12 cups

Per Serving 209 kcal

Ingredients

 

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• ▢ 1 ½ lb ground beef
• ▢ 1 Onion
• ▢ ½ green pepper (diced)
• ▢ 2 cloves garlic (minced)
• ▢ 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• ▢ 1 teaspoon paprika
• ▢ 1 teaspoon thyme
• ▢ ¼ cup carrot (shredded)
• ▢ 1 medium head cabbage chopped (core removed)
• ▢ ¾ cup long grain rice (uncooked)
• ▢ 1 28 ounce diced tomatoes (can)
• ▢ 4 cups beef broth
• ▢ 1 ½ cups V8 (or other vegetable juice)
• ▢ 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• ▢ 2 bay leaf
• ▢ Salt and pepper

Instructions

 

• Heat a large pot over medium high heat and brown the ground beef, breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon until it is no longer pink.
• Transfer the cooked ground beef to a clean plate.
• Carefully remove all but a few tablespoons of the rendered beef fat from the pan.
• Add the onions and green peppers to the pot and saute the vegetables until they start to take on a bit of color. 4-5 minutes.
• Add the grated garlic and stir, cooking 30 seconds until the garlic becomes fragrant. 
• Add the browned beef back to the pot and stir to combine.
• Add the tomato paste and the spices to the meat and vegetable mixture and stir to warm through. This will 'wake up' the spices and tomato paste bringing them to full flavor.
• Add the cabbage, carrots, diced tomatoes (with juice), beef broth, vegetable juice, rice, bay leaf and Worcestershire sauce to the pot.
• Bring to a boil and drop to a simmer, cover and cook for 25 minutes or until rice is tender.
• Remove bay leaf and discard.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Notes

How to make cabbage roll soup in a crock-pot:

1. Heat a large pot over medium high heat and brown the ground beef.
2. Remove the browned beef and add it to your large slow cooker.
3. Carefully remove all but a few tablespoons of the rendered beef fat from the pan.
4. Add the onions and green peppers to the pot and saute the vegetables.
5. Add the grated garlic and stir, cooking 30 seconds until the garlic becomes fragrant. 
6. Transfer the cooked vegetables too your large crock-pot add the rest of the soup ingredients WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE RICE.
7. Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours or on high 3-4 hours.
8. Add the rice to the soup, stirring to combine and cook an additional 20 minutes to cook the rice. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 209kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 18gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 50mgSodium: 557mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5g

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Sarah Mock is a classically trained Chef and graduate of Johnson & Wales University. A culinary blogger for 14 years Sarah helps the home cook prepare her recipes with professional results.