Satisfy your craving for something cozy, comforting, and delicious with cabbage roll soup.
Cabbage, beef, pork and rice are simmered in a flavorful tomato broth for the ultimate bowl of comfort food.
This easy cabbage roll soup recipe is reminiscent of my grandmother’s cabbage rolls and is the perfect meal for chilly days or cozy nights.
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Growing up with a Polish grandmother, dishes like cabbage rolls, rouladen, and haluski (cabbage and noodles) were staples in our family! Good easy simple comfort food!
- This cabbage roll soup recipe has the same great flavors found in my grandma’s cabbage rolls made into a cozy delicious soup.
- Easy prep, no rolling required!
- This dish uses simple ingredients, most of which you likely have on hand.
- It reheats and freezes well.
This Cabbage Roll Soup recipe was adapted from my favorite cabbage rolls to create a quick and easy meal without all of the work! We just simply add it to the pot and walk away; no rolling required!
How to Make Cabbage Roll Soup
Meat – My grandmother always made cabbage rolls with a mixture of pork ground pork and ground beef, which is what I use in this recipe. You can use just one or the other or substitute ground turkey.
If you’d like, add a few slices of bacon, it adds a delicious smoky flavor.
- Brown the meat.
- Add the cabbage and cook for a few minutes. Add the uncooked rice, broth, tomatoes, and seasonings.
- Simmer until tender.
This makes a nice rich and hearty soup loaded with cabbage, meat & rice which is very thick, almost stew-like. If you’d prefer a more soupy consistency, you can add more broth.
Bread for Dipping and Dunking!
This soup pairs well with any type of bread or dinner rolls for dipping and dunking.
Leftovers
Leftovers will keep for 3 to 4 days in the fridge. The rice may soak up some of the broth so add a bit of water or broth if needed.
You can freeze leftover cabbage roll soup. Place individual servings in freezer bags or in an air-tight container. Freeze bags on a baking sheet and once frozen we stack them in the freezer upright to save space!
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 large onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- ½ pound lean ground pork or additional ground beef
- ¾ cup uncooked long grain rice
- 1 medium head cabbage chopped, core removed, about 8 cups
- 28 ounces canned diced tomatoes with juices
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 4 cups beef broth
- 1 ½ cups vegetable juice such as V8
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 bay leaf
- salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large pot, brown the onion, garlic, pork, and beef over medium-high heat. Drain excess fat.
- Stir in the chopped cabbage and let cook until slightly softened, about 3 minutes.
- Add in the diced tomatoes, tomato paste, beef broth, V8 or vegetable juice, uncooked rice, paprika, thyme, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaf, and salt and pepper to taste. Stir well to combine.
- Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium-low. Cover the pot and let simmer until the rice is fully cooked, approximately 25-30 minutes.
- Remove bay leaf and serve.
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Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Soup
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The Cabbage Roll Soup looks so good. I’m going to give it a try this weekend.
Hi
Would it be possible to let me know approx how many cups of cabbage to use in the Cabbage Roll Soup recipe.
I usually use about 8 cups in the Easy Cabbage Rolls when I make that and a whole medium cabbage in the soup seems an awful lot..
Thanks
Ken
This would be about 6 cups. If you have extra you can certainly add it in, it works out perfectly regardless.
A friend posted this and it looks delicious! Definately going to try it. Also glad to read the comments about the Gluten Free alternatives for flour. Husband just diagnosed with Celiac and we are learning.
Thanks!
It’s cooking!
I tried this recipe, we loved it. I think it was missing one ingredient and it was a few good dashes of hot sauce. We are going to try it with ham or Kabasa sausage
Can the cabbage roll soup be frozen?
Yes, this freezes very well!
Can’t wait to try this! It sounds great!!
I would like to try them all, they all sound delicious.
I made this soup today was hesitated but very glad I did was a huge hit with my family only thing I did different is I made it in my crockpot to simmer through out the day ….I have added to follow you on Facebook looking forward to your other recipes
I’m glad your family enjoyed this recipe! Thank you for the Facebook page follow!
I love this soup,I am making it again in the next few days. I shared it with my friends they made it now they are hooked. Thank You for the fantastic recipes.
I’m so glad your friends and family enjoyed this Dorothy!
I just had some and it’s super good. Going to make it again for sure.
I’m glad you enjoyed this recipe Marie!
I love the receipe for the cabbage soup. I plan
To make it this weekend (9-24-16). My grandma
use to make a sweet & sour cabbage soup with
sour salt brown sugar…outstanding! Does anyone out there know how to adjust this great
looking soup to do sweet & sour version ?
Reply please
Will you please put a pin on your recipes so we can pin then to our Pinterest boards?
I would love to save a few of them.
Hovering over any image should bring up a “Pin” button. This recipe has a repin link right above the video (but you can also Pin it here).
You can view all of my recipes on Pinterest here.
This was a winner! New staple.
Thank you for sharing :-) :-)
Glad you enjoyed it Kelly!
I want to receive all of your recipes Thank you
We loved the cabbage roll soup. Easy to make and delicious. I put it all together except for the rice and cabbage and let it simmer for a few hours. About an hour before dinner time I added the rice and cabbage and left it on low, covered. It was perfect.
I’m so glad you loved it Patty!
That’s a great idea!
I don’t like rice at all I’m wondering if u could use potatoes or frozen noodles?
I think either would be great in this recipe. You may need to adjust the cooking time accordingly.
I wonder if you could freeze this soup.
This soup makes a large batch and it freezes beautifully!
These ate greAt recipe love cabbage anyway you fix it
I love cabbage too!!
I am on weight watchers, do u know the points for this recipe looks so good
I have updated the post with nutritional information under the recipe. Hope that helps.
BLESS YOU! After all the people asking you…. The recipe sounds wonderful; have to try it. But I have been so entertained reading all the comments. This is my do nothing Saturday morning…the only morning l get to just piddle. Aren’t we all funny!
LOL! It’s so easy to get lost in comments and always so interesting to see how other people love or edit recipes! I hope you enjoy this Charlotte!