Easy Unstuffed Cabbage Roll Soup
This Unstuffed Cabbage Roll Soup is everything you love about cabbage rolls, without the work or time. It's an easy, quick-cooking soup filled with the cabbage roll flavors and ingredients we love. Comfort food at its best.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 343kcal
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 onion chopped
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 4 cups cabbage coarsely chopped
- 2 carrots peeled and chopped
- 4 cups broth beef or chicken
- 1 cup water
- 2 14.5 ounce cans diced tomatoes undrained
- ¾ cup uncooked long-grain rice
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons parsley
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef, season with salt and pepper to taste, and cook until the beef is browned; 4 to 5 minutes. Add the onion and garlic; continue to cook for 2 minutes more.
- To the ground beef, add the cabbage, carrots, broth, tomatoes, rice, bay leaf, thyme, and brown sugar. Season with salt and pepper to taste and stir.
- Bring the soup to a boil and then reduce the heat to maintain a simmer. Cook for 20 minutes, or until the rice is tender. Remove and discard the bay leaf; sprinkle with fresh parsley and serve.
Notes
Ground Meat
Swap the lean ground beef for ground turkey if preferred.Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 343kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 72mg | Sodium: 455mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 14g