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Cabbage Roll Soup | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | this awesome #soup tastes like eating #cabbagerolls in soup form! Perfect for chilly fall or winter nights. #glutenfree #beef #rice #Italiansausage #cabbage #tomatoes

Cabbage Roll Soup

Teresa Ambra
This delicious old-world soup is reminiscent of eating cabbage rolls. Lean ground beef and pork, cabbage, tomatoes, rice, garlic and onion comprise this tasty soup. This comfort food recipe will knock your socks off. If you want something hot to warm you up on cold, winter nights, this soup recipe is perfect! Gluten free.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Course Main Dish, Soups, Stews & Chowders
Cuisine German
Servings 10
Calories 317 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 large stock pot with lid
  • 1 sharp knife to cut vegetables
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • 1 soup ladle
  • 1 hamburger chopper to cut meat down in small pieces while frying

Ingredients
  

  • 1 large onion diced
  • 3/4 tsp. minced garlic from a jar
  • 1 lb. lean ground beef I used 93%
  • 1 lb. lean ground pork I used 90%
  • 3/4 cup uncooked whole brown rice
  • 1 medium head cabbage chopped, core removed
  • 3 tbsp. all-purpose gluten free flour or use regular flour
  • 28 oz. can diced tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp. tomato paste
  • 8 cups beef broth
  • 1 1/2 cups V8 or other vegetable juice
  • 1 tsp. paprika
  • 1 tsp. dried thyme
  • 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 to 1 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 to 3/4 tsp. ground black pepper or more to taste

Instructions
 

  • In a large stock pot, brown onion, garlic, pork and beef.
  • Use a hamburger chopper to break the meat down in small pieces while frying.
  • Drain fat.
  • Stir in chopped cabbage and cook about 3 minutes until slightly softened.
  • Sprinkle gluten free flour into cabbage mixture and stir to combine.
  • Cook an additional 2 minutes.
  • Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil.
  • Reduce heat to medium low.
  • Cover and simmer on low until rice is fully cooked between 45-60 minutes.
  • Remove bay leaves before serving.

Notes

NOTE: A good quality brown rice absorbs a lot of liquid so I had to double the beef broth to get a soup consistency.
 
NOTE: You can also use regular flour for this recipe.
 
Recipe adapted from Spend with Pennies.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 317kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 24gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 61mgSodium: 1293mgPotassium: 887mgFiber: 5gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 794IUVitamin C: 54mgCalcium: 115mgIron: 4mg
Keyword beef, cabbage, gluten free, ground beef, main dish, pork, rice, soup
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