Cabbage Roll Casserole
Make this unstuffed cabbage rolls recipe and enjoy all the delicious flavors found in the classic version but with minimal work!
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 182
Equipment
- Meat chopper optional
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 2 cups onion chopped, about 1 medium onion
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- ¾ cup uncooked converted rice like Minute Rice
- 2½ cups tomato pasta sauce or tomato sauce, (spicy, or your favorite flavor)
- 3 Tablespoons vinegar
- 3 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 8 to 9 cups cabbage shredded, about ½ large head of cabbage
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
- In a medium skillet, add beef, onion, and garlic. Cook until browned, and break up meat with a meat chopper or a wooden spoon, about 5-6 minutes. Add rice, stir, and set aside.
- In a large measuring cup or medium bowl, combine pasta sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, Worcestershire, salt, and pepper.
- Layer bottom of baking dish with ⅓ of the cabbage. Spoon ½ of the rice mixture on top and drizzle with ⅓ of the tomato sauce mixture. Layer ⅓ of the cabbage, the remaining ½ of the rice mixture, and drizzle with ⅓ of tomato sauce mixture. Layer remaining ⅓ of the cabbage and ⅓ of the tomato sauce mixture. (See notes below for layer details.)
- Cover and bake for 45 minutes. After 45 minutes, continue to bake uncovered for 15-30 minutes, or until cabbage is tender, rice is cooked, and casserole is bubbling.
- Gently stir and serve.
Notes
Layer in this order:
- ⅓ cabbage
- ½ rice mixture
- ⅓ tomato sauce mixture
- ⅓ cabbage
- ½ rice mixture
- ⅓ tomato sauce mixture
- ⅓ cabbage
- ⅓ tomato sauce mixture
Nutrition
Calories: 182 | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 35mg | Sodium: 590mg | Potassium: 632mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 403IU | Vitamin C: 35mg | Calcium: 64mg | Iron: 3mg