Cabbage Roll Soup

February 6, 2020 by Beth Pierce 63 Comments

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This delectable Cabbage Roll Soup takes everything you love about cabbage rolls and puts them into one easy soup. Just think of it as deconstructed cabbage rolls. This hearty family friendly soup is flavor packed and full of wholesome ingredients. I love to serve it with Best Cornbread Recipe or Beer Bread with Cheddar.

Cabbage Roll Soup takes everything you love about cabbage rolls and puts into one easy soup

I love everything about cabbage rolls but I don’t always have the time to make them. It takes time to simmer the cabbage leaves, stuff them and roll them. This soup eliminates all of that but still gives you all the flavor of cabbage rolls. Besides who wouldn’t love a nice warm hearty bowl of soup? To me, soup is great anytime. It warms the cockles of my heart.

In no time at all, you can have a whole pot of hearty soup for your crew. This family-friendly recipe starts with sausage, onion, garlic, and cabbage. It is seasoned perfectly and sweetened with just a bit of brown sugar. The aromas from the kitchen will be enough to ensure that you don’t miss out on a bowl.

This hearty family friendly soup is flavor packed and full of wholesome ingredients.

How do you make Cabbage Roll Soup

First, start by simply browning your sausage. I like to use mildly flavored bulk breakfast sausage but you could use an Italian sausage with this instead. Then add your onions and cabbage and cook until soft. Now add your garlic and cook another minute or so. Stir the pot every couple of minutes or so. Now add the fire-roasted tomatoes, beef broth, Cajun seasoning, paprika, tomato paste, brown sugar, and rice. Finally, simmer for about 25 minutes or until the rice is tender.

This simple yet delectable soup combines all the delicious flavors of old fashioned cabbage rolls in a fraction of the time.

Helpful tips for making Cabbage Roll Soup

Lean ground beef or ground turkey can be substituted for the pork sausage however I really like the added flavor of the pork sausage. It really melds with the cabbage well.
If you know you will be saving some of the soup for another night’s meal split the batch before adding the rice. Plan to refrigerate the half without the rice. When you go to simmer it for another night’s dinner add the other half of the rice and cook until the rice is tender.
Fire-roasted tomatoes are tomatoes that have been charred over an open flame before being diced and canned. They are with the other canned tomatoes at your local grocery store. I love them because they really add a smokey sweetness to this soup.
Okay call me crazy but the Cajun seasoning adds just the right touch to this amazing soup and brings out the best in the pork, cabbage, and tomatoes. You can always adjust the amount, add it just to your bowl (although simmering it makes it better) or omit it.
Vegetable broth or chicken broth can be substituted for the beef broth.
To make this soup low-carb friendly use cauliflower rice.
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Reheat in the microwave or on the stovetop.
Freeze this soup for up to 3 months in heavy-duty freezer bags Thaw overnight in the refrigerator. For best results hold back the uncooked rice. Add it when reheating the soup so the rice does not get mushy.

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