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 and roll them. This Savory Cabbage Roll 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. Whatever cockles are! LOL!
In no time at all you can have a whole pot of hearty soup for your crew. This Savory Cabbage Roll Soup 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.
Total cook time on this soup is under an hour so a week night is indeed a possibility. This soup makes great leftovers. The rice does continue to swell a bit but the flavors are even better. If swelling noodles or rice bother you split the batch before adding the rice. Plan to refrigerate the half without the rice. When you go to simmer it for another nights dinner add the other half of the rice and cook until the rice is tender which is about 25-30 minutes.
Savory Cabbage Roll Soup
- Yield: About 6-8 bowls
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground pork sausage (I used Jimmy Dean all natural)
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 small head green cabbage cored and coarsely chopped
- 3 large cloves garlic minced
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can fire roasted tomatoes
- 8 cups low sodium chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning (more or less depending on taste)
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 cup uncooked long grain white rice
Instructions
- In large pot or dutch oven brown sausage over medium heat. When almost fully browned add onion and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add cabbage and cook until soft; approximately 15 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add fire roasted tomatoes, chicken broth, Cajun seasoning, tomato paste, brown sugar and rice.
- Bring to a low boil. Turn down to simmer and cook about 30 minutes or until rice is tender.
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it says 1/4 tomato paste, a 1/4 of what. is it a tsp, tbsp., cup, can.
Opps. Never ever post recipes while you are drinking cocktails! LOL! 1/4 cup! I am fixing it right now. Thanks for the heads up!!!!
I am making this for the second time in a week….My husband and I love it!! Thank you for posting such a nice comforting soup. Will be made many times up here in cold New York!!
You are most welcome. Glad that you like it. Try to stay warm up there!!! We have some pretty cold winters down here in Missouri!!
What is the weight or volume equivalent of a small head of cabbage? That is kind of subjective. Same for the onion
Small head of cabbage weighs about 1.5 lbs. About 8 ounces for a medium onion. I hope this helps and sorry about the delay. I am a little under the weather.
I’m making this today! It’s rainy and chilly here in South Louisiana. Movies and comfort food on the menu for the day!
Awesome!! Enjoy your fun filled comfort day!!
The soup was a huge hit! This will be a definite “go to” on busy winter days.
Do you drain the the meat at all?? It doesn’t say and normally you drain the grease off cooked beef or sausage
Yes if there is excess grease please drain it!!
Hi there,
I live in Australia so was wondering what type of sausage to use and also cant get fire roasted tomatoes so should i just use regular canned tomatoes instead?
Thanks for the heads up. Pork sausage. I just corrected that. Sure you use canned tomatoes but I think I might kick in some cumin, chili powder and maybe a pinch of ground cayenne pepper or you could just add a little cajun seasoning. Go slow and season to taste. Thanks for stopping by!!
What about using coleslaw mix as a short cut?
I am going to use coleslaw mix.
That will work as well.