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.
PrintSavory Cabbage Roll Soup
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 55
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: About 6-8 bowls 1x
- Category: soup
- Method: stove top
- Cuisine: Polish
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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Jason Carty says
September 17, 2016 at 11:12 pmit says 1/4 tomato paste, a 1/4 of what. is it a tsp, tbsp., cup, can.
bpierce says
September 17, 2016 at 11:34 pmOpps. Never ever post recipes while you are drinking cocktails! LOL! 1/4 cup! I am fixing it right now. Thanks for the heads up!!!!
Valerie Vincent says
October 28, 2016 at 2:10 pmI 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!!
bpierce says
October 28, 2016 at 3:13 pmYou are most welcome. Glad that you like it. Try to stay warm up there!!! We have some pretty cold winters down here in Missouri!!
Kimberly says
November 5, 2016 at 7:48 pmWhat is the weight or volume equivalent of a small head of cabbage? That is kind of subjective. Same for the onion
bpierce says
November 8, 2016 at 1:00 amSmall 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.
Karen says
December 3, 2016 at 3:18 pmI’m making this today! It’s rainy and chilly here in South Louisiana. Movies and comfort food on the menu for the day!
Beth Pierce says
December 3, 2016 at 3:35 pmAwesome!! Enjoy your fun filled comfort day!!
Karen says
December 5, 2016 at 2:23 amThe soup was a huge hit! This will be a definite “go to” on busy winter days.
Laura says
January 23, 2017 at 7:37 pmDo you drain the the meat at all?? It doesn’t say and normally you drain the grease off cooked beef or sausage
Beth Pierce says
January 24, 2017 at 1:38 amYes if there is excess grease please drain it!!
Tania says
August 12, 2017 at 1:54 amHi 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?
Beth Pierce says
August 12, 2017 at 11:03 pmThanks 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!!
Linda says
December 6, 2017 at 10:14 amWhat about using coleslaw mix as a short cut?
Gayla says
February 3, 2018 at 9:58 pmI am going to use coleslaw mix.
Beth Pierce says
February 4, 2018 at 1:56 amThat will work as well.
micke says
January 21, 2019 at 10:18 amwhat are the calories?
Beth Pierce says
January 30, 2019 at 5:19 pmI finally got around to adding the calorie count on that! Sorry about the delay!!
Becca says
February 19, 2019 at 11:16 amLove love love this! Thank you for the great recipe.
★★★★★
Beth Pierce says
February 19, 2019 at 4:02 pmYou are most welcome!!So glad that you loved it!!