
Description
Cabbage Roll Casserole
Cabbage Rolls and Coffee . . . Mmmm, mmmm, Good!
Cabbage rolls are wonderful taste treats, but some folks find them too time-consuming to make. Not to worry! Bro. Dave to the rescue! This tasty casserole has all of the flavors you love in a good cabbage roll without all of the time-consuming work.
As an added side benefit, it take just as long to make a small casserole as it does to make a large one, or several . . . which makes this a PERFECT make-ahead meal!
Recipe
Ingredient List
| ~2 | Pounds | Cabbage, chopped (~1 medium head) |
| 1 - 2 |
Pounds | Ground Beef |
| 1 | Each | Onion, chopped |
| 0.5 | Cup | Uncooked Parboiled Rice |
| 1 | 6 oz Can |
Tomato Paste |
| 4 | teaspoons |
Greek Seasoning |
| 3 | Tablespoons | Italian Seasoning |
| 2 | Tablespoons | Chicken Bullion (no/low sodium preferred) |
| 4 | Cups |
Hot Water |
Process Steps
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Carefully cut the head of cabbage in half and cut the "stem" out of each half to make the head easier to chop.
- Slice each half into about 1 inch slices.
- After the half head is sliced, cut the slices in half making ~4" or less long strips of cabbage.
- Place all the chopped cabbage in a large bowl.
- Carefully remove the ends off of an onion and remove the "skin" aruond the onion.
- Cut the onion in half and slice each half into about 4 or 5 slices, then cut the slices into about 0.5" pieces.
- Put the chopped onion in the bowl with the cabbage.
- Open a 6oz can of tomato paste and empty it into a 4 cup or large bowl.
- Add 2 cups of hot water to the tomato paste and stir into a smooth sauce.
- Spoon about .5 Cup of the sauce into a 9" X 12" baking dish and spread to cover the bottom.
- Crumble the ground beef into a skillet or dutch oven and begin to brown it.
- Once it has begun browning, add 1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning and 2 teaspoons of Greek seasoning. Stir and continrue browning.
- Once the beef is browned, drain the oil and drippings and put the drained beef into the bowl with the cabbage and onion.
- Stir the mixture well.
- Add the tomato sauce and stir well.
- Add the parboiled rice and stir well.
- Pour the mixture into the 9" X 12" baking dish.
- Put chicken bullion into a 2 Cup measuring cup, add 2 Cups hot water and stir to mix.
- Pour the chicken bullion broth over the top of the casserole.
- Dust the top with 2 Tablespoons Italian seasoning and 2 teaspoons Greek seasoning.
- Cover with foil, place in a preheated 350°F oven.
- Bake for 1 hour.
- Remove, uncover, stir, recover, and bake about another 20 minutes until the cabbage is tender.
- Remove, uncover, and let sit for about 5 or 10 minutes.
- Serve
Makes 8 servings
Carb Info
Carbohydrate Info
| Cabbage, chopped (~1 medium head) | 30g Carbohydrates |
| Ground Beef | 0g Carbohydrates |
| Onion, chopped | 12g Carbohydrates |
| Uncooked Parboiled Rice | 19g Carbohydrates |
| Tomato Paste | 4g Carbohydrates |
| Greek Seasoning | 0g Carbohydrates |
| Italian Seasoning | 0g Carbohydrates |
| Chicken Bullion (no/low sodium preferred) | 1g Carbohydrates |
| Hot Water |
0g Carbohydrates |
Total Carbs = 66g
Carbs Per Serving = 66g / 8 serving =
~8.25g of carbohydrates per Cabbage Roll Casserole Serving