Spicy Unstuffed Cabbage

  4.5 – 104 reviews  • Stuffed Cabbage

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Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  1. 1 pound spicy bulk pork sausage
  2. 1 pound lean ground beef
  3. 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
  4. 1 onion, chopped
  5. 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
  6. 2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
  7. 2 teaspoons chili powder
  8. ½ teaspoon salt
  9. ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes, or more to taste
  10. 10 cups shredded cabbage

Instructions

  1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage and beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 7 to 10 minutes; drain and discard grease.
  2. Stir diced tomatoes, onion, tomato paste, vinegar, chili powder, salt, and red pepper flakes into sausage mixture. Fold in cabbage. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, until cabbage is tender, 20 to 25 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 314 kcal
Carbohydrate 17 g
Cholesterol 68 mg
Dietary Fiber 5 g
Protein 22 g
Saturated Fat 6 g
Sodium 890 mg
Sugars 10 g
Fat 17 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Christopher Thomas
This is the Stuff! Or unstuffed. I’ve tried a few unstuffed cabbage recipes on this site. I like this one the best. Of course everyone personalizes recipes. I still give 5 stars because if a recipe has an good road map and I plan on putting it in my rotation: Its a five star for me. I added two tablespoons of mustard to the tomato instead of vinegar and 2 tablespoons of low sodium soy sauce. I also added a dash of Franks Redhot Sauce (to taste.)
Erika Phillips
Very good! My husband loves my piggies, so I thought I’d try this recipe because he also loves spicy food. It was a hit
Albert Rodriguez
Made it, it was wonderful. I shared it with my mother-in-law with some fresh bread. She loved it too. I omitted the beef though.
Mark Gallegos
I substituted spicy pork breakfast sausage roll and a pound of ground turkey for the meats. I loved this recipe and so did everyone else with whom I shared. It was not really that spicy for us, and the only thing we added was a bit more spice after it was cooked. This will definitely be added to my family’s list of favorites.
Laura Wallace
To Kelly Nicoson – The recipe quantity adjust feature is very finicky. I, too, usually adjust my recipes to accommodate 4 servings, allowing for a second meal for two. I’ve found the if I go to the search field, even while still on the recipe, and key in the exact recipe name, it will take me back to the page where you select the recipe. Click on that, and it will take you to the recipe again. Usually, you can then use the recipe quantity feature. Simply refreshing the page doesn’t usually work for me. Sorry, I had to leave a rating in order to respond to your question. This site doesn’t accommodate answers to questions well.
Melissa Roberts DDS
Very tasty! Since I halved the recipe, I used sausage only and skipped the ground beef.
Matthew Phillips
This was really good. I only had one pound of ground beef, so that’s all I used and it was fine! Next time I make it, I’ll probably leave out the vinegar.
Patrick Lowe
No modifications made here! Made it exactly as recipe stated. Very delicious! I did, however have to boost the cooking time to 45 minutes.
Chelsea Jimenez
Very easy to make. Family loved it.
Alexis Gallagher
Simple and delicious peasant food. Great on a cold winter’s night. Served in a bowl with a big chunk of hot bread. Only substitution was ground venison for the beef. Made three dinners for the two of us with two smaller portions for a lunch.
Eric Butler
Great low carb recipe, but I added a little Stevia and vinegar and made it sweet and sour
Jennifer Welch
This was fabulous. One of my new favorites. I added brown sugar Splenda to your liking, (brown sugar is just as good, if you like.). This made it perfect. I also like to add sour cream to my individual serving. This is also fabulous.
Vincent Holt
Wouldn’t change a thing! This was delicious!
Deanna James
Husband loved it, I thought it was ok. Cabbage could have been softer, so next time I make this I will steam it.
Ms. Patricia Rollins
I made this a few days ago and it was really good. I only did the ground beef and a can of crushed tomatoes instead of diced (my personal preference) I didn’t adhere to what other people said about it making a lot and went ahead and made as is even for only the two of us. My husband had two good sized bowls plus I took some for my lunch the next day and still had leftovers. Tonight I added a small can of mexican style corn and kidney beans, also because it had thickened up some beef broth to thin it out. Served with some crusty homemade garlic bread. Yum!
Raymond Phillips
I needed to use up some miscellaneous packages of meat in my freezer: some hot Italian sausage, ground beef and pork. I added a couple of cloves of garlic, swapped out Worcestershire sauce for vinegar, used a hot Indian chili powder (& used less),. Also threw in some leftover cooked rice (about 2 cups). Wow! This was delicious – reminding me of those famous Lithuanian stuffed cabbages.
Kara Evans
great
Colleen Price
Very good. I made it mostly as listed, but didn’t have white distilled vinegar and used apple cider vinegar and added some garlic and oregano as others suggested. Will make this again.
Dustin Hernandez
UPDATE……..My review didn’t go through with 5 stars…..I definitely give this 5 stars.
Brittney Jones
I switched out the sausage for chorizo and served it over rice. While the recipe wasn’t bad, it wasn’t great either. It seemed to be a bit underwhelming. I will be attempting again next week in case I cooked something incorrectly and will double the spices to see if it gives it the extra flavor I am looking for.
Robert Davis
I halved the recipe.

 

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