Unstuffed Cabbage Roll

In the second paragraph “What is an Unstuffed Cabbage Roll”, the second sentence should read that it is a deconstructed version of a regular CABBAGE ROLL, not CASSEROLE. Apart from that, this is good but I think it needs just a bit of sauerkraut to cut through the fat of the meat. It should be mixed in with the rest of the ingredients before baking. Maybe a half cup or one of those individual packets they sell now.

A simple and most delicious, keto friendly dish! I sauteed diced cabbage, onions and minced garlic … Added red pepper flakes, diced tomatoes and well seasoned cooked ground meat to cabbage. #YUM!

Used pork sausage instead of ground beef. Very flavorful.

This is awesome. Easy to make

A very good starter recipe. First I made it following the recipe exactly except substituted beef bone broth for water. We found it very bland for our tastes. First I upped the garlic, salt & pepper – a lot! Then I added some dried tomatoes & roasted red peppers I found in the fridge & finally a bit of tomato paste to give it more depth. Yummy!

G’day. Thanks for the recipe. It was a very easy dish to throw together once you do the prep. I had to let it simmer another ½ hour so the cabbage was done, turning it over every 10 or so minutes. Even after that it was a lot of juice. Next time I think I’ll leave out the water and perhaps a handful or two of peas or something to add colour. It past inspiration by my 2 food tasters (wife & Jack Russell) so no doubt I’ll make it again.

Easy recipe…came together well I served it over mashed potatoes and also offered rice. Both were good. Would make this again.

I have made this recipe a few times now — I followed the directions EXACTLY the first time. It’s fine ( under-seasoned ) but not my Polish grandmother’s. I’ve tweaked it a couple of times to make it taste a bit more like my Babcia’s Gołąbki. That said, she did use tomato soup as the base for her sauce and I did not do that. The first time I tweaked this, I used half ground beef ( 85% ) and half ground pork …not quite right. Since then I’ve used all ground pork ( raw, not browned ) —as she did— a medium head Savoy cabbage ( chopped bigger than in the picture above ) and increased the amounts of onion and garlic, plus added some dried marjoram and thyme. For the sauce, I use crushed San Marzano tomatoes, onion, garlic, tiny splash of EVOO, salt and pepper. Did not add sugar. It’s not exactly Babcia’s but I know she’d approve of the sauce — she liked clean, bright flavors. I’ve made it with rice mixed-in ( or, over rice ) and without rice. I like it either way — if not using rice, try serving with mashed potatoes. I do have a Polish Cookbook that shows a no-tomato variation for the sauce — uses mushrooms, onions, garlic, chicken stock, sour cream, salt and pepper. Haven’t tried it yet but I think it sounds interesting. This method is great when you don’t want the work of prepping/rolling the cabbage.

Simple and delicious. I also like it served over mashed potatoes.

Delicious, easy recipe. Used ground turkey and served over rice. Awesome.

I loved it. I am not a big meat eater so I used 1 lb ground beef.

This recipe was great over buttered rice. A good comfort dish.

Great recipe! I tried this several years ago but don’t remember the suggested pairing with rice ! Sounds like a good suggestion and I’ll try it next time as this will be filed in my favorites folder. Thanks for sharing. Bill

Supplemented tomato sauce for tomato soup. Great flavours!

Has a great taste!

All the flavor I love about cabbage rolls, but without all the excess work! The second time I made it I used Kielbasa instead of beef, and that was incredible too!

Ty so very much. This reminds of my dear friend Irena..who made me golumpkis.(.with rice. ) Great idea for my now keto diet!!

Perfect starter recipe to doctor up with your own tweaks. I used 1 lb of beef and 1 lb of hot breakfast sausage. That gave it a nice kick of heat. I also used jarred Prego sauce and added 2 bags of Uncle Bens 90 sec. rice. I also used 2 cans of Rotel diced tomatoes with chiles. We ate it all week and even froze some.

So delicious and easy! I seasoned up the beef as I like and added a couple shakes of red pepper flakes and it was perfect. We ate it with baked potatoes instead of rice but this works either way, or you could put it over noodles as well, it’s really quite versatile. Will definitely make this part of the regular rotation!

Loved it! Made it with rice and it’s not only easy, but also economical. Takes a lot less time than stuffed cabbage. Already made it twice and it’s a big hit with the family.

One of the pet peeves I have about this site is using terms like one head of cabbage, one large onion. Especially for new cooks which I’m not there is great variation in the size of a head of cabbage or an onion. Using terms like 5 cups chopped cabbage or 1 cup diced onion is much better. This was a pretty good recipe but I will make some changes when I make it again to make it more traditional (i.e. Tomato Soup) which my Mom always used.