Slow Cooker Stuffed Cabbage Soup

Here’s an easy slow cooker stuffed cabbage soup recipe your family will love! Unstuffed cabbage soup you could call it and cooks on it’s own all day in your crockpot. If you love bold flavors this homemade cabbage soup will bring you back to your childhood for sure.

Crock pot Cabbage Soup

I am not a huge salad lover and cabbage just felt like “an old person food”. Don’t know why it just did. But, I can tell you I am a lover of it now after a few recipes like this dish I was a believer. If you love cabbage rolls, you’re going to go crazy over this meal! This came out amazing!!

I don’t know what it is now about cabbage but it is really good! I do love my slow cooker stuffed cabbage recipe but that is labor intensive. I generally buy whatever brand is on sale. This feeds all 5 of us easily so depending on whether you’re serving it as a main dish or a side dish it feeds a decent amount of people.

Ingredients

1. Cabbage
2. Rice – uncooked, we prefer Jasmine
3. Beef broth
4. Spaghetti sauce
5. Tomato soup
   1. tomato sauce doesn’t have as much flavor
   2. diced tomatoes will make it chunkier but would still need seasonings like Worcestershire sauce and others…just use the soup
6. Ground beef
7. Onion
8. Spices

Just cover and cook your Crockpot cabbage recipe with all of your ingredients. Stir together, cook for about 4 hours on high and you’re set! I haven’t made this on low but I would think 6 hours would do the trick.

Since you are precooking the meat over medium heat before adding you’re really just melding the flavors together. The time is for softening the cabbage leaves as well but doesn’t take a long time really. Here’s what ours looks like. I will say that there is a variation to the timing depending on how soft you like your cabbage. We prefer ours with a little texture still, not mushy.

How long does it take to cook soup in a slow cooker?

The timing above reflects a tender but not mushy texture as far as your star veggie goes. If you really want it super soft then you’d need to add maybe 30 minutes more on to the cook time, check, and add another 30 if you think it needs it.

Typically soups are a set it and forget it meal cooked low and slow which is great. The only thing you need to pay attention to are any vegetables or pasta noodles you may want to add as those don’t need long and they should be added near the end.

Other easy slow cooker recipes

You can make a healthier version of this without the tomato base, read Crockpot cabbage soup for that one.

• Crockpot split pea soup is amazing and quite healthy
• Slow cooker chicken and dumplings is a classic favorite
• Potatoes are the perfect side dish with 5 ingredient chili inside
• We have other slow cooker recipes here too

If you love this and have a pressure cooker you’ve got to try this Instant Pot stuffed cabbage casserole and/or old fashioned cabbage soup. 

If you’re ready to try the best unstuffed cabbage recipe this is it! Nutritional information such as saturated fat and calories are listed below where you can print recipe too. They will vary depending on the sausage or beef and onion you use of course. This is how we make ours;

How to Make Crockpot Cabbage Roll Soup

• Cook ground meat of your choice and onions in a skillet on the stovetop until meat is brown.
• Drain fat and add this to your slow cooker when it is no longer pink. (or leave undrained to add more flavor, your choice)
• Add all other ingredients except your cabbage into your crockpot and stir together.
• At the end add cabbage pieces to the top and push down gently into soup mixture.
• Set slow cooker to high and cook for 4 hours, serve with a bit of parmesan cheese on top!

Variations

• Use hamburger or ground sausage. We think spicy ground sausage is best.
• Add rice for a heartier meal. Omit if desired.
• Use less beef broth if you want it to be thicker, more cabbage casserole style.