Easy slow cooker stuffed cabbage soup recipe your family will love! Unstuffed cabbage soup you could call it, cooks on itโs own all day. If you love bold flavors this and our slow cooker cabbage dishes will bring you back to your childhood for sure.
This slow cooker stuffed cabbage soup is one of our favorite meals. All of us just love it, thatโs rightโฆeven the kids!! Itโs comfort food in a bowl and now listed on our long list of crockpot recipes we know youโll love. (affiliate links present)
Slow Cooker Cabbage Roll Soup
If you have never made any simple cabbage recipes you may be hesitant. I know I was at first. It took me into adulthood to really appreciate this vegetable but now I am obsessed. It has basically no calories but adds a ton of great texture to any dish.
Nowadays I love all the things with this crunchy green veggie. I will even snack on air fryer cabbage from time to time. ๐ You donโt need to boil it first in this case as it will cook and soften with the soup ingredients with little to no prep at all.
Letโs talk a little bit about slow cooking shall we?? First off I have a few different varieties and I love them all. Each one has an occasion to be used likeโฆ.
- This is my favorite 6 quart programmable one with a locking lid so itโs great for bringing to a potluck too.
- I prefer not to use liners, but rather just spray olive oil inside before adding my food for easier cleanups.
Let me give you a peek of my pretty thang I bought recently. It goes with my kitchen so I can just leave it out on the countertop all the time. ๐
I am not a huge salad lover and cabbage just felt like โan old person foodโ. Donโt 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, youโre going to go crazy over this meal! This came out amazing!!
Ingredients
- Cabbage
- Rice โ uncooked, we prefer Jasmine
- Beef broth
- Spaghetti sauce
- Tomato soup
- tomato sauce doesnโt have as much flavor
- diced tomatoes will make it chunkier but would still need seasonings like Worcestershire sauce and othersโฆjust use the soup
- Ground beef
- Onion
- Spices
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.
I donโt 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 youโre serving it as a main dish or a side dish it feeds a decent amount of people.
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, cover and cook for 4 hours, or low for 6.
- Serve with a bit of parmesan cheese on top!
Of course you can!! I love spicy Jimmy Dean ground sausage for some heat or use half and half for just a bit of a kick to your meal. This meal can be made vegetarian too without any meat at all if you choose, all of them are cheap meals our family loves.
Since you are precooking the meat over medium heat before adding youโre really just melding the flavors together. The time is for softening the cabbage leaves as well but doesnโt take a long time really. Hereโs 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 youโd 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 donโt need long and they should be added near the end.
Other easy slow cooker recipes youโll love
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
If you love this and have a pressure cooker youโve got to try this Instant Pot stuffed cabbage casserole.
If youโre 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;
Slow Cooker Stuffed Cabbage Soup
Equipment
- 1 slow cooker
Ingredients
- 1/2 head cabbage, cut into small 1โณ cubes/pcs.
- 2/3 c rice, uncooked, not instant
- 42 oz beef broth
- 1 tbsp worchestershire sauce
- 1 jar spaghetti sauce, 23 oz or so
- 19 oz tomato soup
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 tbsp garlic salt
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp basil
Instructions
- Cook ground beef and onions in a skillet on the stovetop until meat is brown. Add to your slow cooker.
- Add all other ingredients except your cabbage into your crockpot and slowly stir together.
- 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!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This was fantastic! My picky husband likes it better then stuffed cabbage and my Polish Mother in law canโt wait until I make it again (which I will very soon!). I made it just as I would stuffed cabbage so I added diced potatoes and a small onion to it and some pumpernickel bread on the side and VIOLA! Love at first bite.
so so glad
The sodium content is over 2000 mg. Is that correct or is there a typo? How can I reduce it?
This recipe as is counts as 10 Weight Watchers points. I made some modifications to make it only 3 points: substitute beef with 1% fat ground turkey breast. Make sure your spaghetti sauce doesnโt have added sugar. Same goes for the tomato soup. Use brown rice. Finally, to make it authentic German like my grandmaโsโฆ add 1 Tbsp caraway seeds to the pot and Top each serving bowl with a slice of rye or pumpernickel bread. Feel free to share with other Weight Watchers and enjoy.
Thanks for the info., will be helpful for everyone!
My family loved this, I made it for the first time last week and they are already asking for it again. Thanks for sharing
Yeah!!