Name: One Pot Cabbage Roll Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Polish
Ingredients: 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 500 g beef mince; 1 onion, diced; 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 400 g tinned chopped tomatoes; 1 ¼ litres beef stock; 500 g white cabbage, finely shredded; 100 g long grain rice; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1 bay leaf; 1 tsp salt; 1 tbsp light brown sugar; 1 tbsp cider vinegar

One Pot Cabbage Roll Soup

Beef mince, shredded cabbage, rice and tomatoes simmered in a single pot for 40 minutes with a little vinegar and sugar.

55 min total Serves 6 servings Easy

Why One Pot Cabbage Roll Soup Works

Beef, cabbage, rice, tomato: four things, and the flavour of a whole tray of stuffed cabbage rolls without any of the rolling. This soup borrows the sweet and sour character of Polish golabki, and puts it in a pot that makes enough for six.

Brown the mince first, with onion and garlic, so that it gives up its fat and picks up colour. The browned bits at the base of the pot dissolve into the soup when the tomato and stock go in, and that is where much of the savoury depth comes from.

Shred the cabbage finely, about 5 mm wide. Thick chunks stay stubbornly firm while the rice overcooks, but thin ribbons soften in the same time that the rice needs. Add the cabbage with the stock and simmer.

The sweet and sour balance is made with a tablespoon each of brown sugar and cider vinegar, stirred in at the end. Taste and adjust, because tinned tomatoes vary in sharpness. The rice will keep absorbing broth as the soup stands, so add more stock when you reheat leftovers.

One Pot Cabbage Roll Soup, Step by Step

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Heat the oil in a large pot. Brown the mince for 8 minutes, breaking it up. Add the onion and garlic and cook for 4 minutes.
Add the tomatoes, stock, cabbage, rice, paprika, bay leaf and salt.
Bring to a boil, then simmer, partly covered, for 30 minutes until the rice and cabbage are tender.
Stir in the sugar and vinegar. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
Remove the bay leaf and serve with a spoon of soured cream if you like.

Small Things That Help

Shred the cabbage finely so it softens with the rice.
Add more stock when reheating, as the rice absorbs it.
Adjust the sweet and sour to taste.

Ingredient Swaps

An eighth of a teaspoon of garlic powder per clove is the stand-in usually given when you are out of fresh garlic; it will not brown the same way, and it burns easily, so add it with the liquid.

What Goes With One Pot Cabbage Roll Soup

Rye bread
Soured cream
Pickles
Dill

Storing & Reheating One Pot Cabbage Roll Soup

Keeps for 4 days in the fridge or 3 months in the freezer. Add stock when reheating.

One Pot Cabbage Roll Soup Nutrition Facts

Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.

372Calories

24gProtein

33gCarbs

16gFat

4gFibre

11gSugar

750mgSodium

Dairy-Free

One Pot Cabbage Roll Soup

One Pot Cabbage Roll Soup, Step by Step

Small Things That Help

Ingredient Swaps

What Goes With One Pot Cabbage Roll Soup

Storing & Reheating One Pot Cabbage Roll Soup

One Pot Cabbage Roll Soup Nutrition Facts

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One Pot Cabbage Roll Soup, Step by Step

Small Things That Help

Ingredient Swaps

What Goes With One Pot Cabbage Roll Soup

Storing & Reheating One Pot Cabbage Roll Soup

One Pot Cabbage Roll Soup Nutrition Facts

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