Cabbage Roll Casserole

catsoplenty's Note:

A friend gave me the original recipe for this and I added a few spices to give it a little more flavor. I've made it "my way" ever since and everyone who has it seems to enjoy it very much. One other way I did this was to eliminate the tomato sauce (didn't have any that day) and use a can of Rotel diced tomatoes with chiles. Because they have juice I lowered the amount of water a bit. It turned out delicious that way too! I have also put the sauce together earlier in the day and let it sit to make sure the flavors went through really well.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 6

Yield: 1.0 casserole

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/2 cup chopped onion (or more)
• 1/2 cup uncooked longrain rice
• 1/2 head chopped cabbage (at least 6-8 cups worth)
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can tomato soup
• 8 ounces tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon marjoram
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar

Directions:

1. Brown the ground beef and onion. Drain. Mix the rice into that. Set aside. Chop the cabbage and spread over the bottom of a 13x9 pan. Spread the meat/onion mixture over that. In a saucepan combine the rest of the ingredients and bring them to a light boil. Pour this over the meat and cabbage. Cover tightly with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/4-1 1/2 hours.
2. I like to sometimes sprinkle my serving with parmesan cheese just for a little extra flavor, too.

Reviews

[Boomette]

This is one of the best cabbage roll casserole I made. So much taste. The rice was cooked, no need to add more liquid. Thanks catsoplenty :) Made for cookbook tag game

[ElaineAnn]

If you like stuffed cabbage you will LOVE this easy unstuffed cabbage. The spices were terrific, It is so tasty and very easy to make. It smelled so good I was dying for it to be done, Thanks for posting catsoplenty, Made for PAC Spring 2010.