Cabbage Roll Casserole

Submitted by catsoplenty

"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."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 1 casserole
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 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 (if you don't have marjoram use a little extra oregano....they are very similar in flavor)
• 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. NOTE: Recently I have reversed the way I layer the ingredients in the baking dish. I put the meat/rice mix in first and top with the cabbage. I then pour the liquid over that. I find it works better as far as not ending up with hard bits of uncooked or dried up rice.
2. I like to sometimes sprinkle my serving with parmesan cheese just for a little extra flavor, too.
3. Note: If you don't have marjoram use extra oregano -- or -- if you have no oregano use extra marjoram -- they are very similar. I notice people saying they used garlic. Why didn't I think of that?! Love using garlic. I will be adding some next time I make this myself!

Reviews

[carabara14]

My family also loved this recipe. I made it exactly as written except I cheated and used a 340g bag of store bought coleslaw mix with red cabbage, green cabbage and carrots. It took me 25 minutes to prepare in the morning and I kept it in the fridge till ready to bake for dinner. Baked for about an hour and it was perfect! Great dish for kids and my husband said I could make it again!

 

[Jackie R.]

Made it instead of cabbage rolls and we LOVED it.

 

[Charity B.]

I made this exactly as written, and it turned out delightful! A very cozy and satisfying casserole for a cold night in. I wouldn't change a thing. =)

 

[jrmercer69]

Delicious, delicious, delicious.

 

[Grammabobbie]

When I make my cabbage rolls, I always use Tabasco sauce, so I added it here. Very good, better the next day!