Halupki Casserole (Stuffed Cabbage Casserole)

Submitted by bjbuttillo

"This casserole will provide the same great taste and comfort food factor of stuffed cabbage without all the time and effort. It freezes and reheats well if not even better than the first day, just like traditional stuffed cabbage."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• 2 lbs ground beef (ground round or sirloin are best)
• 1 cup rice
• 1 bell pepper (red or green)
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 onion
• 4 tablespoons butter, melted
• 28 ounces tomato sauce
• 1 cup brown sugar (or to taste)
• 1 1⁄2 cups water
• 2 tablespoons garlic salt
• 2 teaspoons black pepper
• 4 cups cabbage

directions

1. Chop garlic, pepper, and onion.
2. In a large bowl add melted butter, 1 T garlic salt, and 1 T black pepper to the chopped vegetables.
3. Add UNCOOKED rice and RAW ground beef and mix really well.
4. In a medium bowl mix tomato sauce, brown sugar, 1 T garlic salt, 1 T black pepper, and water. Adjust season to your taste. We like it a little sweeter so I usually use about 1 1/2 c brown sugar.
5. In a 9" x 13" pan spread half of the sliced cabbage, enough to cover the bottom.
6. Loosely cover the cabbage with the meat mixture. Don't press the meat down just lay it on top of the cabbage.
7. Cover meat with remaining sliced cabbage and pour sauce over the top.
8. Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 350 for about 2 hours or cabbage is soft.

Reviews

[Peter M.]

Way too sweet! I can’t believe I wasted all this time on this and it tastes like the worst candy ever! I should have known better, I added HALF the sugar called for and it’s the worst thing I’ve ever made. Maybe a teaspoon of sugar would be ok but a cup? Insanity. Absolutely awful.

 

[teachingchef]

Way to much pepper! This tasted just like the halupki I grew up with except for the overwhelming pepper. I will make it again but with half or less of the pepper.

 

[Blue Bustard]

This recipe is just fine. I made it exactly as presented, but none of us really cared for it. It's simply a matter of taste, and there's no accountying for taste.