Cabbage & Meatball Casserole (Lazy Man's Cabbage Rolls)

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( 9 reviews )
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25m
Prep Time
6h
Cook Time
6h 25m
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Recipe: #11906

January 18, 2014

Categories: Ground Beef, Native American, Birthday, more

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"This is a great tasting casserole I make quite often. It is like cabbage rolls but the meat is not rolled into a cabbage leaf. If making gluten free make sure you use gluten free insatant rice, bread crumbs and onion soup mix."

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Ingredients

Nutritional

  • Serving Size: 1 (704.7 g)
  • Calories 612
  • Total Fat - 30.2 g
  • Saturated Fat - 10.4 g
  • Cholesterol - 203.5 mg
  • Sodium - 1062.3 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate - 33.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber - 9.6 g
  • Sugars - 15 g
  • Protein - 52.7 g
  • Calcium - 157.3 mg
  • Iron - 7.5 mg
  • Vitamin C - 121 mg
  • Thiamin - 0.4 mg


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Step by Step Method

Step 1

Place cabbage in a large pot and cover with water, bring to a boil over medium-high heat and continue boiling for 1 hour.

Step 2

Remove cabbage from pot, allow it to cool, remove and discard the heart; chop up the cabbage leaves.

Step 3

Place half the chopped cabbage in the crock.

Step 4

Mix the rice, bell pepper, bread crumbs, egg, onion soup mix and garlic powder with the ground beef; shape into 12 meatballs and place on top of cabbage.

Step 5

Pour the diced tomatoes over the meatballs and add pepper to taste.

Step 6

Cover with the remaining cabbage and pour in the tomato juice.

Step 7

Cover and cook on high for 5 to 6 hours or on low for 8 to 9 hours.

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  • Crock-Pot

9 Reviews

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ellie

We enjoyed this easy-to-make dish which also used things I had on hand. I only used half a head of cabbage and regular dried rice which worked out well. Thanks for sharing!

5.0

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(23 Apr 2025)
KATO BABY

Wow, all the flavor without all the work. We loved this cooked on high for 5 hours and it was perfect. Thanks for sharing a new family favorite. Made FYC Tag Game.

5.0

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(17 Nov 2015)
LifeIsGood

Excellent! I boiled my cabbage after dinner last night and then proceeded to make the meatballs, etc... Then I threw it all in the crockpot before going to bed last night. I woke up to the best aroma this morning! I have already portioned some out to take for my work lunch today and have LOTS left over for my lunches the next two days (and then some - think I'll try freezing the rest). I couldn't resist eating some this morning (shhh!). It's pure comfort food. I just love those classic flavors. I'm the only one in my family who likes stuffed cabbage rolls, so I never take the time to make them. This recipe is the perfect solution for me! The only change I might make next time is to add a bit of salt when adding the pepper. I know there's salt in the onion mix, but I'd like just a touch more. Thank you for posting this winner!

5.0

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(30 Sep 2015)
dienia b

easy peazy tastes great

5.0

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(11 Feb 2015)
TwisSis

Oh my, this was so good! Made for the FYC Tag Game, I know we are in the minority, but DH & I think of cabbage as "comfort food" & this is 1 of the best ways we've found to indulge in cabbage comfort. Like the other reviewers, I skipped pre-cooking the cabbage & don't see it as really necessary unless the cabbage is tough as nails & your slow cooker is unusually SLOW. The only other chg I made was to add generous shots of garlic powder atop the loaded crockpot B4 cooking on the low setting. This was an easy-to-fix 1-dish meal for us & was paired w/baguette bread only. Thx for sharing this recipe w/us. :-)

5.0

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(5 Dec 2014)
Buzymomof3

Yummy. I was craving cabbage rolls, and this hit the spot. Very tasty. My meatballs started falling apart, but it didn't stop our enjoyment of dinner. Thanks Bea!!

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(12 Nov 2014)
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