Cabbage Casserole Recipe

This delicious cabbage casserole recipe with rice and pork mince is an excellent alternative to stuffed cabbage rolls, not stuffed but layered. This recipe has many variations for all tastes, which I will exemplify in this post.

Table of Contents

• Cabbage Casserole Recipe Variations
• What Ingredients do I Use?
• Preparing the Ingredients
• How to Layer the Ingredients in the Cabbage Casserole?
• We Can Serve the Casserole
• Tips

Cabbage Casserole Recipe Variations

Like the stuffed cabbage, cabbage casserole has two basic variants: pickled cabbage and fresh cabbage. The fresh cabbage recipe, like the best-stuffed cabbage rolls recipe, is with chopped tomatoes and dill and usually in our family is made in summer.

The picked cabbage variant that we will do today is an autumn-winter version because it is made from homemade pickled cabbage. Today, if we find the picked cabbage or sauerkraut at the market, we can make the recipe anytime.

There is also the vegetarian version of cabbage casserole, where we can replace the minced meat with mushrooms.

What Ingredients do I Use?

This casserole cabbage recipe contains three essential ingredients, pickled cabbage, minced meat, and boiled rice.

These ingredients will be arranged in layers and cooked in the oven.

The amounts of ingredients regarding their proportions and number of layers depend on the tastes and habits.

Preparing the Ingredients

To begin with, we need to prepare the ingredients separately and, if possible, at the same time.

For this, fry in a pot about a cup and a half of rice in 50 ml oil. When the rice began almost translucent, add three cups of water and boil it—season with a teaspoon of sea salt and a vegetable mix for soups.

Just let the rice boil, and in this time, prepare the cabbage.

I need a giant picked cabbage about 1 kg, which I slice as thin as I can. Put one sliced onion and one grated carrot to fry in a pot with 100 ml of sunflower oil. When the onion begins translucently, put over the sliced pickled cabbage and cook them together, stirring sometimes.

Season with one teaspoon of freshly ground pepper and one teaspoon of ground caraway.

After the liquid evaporates, pour two cups of water and let the cabbage be made well.

After this, prepare the minced meat. I use 750 g pork mince, but you can make it with mixed pork and beef mince.

I start with cleaning and chopping two medium size onions.

Heat the sunflower oil to medium temperatures in a saucepan and put the onion to fry.

After two minutes, add the mincemeat over, and let it fry until the meat gets a colour.

Season with one teaspoon of freshly ground pepper, sea salt and a spoonful of Hungarian sweet paprika.

Add one tablespoon of tomato paste and half a cup of water and let it boil until the water evaporated.

Now, because all the ingredients are prepared and cooled slightly, I can assemble the preparation.

How to Layer the Ingredients in the Cabbage Casserole?

For this, I use a heat-resistant glass baking dish, which I grease with a bit of sunflower oil.

First, place half of the cooked cabbage in the first layer on the bottom of the tray.

Continue with the second layer, putting half of the boiled rice.

The third layer will be the mincemeat, I put all the quantity.

The fourth layer will be rice again, the other half quantity.

Finish with the other half of the cabbage, always on the top of the dish.

Above I pour 300 ml of sour cream, which will give an exceptional taste and colour to the dish.

Cover it with aluminium foil and put the baking dish in the preheated oven at 200 Celsius (392 F) for about 15 minutes.

Then, remove the foil and put it back for about 10 minutes until it got a golden colour.

That’s it! That was my delicious cabbage casserole recipe, ready to serve.

We Can Serve the Casserole

You can serve it warm, with a spoon of sour cream or Greek yoghurt on top, which will be delicious.

I suggest you try and enjoy this delicious cabbage casserole recipe, and if you like it, I recommend more cabbage recipes from our blog:

• Cabbage Soup With Pork Meat
• Beef and Cabbage Stew Recipe
• Best Hungarian Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Recipe
• Vegan Cabbage and Pasta Recipe
• Turkey Cabbage Stew Recipe
• Pork and Sauerkraut Goulash

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Cabbage Casserole Recipe-With Rice and Pork Mince

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Cabbage casserole recipe is an alternative to stuffed cabbage rolls in which the ingredients are alternated in layers in a baking dish and cooked in the oven.

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 1 hr 20 mins

Total Time 1 hr 35 mins

Course Dinner

Cuisine Hungarian

Servings 6 portions

Calories 1004 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 kg picked cabbage sliced
• 750 g pork mince
• 1,5 cup rice
• 4 pieces medium onions
• 1 piece carrot
• 250 ml sunflower oil
• 2 tsp ground pepper
• 3 tsp sea salt
• 1 tsp caraway
• 1 tbsp sweet paprika powder
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tbsp vegetable mix
• 300 ml sour cream.

Instructions

 

• Fry in a saucepan about a cup and a half of rice in 50 ml of sunflower oil. When the rice begins almost translucent, add three cups of water and boil it—season with sea salt and vegetable mix for soups.
• Slice the cabbage as thin as you can. Put one chopped onion and one grated carrot in a pot with 100 ml of sunflower oil to fry. When the onion begins translucent, add the sliced pickled cabbage and let them cook together, stirring sometimes.
• Season with one teaspoon of freshly ground pepper and one teaspoon of ground caraway. After the liquid evaporates, pour two cups of water and let the cabbage be made well.
• Chop two medium-size onions and put the onion to fry with little sunflower oil in a frying pan.
• After two minutes, put the mincemeat over and let it fry until the meat gets a colour and season with a teaspoon of freshly ground pepper, sea salt and a spoonful of Hungarian sweet paprika.
• Add one tablespoon of tomato paste and half a cup of water and let it boil until the water evaporated.
• Take a baking dish, grease with sunflower oil, and place the bottom half of the cooked cabbage in the first layer. Continue with the second layer, putting half of the boiled rice. The third layer will be the meat, and the fourth layer will be rice again. Finish with the other half of the cabbage; this will always be on top. On the top, pour the sour cream.
• Cover with aluminium foil and put the dish in the preheated oven at 200 degrees for about 15 minutes. Then remove the foil and put it back for about 10 minutes until it got a golden colour.

Notes

Tips

Can replace pork mince with a mix of pork and beef mince, and the vegetarian with mushrooms.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gramsCalories: 1004kcalCarbohydrates: 48gProtein: 27gFat: 79gSaturated Fat: 20gCholesterol: 116mgSodium: 2401mgFiber: 6gSugar: 5g

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Tips

Pork mince can be replaced with mixed pork and beef mince, and the vegetarian with mushrooms.