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Polish Cabbage Roll Soup

Chef John's cabbage roll soup tastes exactly like Polish-style cabbage rolls, because it has all the same ingredients. This delicious and comforting one-pot soup satisfies the exact same craving, but involves a fraction of the work.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 minute
Servings: 8 servings
Course: Dinner, Entree, Soup
Cuisine: Eastern European
Calories: 358
Ingredients Method Nutrition

Ingredients
  

Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 yellow onion, diced
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • Pinch of cayenne pepper
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 1/2 cup beef broth
  • 3 cups crushed or puréed tomato
  • 1 1/2 cups water, plus more as needed
  • 2 1/2 pounds green cabbage, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
  • 1 cup white long grain rice
  • 3/4 cup chopped Italian parsley, divided

Method
 

  1. Set a soup pot over medium-high heat and melt butter. Add onion and salt, and cook, stirring, until onions turn soft and translucent, 4 to 5 minutes.
  2. Add ground beef and cook, stirring and breaking up large clumps, until meat is browned and broken into small crumbles, about 5 minutes.
  3. Season with garlic, black pepper, cayenne, and bay leaf; cook and stir for 1 minute. Pour in beef broth, increase heat to high, and bring to a boil. Stir in cabbage, reduce heat to medium, and cook until cabbage is just tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
  4. Pour in tomatoes and water, and continue to simmer, 10 to 15 minutes more. Stir in rice and half the parsley; simmer over medium heat until rice is tender and soup thickens, about 20 minutes. If soup becomes too thick as it simmers, add a little more beef broth and/or water. Season to taste with salt.

Nutrition

Calories: 358kcalCarbohydrates: 22gProtein: 21gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 81mgSodium: 911mgFiber: 5gSugar: 9g

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