Easy Stuffed Cabbage Casserole: It Is So Easy To Put Together And Tastes So Good

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A great tasting, easy to prepare meal, this time saver recipe is one of the most delicious weeknight meals you’ll ever make.

This stuffed cabbage casserole is a wonderful and scrumptious meal. Quick to make -it takes 30 minutes or less- and in one pan, this recipe, with all of the great flavors and with minimal time and effort involved, will quickly make it to the top of your “go to” meals list.

So much easier than traditional stuffed cabbage!

Easy Stuffed Cabbage Casserole

Stuffed cabbage casserole with ground turkey, rice and melted cheddar on a white plate
Photo: Wonky Wonderful

 

Everybody loves quick, easy, and tasty weeknight dinners. Here is a quick and easy main dish, perfect for a quick family dinner. What’s interesting about this delicious one-pot dinner recipe is that kids that don’t even like cabbage, are totally in love with this dish.

Get your full Easy Stuffed Cabbage Casserole written recipe and helpful tips as well as many other delicious recipes at Wonky Wonderful

Thanks to Nicole Harris for this wonderful recipe and featured image.

At a glance

  • Serves: 6
  • Time: about 25 minutes, in one pot
  • You’ll need: cheddar jack cheese, diced tomatoes, dried thyme, garlic powder, green cabbage, ground turkey, olive oil, onion, onion powder, parsley, quick-cook rice, salt and pepper, water

The amounts and the method are on Nicole’s recipe at Wonky Wonderful.

Good to know

  • Why it works on a weeknight: you get the flavours of stuffed cabbage rolls without blanching leaves or rolling anything. The cabbage is simply chopped and cooked in the same pot as the meat and rice.
  • Quick-cook rice matters. The recipe is built around rice that cooks in about 10 minutes. Regular long-grain rice needs much longer and more liquid, so don’t swap it in without adjusting.
  • Swaps: ground beef or pork works in place of turkey if that’s what you have. A mix of cheddar and Monterey Jack stands in for cheddar jack.
  • Serve it with: a spoon of sour cream, crusty bread or a simple green salad.
  • Leftovers: keep in a covered container in the fridge for 3 to 4 days. Reheat with a splash of water so the rice doesn’t dry out. Like most rice casseroles, it can be frozen for up to 3 months. The cabbage will be softer after thawing.

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251 comments

  13. Maggie Peterson Reply

    THIS ISVFOR PEOPLE THAT DONT KNOW HOW TO MAKE THE STUFFED CABBAGE!! IT TAKES THE OLD TIMERS TO DO IT RIGHT! Not THE COOKS THAT ARE COMING IN FROM COOKING SCHOOL !

  34. Mitzi Zornow Reply

    The directions are there, at the bottom of the ingredients list it says click on Wonky Wonderful for directions i did there there !

  43. Betty Goodrow Reply

    Ingredients
    1 Package Foster Farms Organic Ground Turkey
    2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
    1/2 White Onion – chopped
    1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
    1/2 teaspoon Onion Powder
    1/4 teaspoon Dried Thyme
    1/4 teaspoon Ground Pepper
    1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt
    14 ounce Can Diced Tomatoes (low sodium)
    1/2 Head Small Green Cabbage – chopped
    1½ Cups Water
    1 Cup Quick Cook Rice or Rice Blend (I used 10 minute cook rice & grain medley)
    1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Jack Cheese
    Chopped Parsley
    Salt/Pepper To Taste

  44. Betty Goodrow Reply

    Full recipe:

    Ingredients
    1 Package Foster Farms Organic Ground Turkey
    2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
    1/2 White Onion – chopped
    1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
    1/2 teaspoon Onion Powder
    1/4 teaspoon Dried Thyme
    1/4 teaspoon Ground Pepper
    1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt
    14 ounce Can Diced Tomatoes (low sodium)
    1/2 Head Small Green Cabbage – chopped
    1½ Cups Water
    1 Cup Quick Cook Rice or Rice Blend (I used 10 minute cook rice & grain medley)
    1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Jack Cheese
    Chopped Parsley
    Salt/Pepper To Taste

    Instructions
    In large dutch oven over medium high heat, brown turkey with olive oil and onions.
    Reduce heat to medium; add garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, salt and pepper. Stir.
    Add diced tomatoes, water and rice to pot. Bring to a boil.
    Add cabbage, cover and reduce heat to medium low. Cook 10 minutes or until rice is tender. Add salt and pepper to taste.
    Top with cheese and cover 1-2 minutes to melt.
    Remove from heat and sprinkle with fresh chopped parsley.

  58. Mary Henley Reply

    This is called a comfort food this is delicious I can cold weather or just anytime just don’t make it red-hot eat it warm grandma

  64. Ruth Johnson Reply

    easy stuffed cabbage casserole

    Ingredients

    1 Package Foster Farms Organic Ground Turkey
    2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
    1/2 White Onion – chopped
    1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
    1/2 teaspoon Onion Powder
    1/4 teaspoon Dried Thyme
    1/4 teaspoon Ground Pepper
    1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt
    14 ounce Can Diced Tomatoes (low sodium)
    1/2 Head Small Green Cabbage – chopped
    1½ Cups Water
    1 Cup Quick Cook Rice or Rice Blend (I used 10 minute cook rice & grain medley)
    1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Jack Cheese
    Chopped Parsley
    Salt/Pepper To Taste

    Instructions

    In large dutch oven over medium high heat, brown turkey with olive oil and onions.
    Reduce heat to medium; add garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, salt and pepper. Stir.
    Add diced tomatoes, water and rice to pot. Bring to a boil
    Add cabbage, cover and reduce heat to medium low. Cook 10 minutes or until rice is tender. Add salt and pepper to taste.
    Top with cheese and cover 1-2 minutes to melt
    Remove from heat and sprinkle with fresh chopped parsley.
    Notes
    Optional add ins: bell peppers, celery, carrots.

  73. Charlene Hagerty Reply

    You are so right! They don’t make it easy to get the full recipe and list of ingredients. And Cook Top Cove is one of the worst! They posts theirs so you have to watch a commercial video ( to keep their site free) before you can get their video! When I see their posts, I just scroll on past! I really wanted to make this “Stuffed Cabbage Casserole ” but can’t see the recipe!

  74. Bonnie Thomson Reply

    Another crappy receipt that you have to go here and there to get it all, forget it it is too much trouble. But I am glad to see I’m not the only one, who get’s frustrated!!!

  91. Janet M Jenkins Reply

    new flavoring stuffed cabbage is a new flavoring taste add more veggies and fruits with it to give it more Heather dish to eat and a new meal

    • Carolyn Hammen Reply

      I used Uncle Ben’s rice with seasoning packet included. It had great flavor.

  107. Carol Cameron Reply

    great shortcut to making cabbage rolls. followed the recipe but in hindsight would add cooked rice at the end – the uncooked rice was still hard.

  130. Debbie Siegman Fell Reply

    Easy Stuffed Cabbage Casserole
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    Ingredients
    1 Lb. Package Foster Farms Organic Ground Turkey
    2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
    1/2 White Onion – chopped
    1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
    1/2 teaspoon Onion Powder
    1/4 teaspoon Dried Thyme
    1/4 teaspoon Ground Pepper
    1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt
    14 ounce Can Diced Tomatoes (low sodium)
    1/2 Head Small Green Cabbage – chopped
    1½ Cups Water
    1 Cup Quick Cook Rice or Rice Blend (I used 10 minute cook rice & grain medley)
    1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Jack Cheese
    Chopped Parsley
    Salt/Pepper To TasteeRecipe.com
    Instructions

    In large dutch oven over medium high heat, brown turkey with olive oil and onions.
    Reduce heat to medium; add garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, salt and pepper. Stir.
    Add diced tomatoes, water and rice to pot. Bring to a boil.
    Add cabbage, cover and reduce heat to medium low. Cook 10 minutes or until rice is tender. Add salt and pepper to taste.
    Top with cheese and cover 1-2 minutes to melt.
    Remove from heat and sprinkle with fresh chopped parsley.
    Notes
    Optional add ins: bell peppers, celery, carrots.

  141. Penny Gilmore Brown Reply

    Easy Stuffed Cabbage Casserole
    Ingredients
    1 Lb. Package Foster Farms Organic Ground Turkey
    2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
    1/2 White Onion – chopped
    1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
    1/2 teaspoon Onion Powder
    1/4 teaspoon Dried Thyme
    1/4 teaspoon Ground Pepper
    1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt
    14 ounce Can Diced Tomatoes (low sodium)
    1/2 Head Small Green Cabbage – chopped
    1½ Cups Water
    1 Cup Quick Cook Rice or Rice Blend (I used 10 minute cook rice & grain medley)
    1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Jack Cheese
    Chopped Parsley
    Salt/Pepper To Taste
    Instructions
    In large dutch oven over medium high heat, brown turkey with olive oil and onions.
    Reduce heat to medium; add garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, salt and pepper. Stir.
    Add diced tomatoes, water and rice to pot. Bring to a boil.
    Add cabbage, cover and reduce heat to medium low. Cook 10 minutes or until rice is tender. Add salt and pepper to taste.
    Top with cheese and cover 1-2 minutes to melt.
    Remove from heat and sprinkle with fresh chopped parsley.
    Notes
    Optional add ins: bell peppers, celery, carrots.

  164. Kathy Murphy Reply

    1 Lb. Package Foster Farms Organic Ground Turkey
    2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
    1/2 White Onion – chopped
    1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
    1/2 teaspoon Onion Powder
    1/4 teaspoon Dried Thyme
    1/4 teaspoon Ground Pepper
    1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt
    14 ounce Can Diced Tomatoes (low sodium)
    1/2 Head Small Green Cabbage – chopped
    1½ Cups Water
    1 Cup Quick Cook Rice or Rice Blend (I used 10 minute cook rice & grain medley)
    1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Jack Cheese
    Chopped Parsley
    Salt/Pepper To Taste
    Instructions
    In large dutch oven over medium high heat, brown turkey with olive oil and onions.
    Reduce heat to medium; add garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, salt and pepper. Stir.
    Add diced tomatoes, water and rice to pot. Bring to a boil.
    Add cabbage, cover and reduce heat to medium low. Cook 10 minutes or until rice is tender. Add salt and pepper to taste.
    Top with cheese and cover 1-2 minutes to melt.
    Remove from heat and sprinkle with fresh chopped parsley.
    Notes

  178. Virginia VanLuvanee Reply

    1 Package Foster Farms Organic Ground Turkey
    2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
    1/2 White Onion – chopped
    1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
    1/2 teaspoon Onion Powder
    1/4 teaspoon Dried Thyme
    1/4 teaspoon Ground Pepper
    1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt
    14 ounce Can Diced Tomatoes (low sodium)
    1/2 Head Small Green Cabbage – chopped
    1½ Cups Water
    1 Cup Quick Cook Rice or Rice Blend (I used 10 minute cook rice & grain medley)
    1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Jack Cheese
    Chopped Parsley
    Salt/Pepper To Taste

  180. Charlene Boley Reply

    It just burns me up to go to the recipe and then they want you to go somewhere else and get the full recipe. That’s ok. I don’t need y o ur darn recipe… I got my own!!

  181. Lisa Albo Reply

    I made this last week turned out so good I added a few different things I added some drained black beans cumin chili powder n garlic kinda spice up a bit awesome

  195. RACHEL Reply

    I added Saurkraut topped it with tomato sauce and cheese and stuck it in the oven for a bit

  226. PA English Reply

    I was just thinking that! And in my mothers stuffed cabbage rolls, there is no tomato, and there is either sauerkraut or pickled cabbage leaves. Ah well…

  234. Anonymous Reply

    wish they would just post the recipe, hate having to click on a link and it takes you somewhere else. smh

  235. Maggie Peterson Reply

    WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE DOING TO THIS GREAT DISH ITS GABAGE ROLLS ! THE OLD RUSSIAN WAY !THE STUFF OUT THERE LOOKS LIKE MY DOG WOUNDT EAT!

    • Diane Szutienko Reply

      I make them the way my mom taught me and her mom taught her. This is the Polish way I guess. Some one commented they make theirs the Russian way. I am married to an American born Russian and he says there’s not that much difference.We do add tomato sauce over the rolled cabbages along with sauerkrat. It’s an option we like. Never ever nor have I ever eaten or heard of adding cheese. That doesn’t appeal to me at all. I think out of curiosity I may just try this recipe today. Will let you know how this works out. Have a nice day

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