Cabbage casserole … Not very glamorous, I know. It’s sounds, well, like cabbage and it looks worse.
But it’s one of those things. Those ugly, ugly foods that are beautiful deep down inside. I embrace ugly foods. We should all embrace ugly foods!
The ingredients are simple and even include a can of cream of mushroom soup, which to be honest, I try to stay away from. But not always. I could not be lazy and make my own, but…life happens. And when I’m making this, it’s usually for a group of people. If I’m cooking for a group, you can be sure I don’t have time to make home made cream of anything soup.
I might even imagine you have a version of this floating around in your family or church or PTA or bridge club. I have no idea where it comes from but it seems like a can of cream of whatever creation from the 60s.
CABBAGE CASSEROLE
INGREDIENTS
1 head of cabbage roughly chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 bell pepper, chopped
3 stalks of celery, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1 cup of cooked rice
1 lb gound beef, Italian or breakfast sausage, or corned beef
cheese
salt, pepper
cayenne (optional)
chopped pickled jalapeños (optional)
Ritz, bread crumbs, or french fried onions, to sprinkle on top
DIRECTIONS
Take your chopped cabbage and boil it until just tender or you can pressure it. To pressure, put 1 cup of water in the bottom of your pressure cooker. Place a trivet and put the cabbage in a steamer basket. Sprinkle with a bit of salt. Place steamer basket on the trivet. Pressure for 1 minute, then quick release.
While cabbage is cooking per your favorite method, brown your meat of choice in a largish pot. If using leftover corned beef or chopped deli bought, skip this step. Remove the meat and add vegetables but not the garlic, and sauté. A couple of minutes before the veggies are done, add the garlic. Cook for a couple more minutes.
Add back the meat to the pot along with the rice, cream of mushroom soup, cabbage. Add jalapeños if using. Salt, pepper, and cayenne (if using) to taste. Cook for 20 minutes on medium heat. Taste it. What it tastes like now is pretty much what you’re gonna get. So now is the time to add additional spices if you need to.
Pour the entire mess into a 9×13 dish, top with cheese and crackers, onions, or breadcrumbs. Bake for 30 minutes in 350° oven. Dig in!
Cabbage casserole - Embrace ugly food!Click To TweetI just really like this because you can vary it to your liking. You don’t have to add the meat if you are making it for vegetarians or you could add Morning Star crumbles or something similar.
If you have leftover roast or pork tenderloin, throw that in there for the meat. Sausage medallions work too.
If you want to add mushrooms and shredded brussels sprouts, you can!. If you want to do cream of celery soup or cheddar cheese fiesta soup, go for it!
This is not tested, but thought about it while writing this post…could be good with slices of bacon on top before you put it in the oven. All that pig juice leaking down into the cabbage. Oh the possibilities!
It’s just really forgiving and you can make it a day or two before then toss it in the oven and go.
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I seriously heart everything cabbage like in a weird way. This sounds interesting!
My Mom used to make something like this with pork chops. You know the thin ones that come in a family pack. She’d just layer them in. Looks like great comfort food to me!
That sounds really good! I’m gonna try that!
I’m always up for a good casserole recipe and this one just rocks, Jaxx! Can I use long-grain brown rice for this recipe?
Absolutely!
It’s only ugly to photograph, but so yummy. I love cabbage in any shape or form, but I’m not much of a cream of anything soup (can’t please everyone, right?)
You are so right.
I bet this would work great in this… http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/sauce-bechamel-aux-champignons-white-sauce-with-mushrooms-287444
I am definitely making this for supper one night! Thank you for sharing it with us at the Homestead Blog Hop!
Let me know how it goes for you Ann!
My hubs is going to flip his noodle over this recipe. I can’t wait to try it for him. Pinning
Make sure he stretches before he does that…sounds dangerous! 😉
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Looks good, I’ll have to try this one! Pinned to my recipe board-
I have never heard of cabbage casserole before! Love this! Thanks for sharing at Friday Frenzy Link Party! PINNED!
I definitely didn’t think your recipe looked ugly at all or else I would never have clicked on it. I’m glad I did because it really sounds delicious! I can’t wait to try it!!
Thanks Cathy! Do let me know if you try it!
Cabbage may be an ugly food, but I sure do love it. This Cabbage Casserole looks delicious! Hope you have a fantastic week and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
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Miz Helen
Cabbage…it’s ugly, it’s stinky, but so delicious! Thanks for taking a look Miz Helen and have a very happy holiday!
What an interesting casserole. I do think I would have to change the name to get the family to eat it.
My guess is an aversion to “cabbage” not “casserole”…lol We’ll have to work on the name.
We eat cabbage every New Year’s Day, even though I hate it. Maybe this will be the recipe to change my mind? Thanks so much for sharing at the #happynowlinkup!
Cabbage is just one of those foods, you love it or you hate it. My sister hates cabbage, and the only way I’ve gotten it in her face is to chop a little onion, cook a bit of bacon, saute the onion in the bacon grease and then saute the cabbage in it. Not to death, it still has crispness to it. A little s&p. Beautiful cabbageness!
Any cabbage recipe and I usually love it! A dish does not have to look pretty to be tasty – I know what this tastes like. You can change it up to your liking to; different soup, add a little meat – all good suggestions. Thanks for sharing with Fiesta Friday!
This would also do good in the slow-ccoker with potatoes (I have a recipe of Ratskeller pork with cabbage for slowcooker) – am not too fond of the combi of cabbage, rice, and cheese. For someone raised inAsia that would not sound good, lol. (Would also leave off the jalepenos. Thatnks for the recipe, like you say a lot of possibilities.
It looks YUMMY to me!
Thanks so much for sharing at AMAZE ME MONDAY!
Blessings,
Cindy
This looks right up my alley! Ugly is ok with me as long as it tastes good and we love all these ingredients- great idea!
Thanks for checking it out HAG! If you give it a try I would love to hear about it!
Your ‘ugly’ food looks pretty good and certainly very appealing as far as comfort factor:)
Somehow ugly food does comfort..funny that. 🙂
Ok, I may be the odd one here, but I do love cabbage, and this dish sounds delicious. Thank you for sharing the recipe at The Really Crafty Link Party. Pinned!
I just used up my cabbage but now I know what to make next time! Thank you for linking up to this weeks Creative K Kids’ – I can’t wait to see what you link up with next week!
Thanks for taking a look Mommymix!
I have never heard of such a thing but I love cabbage and am definitely going to give this one a whirl #TwinklyTuesday
I love cabbage too and this is soo good!
We do a great lunch with cabbage, carrot, onion and garlic. Carnage is delicious #TwinklyTuesday
That sounds yummy Mama!
Who’d have thought you could make cabbage casserole look and sound this good! #TwinklyTuesday
Thanks! Look? Not so much, but it sure is good!
Put bacon on top and I might could eat it. 🙂 I’m not a cabbage fan but the other ingredients in this sound yummy. Thanks for sharing.
I know, cabbage is one of those things. Love or hate. I totally get that. But bacon…that’s gotta make everything better, no? 🙂
YUM! PINNED! 🙂
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This recipe sounds really interesting and I bet tastes great. Thanks for sharing at C&C with J&J.