Easy Cabbage Casserole! Low Calorie and very inexpensive to make! One pound of ground beef is stretched with cabbage, onion, and rice to serve 8 people.
When you throw in low calorie and easy to make this dish is hard to beat.
This is the very type of dish my Grandmother would have served. She could stretch a food budget dollar further than anyone I know of.
The fact of the matter is this dish is not just frugal it’s downright delicious. You just don’t find that combo all that often.
Give this recipe a try as it is and then venture out with changes that would make it more suitable to your family’s tastes. Anything goes!
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Delicious and inexpensive. A combo you don't see that often.
- 1 medium cabbage shredded and bagged cabbage or coleslaw mix works great and saves this step
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 cup yellow onion chopped
- 2 garlic cloves minced (more if you like)
- 1 eggs beaten or 1 egg substitute
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup cooked rice
- 1 14 oz can stewed tomatoes
- 8 ounces tomato sauce
- 10 ounces condensed tomato soup
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne more if you like (optional)
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg fresh ground is best
- 1 bay leaf
- salt and pepper to taste
- Saute onion and garlic in a large skillet for about a minute. Add meat and cook, stirring often, until meat is no longer pink. Drain well and let cool to room temperature.
- When meat has cooled add egg, milk and rice.
- Meanwhile, remove tough outer leaves from cabbage & remove core. Shred cabbage if not using a bag of shredded cabbage. Saute the cabbage in the same skillet used before.
- In a large bowl mix all the sauce ingredients together. Place some of this mixture in the bottom of a sprayed 10x13 casserole dish so you have a nice layer of sauce. Try not to use more than half though.
- Layer half the cabbage on top of the sauce. Layer all the meat on top of the cabbage. Top with remaining cabbage and then finish by pouring all the remaining sauce on top.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes or until everything is hot and bubbly.
- Garnish with a dollop of sour cream if desired.
Enjoy!
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