Un-Stuffed Cabbage Soup

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My husband loves this soup, however I have tweeked it to our taste. I cut down on the brown sugar and omit the raisins. After we've had the leftovers a couple of times I use my emulsifier to puree the cabbage and use it as a starter for spaghetti sauce. This is also good with smoked sausage instead of meatballs. I slice and brown them and add to the soup mixture.

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I made this yesterday and it was ok. Like another poster said, my meatballs were also hard. I liked the flavor of the soup - yes it was sweet, but it wasn't too sweet probably because I added several cups of beef broth instead of water. I otherwise followed the recipe as directed, using both ground beef and ground pork. Next time I will probably not make the meatballs but add cooked meat and rice to the soup separately. I liked the raisins, though.

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Good recipe base to cook from. My personal preference would be to cut down on the sugars, omit the raisins, sour cream, & dill. Maybe even change out the spices to suit.

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My family have been making a version of this soup for 25years. We do not make meatballs just add precooked ground beef. And do not process the veggie mixture. We call in unrolled cabbage rolls.

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I used chicken broth (whole box Pacific broth and omitted the raisins, ketchup and lemon juice. I did not use garlic b/c I made it for a potluck and thought I had bulbs at home which I didn't. I used purple cabbage, and garam masala in lieu of just cumin. Also I used a cup of Seeds of Change seven grain rice mix instead of just rice. I also substituted the whole tomatoes for Muir Glen crushed tomatoes with basil. I did not puree. I added a bit of garlic powder and a nice big pinch of salt. I used one lb of ground 80/20 and one third lb ground pork. Meatballs were tender with great flavor. Everything was organic and used baby carrots. Filling, yummy, slightly sweet.

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What a hot mess. I followed the recipe to the letter since this was my first effort with it. The meatballs have no structural integrity and disintegrate before the cabbage is tender. My own recipe for Mock Stuffed Cabbage is much better.

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I like to cut to the chase about saving time and money. I used canned tomato soup as the base and water for the liquid, added a little garlic powder and onion powder and a beef bouillon cube, used dried minced onion in the meatballs instead of chopping, threw in the shredded cabbage and meatballs, and let it simmer. No sugar, no ketchup, no tomato paste, no carrots, no crushed tomatoes, no bay leaf, no cumin, no lemon juice, no raisins. Yum!

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Made this last weekend after seeing the show. The key to very moist meatballs is a 75/25 ground meat, if using 80/20 use some pork for the fat. Also their is no liquid in the ingredients for the meatballs. Use any liquid you choose, about a tbls., I prefer buttermilk. Do not precook them. Put them in raw just like they did on the show. Do not over cook, just until they are done and serve. My Hungarian grandmother (Nonnie, who taught me to make stuffed cabbage rolls would have loved this.

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I love this recipe! I have made it about 4 times now trying each time to get better. My meatballs are always a little tough so I tried browning the meat a little with the rice and spices, then adding to the soup where it calls for the meatballs. However, I prefer it with meatballs rather than the ground meat added as is. I did try some of the reviewer suggestions, using beef broth in place of water - loved it! Cut the sugar, not the biggest fan. Next time I will use the beef broth but keep everything the same. Love it!

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This recipe was great, my whole family loved it!!! It was sweet, but it worked great. I followed the recipe except I used a 6 oz can of tomato paste instead of a cup. For the meatballs, I used 1 lb. 85/15 ground beef and 1 lb ground pork, also used basmati rice. They came out great, rice cooked up nicely. I do not like recipes that tell you to transfer the soup in stages to a blender, too time consuming and I don't like mushed soup. So I chopped my onions and carrots fine and did use a potato masher to crush the tomatoes, then skipped the blender step all together. It came out great, like a real soup with nice tender veggies. I'm definetly taking this to an upcoming potluck!!!