Beef and Cabbage (Lazy Golumpki)

Submitted by Rich Williams (‘62)
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Ingredients:

  • 1 head green cabbage, cut into bite-size pieces
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon dried parsley
  • ¼ teaspoon onion powder
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cup white rice
  • 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed tomato soup (such as Campbell’s®)
  • 1 (32 ounce) container crushed tomatoes (such as Hunt’s®)

Cooking Instructions:

  1. Boil cabbage in a stockpot until tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain well.
  2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Mix salt, parsley, onion powder, and black pepper into ground beef.
  3. Bring water and rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes. Stir tomato soup and crushed tomatoes together in a bowl.
  4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  5. Combine cabbage, seasoned ground beef, rice, and tomato mixture together in a bowl; transfer to a 9×13-inch baking dish.
  6. Bake in the preheated oven until bubbling, about 45 minutes.

Cook’s Notes:

This recipe uses a lot of sauce. If you like the traditional golumpki-version, you may want to reduce the amount of sauce. I happen to dislike the old family recipes that are very dry.
I put the brand names of the sauce in there, because it is my personal preference and love the flavor.