ground beef and cabbage casserole
(3 ratings)
If you love cabbage as much as I do you will enjoy this quick dish. I sometimes omit the spaghetti sauce and mozzarella cheese. Instead I season the ground beef with Chinese Five Spice and then you have a different casserole.
(3 ratings)
yield
8 serving(s)
prep time
45 Min
cook time
25 Min
Ingredients For ground beef and cabbage casserole
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1 lghead cabbage
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1 lblean ground beef
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1 smto medium onion, minced
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1 jar32 oz. more or less spaghetti sauce
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1 cwater
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1/3 crice, long grain
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1 pkg8 oz. mozzarella cheese, shredded
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3/4 Tbspsalt and 1 tsp. pepper
- FOR THE ASIAN CASSEROLE, OMIT THE SPAGHETTI SAUCE AND MOZZARELLA CHEESE
- ADD 1/2 TO 1 TSP. CHINESE FIVE SPICE TO GROUND BEEF WHILE COOKING AND FOLLOW SAME DIRECTIONS.
How To Make ground beef and cabbage casserole
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1Cook cabbage in salted water, stirring gently occasionally. When done drain well.
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2While cabbage is cooking, prepare meat sauce in skillet over medium high heat cook ground beef, onion and pepper. When done drain the fat off.
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3To the meat add spaghetti sauce, water and rice; heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer until rice is tender, stir ocassionally. While meat sauce is cooking preheat oven to 350*.
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4Use a 13 x 9 baking dish, spoon 1/2 cup meat sauce over the bottom, then top with 1/2 of cabbage, then 1/2 remaining meat sauce and 1/2 shredded cheese. Repeat layers. Bake 25 minutes or until complete hot and cheese is melted.
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5Note: If using the Chinese Five Spice, simply stir or layer meat and rice mixture and proceed with the layers or sometimes I just stir the cabbabe and meat together and then heat till hot in the oven.
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