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ground beef and cabbage casserole

(3 ratings)
Recipe by
Barbara Pendley
McMinnville, TN

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

  • 1 lg
    head cabbage
  • 1 lb
    lean ground beef
  • 1 sm
    to medium onion, minced
  • 1 jar
    32 oz. more or less spaghetti sauce
  • 1 c
    water
  • 1/3 c
    rice, long grain
  • 1 pkg
    8 oz. mozzarella cheese, shredded
  • 3/4 Tbsp
    salt 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

  • 1
    Cook cabbage in salted water, stirring gently occasionally. When done drain well.
  • 2
    While cabbage is cooking, prepare meat sauce in skillet over medium high heat cook ground beef, onion and pepper. When done drain the fat off.
  • 3
    To 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*.
  • 4
    Use 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.
  • 5
    Note: 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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