ground beef and cabbage casserole

Name: Ground Beef and Cabbage Casserole
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1 large head cabbage; 1 pound(s) lean ground beef; 1 small to medium onion, minced; 1 jar(s) 32 oz. more or less spaghetti sauce; 1 cup(s) water; 1/3 cup(s) rice, long grain; 1 package(s) 8 oz. mozzarella cheese, shredded; 3/4 tablespoon(s) 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.

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Barbara Pendley

McMinnville, TN

Updated on Jun 3, 2011

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.

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prep time 45 Min

cook time 25 Min

method ---

yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 large head cabbage
1 pound lean ground beef
1 small to medium onion, minced
1 jar 32 oz. more or less spaghetti sauce
1 cup water
1/3 cup rice, long grain
1 package 8 oz. mozzarella cheese, shredded
3/4 tablespoon 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

Step 1

Cook cabbage in salted water, stirring gently occasionally. When done drain well.

Step 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.
Step 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*.
Step 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.
Step 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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