Easy Unstuffed Cabbage Roll Soup

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1 onion

  chopped
• 3 garlic cloves

  minced
• 4 cups cabbage

  coarsely chopped
• 2 carrots

  peeled and chopped
• 4 cups broth

  beef or chicken
• 1 cup water
• 2 14.5 ounce cans diced tomatoes

  undrained
• 3/4 cup uncooked long-grain rice
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons parsley
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

• 1 Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the ground
  beef, season with salt and pepper to taste, and cook until the beef is browned;
  4 to 5 minutes. Add the onion and garlic; continue to cook for 2 minutes more.
• 2 To the ground beef, add the cabbage, carrots, broth, tomatoes, rice, bay leaf,
  thyme, and brown sugar. Season with salt and pepper to taste and stir.
• 3 Bring the soup to a boil and then reduce the heat to maintain a simmer. Cook for
  20 minutes, or until the rice is tender. Remove and discard the bay leaf;
  sprinkle with fresh parsley and serve.

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