High-protein cabbage roll soup with turkey mince, white cabbage and rice

High-protein cabbage roll soup, like stuffed cabbage leaves made in one pot: turkey mince, white cabbage, carrots and rice in a tomato broth with caraway and dill. A gluten-free lunch with 31 g protein.

At a glance

• Serves 4
• Prep time: 15 min
• Cooking time: 35 min
• Total time: 50 min
• Calories: 421 kcal per serving
• Protein: 31 g
• Fat: 17 g
• Carbs: 32 g

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 500g turkey mince
• 2 carrots
• 600g white cabbage
• 2 tbsp tomato purée
• 1 tin of tomatoes
• 1 litre vegetable stock
• 80g long-grain rice
• 4 tbsp soured cream
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp caraway
• 1 tsp marjoram
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 pinch of pepper
• 1 bunch of dill

Method

You’ll need: saucepan · chopping board · knife · wooden spoon · ladle

1. Dice the onion and garlic and fry both in the olive oil in a large pan for 2 min. Add the turkey mince and fry for 5 min until crumbly.
2. Peel the carrots and slice them. Quarter the white cabbage, remove the core and cut it into 2 cm pieces.
3. Stir the tomato purée, paprika, caraway and marjoram into the mince and toast everything for 1 min. Add the carrots and white cabbage.
4. Pour in the tomatoes and vegetable stock, add the bay leaf and simmer the soup, covered, for 15 min.
5. Stir in the rice and cook the soup for another 15 min, until the rice and cabbage are soft. Remove the bay leaf and season with pepper.
6. Chop the dill and serve the soup with the soured cream and dill.

Good to know

Rolling cabbage rolls takes time; as a soup, they taste just the same and are done in one pot. Pinterest counts cabbage roll soup among the recipes people will search for much more in 2026. A spoonful of soured cream and some dill on top, and you're done.

Swaps

Turkey mince → beef mince (stronger flavour). Long-grain rice → brown rice (also provides fibre; cook for 10 min longer). White cabbage → sweetheart cabbage (shorter cooking time). Soured cream → skyr (more protein).

Cooking tips

Toast the tomato purée briefly with the mince so the broth tastes more rounded. If the soup gets too thick, add a little water – the rice keeps swelling.

Storage

The soup keeps for 3 days in the fridge and can be frozen without the soured cream for 3 months.

Allergens

Contains milk (soured cream); free from gluten, egg and nuts if the stock is gluten-free. Without the soured cream, the soup is dairy-free.

Frequently asked questions

Can you freeze cabbage roll soup?

The soup keeps for 3 days in the fridge and can be frozen without the soured cream for 3 months.