How do you make unrolled cabbage rolls? It’s easy! Try my low carb and keto unstuffed cabbage rolls recipe for an easy weeknight meal. This is the perfect recipe for when you want all of the flavors of a cabbage roll without all of the work! Make this one pot cabbage roll casserole with cauliflower rice for a keto diet meal. Alternatively, follow my recipe for unstuffed cabbage rolls with rice if you don’t care about the carbs! Either way, you’ll love this hearty and satisfying comfort food.

So, what’s on today’s menu? Shreds of cabbage and a blend of pork and beef have cooked to delicious perfection in a rich tomato sauce. You may find that these deconstructed cabbage rolls start making a regular appearance on your dinner menu!

I am a big proponent of having fun with food, but sometimes I need to take the easy route. Once in a while, I’ll spend a few hours on a weekend making a massive batch of stuffed cabbage rolls. (Or perhaps I’ll make sarmale, another version of this dish. YUM.)

Cabbage rolls are delicious, but few of us have several hours to make dinner every single night. (Lucky you if you do!) That is where this recipe for keto unrolled cabbage rolls comes in.

Sticking to uncomplicated recipes, such as this cabbage roll in a bowl, is one way to save time. Reducing your level of stress is at least as important as nutrition when it comes to leading an overall healthy lifestyle.

Try these low carb unrolled cabbage rolls when you want all of the flavors in a cabbage roll without all of the work! You’ll want to make them again and again.

⭐ The BEST Keto Cabbage Rolls

Why are these deconstructed keto cabbage rolls totally going to knock your socks off? Let me count the ways:

• Helps Prevent Food Waste: The leaves in the middle of the cabbage are too small to roll into cabbage rolls. Fortunately, those cabbage middles work perfectly here! Since the cabbage gets sliced into thin shreds, it doesn’t matter what size the leaves are initially.
• Easy One-Pot Meal: If you’re making the carb-y version of this recipe, you’ll need a separate pot to cook the rice. With the keto version of cabbage rolls, everything can get cooked in the same pot. It’s a great time-saver when it comes to clean up!
• No Cooking the Cabbage Ahead: When you make rolled cabbage rolls, you typically drop your cabbage in hot water ahead of time to make the leaves pliable. There’s no need to do that with this recipe! You can just add the raw cabbage shreds directly in with the other ingredients.
• Cabbage Rolls Nutrition: Believe it or not, this low carb recipe has a lot going for it nutritionally! It’s rich in fiber, iron, potassium, provitamin A, vitamin C, and an assortment of other nutrients. You’re also getting 33 grams of protein per serving.
• Delicious: A recipe must be tasty for it to be a win in my book! This recipe definitely meets that criterion.

🛒 Keto Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls Ingredients

Here’s what you need to make this super easy and keto friendly dinner:

• Cauliflower rice (or brown rice for a non-keto version)
• Lean ground beef
• Ground pork
• Olive oil
• Finely chopped garlic clove
• Chopped onion
• Thinly sliced or shredded cabbage
• Tomato sauce (without added sugar or added oil)
• Diced tomatoes (from a can, do not drain)
• Finely chopped fresh parsley
• Salt and pepper
• Dried dill
• Nonfat plain Greek yogurt (or sour cream)
• Fresh dill or fresh parsley, for garnish

You can rice your own cauliflower in a food processor, or save yourself some work and get a bag of frozen cauliflower rice. Frozen cauliflower rice steams quickly in the microwave, and will save you time.

BTW, I know it looks like we’re using A LOT of cabbage in this recipe, but it is going to cook down. We’re still going to end up with a high-volume meal, but you’ll get a lot of flavor from the other ingredients. As you can see from the photos, there’s a lot going on in the finished dish beyond the cabbage.

You could use a bag of shredded cabbage (like you’d use for coleslaw) here to save time. However, I like larger pieces of cabbage in this dish, and it doesn’t take long to slice.

Using Greek yogurt gives you a little more protein and a bit less saturated fat than using sour cream. However, since there’s only 1 tablespoon per serving, the difference isn’t that big nutritionally.

Honestly, I’d go for the one you prefer based on taste. Both Greek yogurt and sour cream are low carb friendly options.

For kitchen equipment, I recommend having a large cast iron Dutch oven, a good knife, and a spatula. Once you’ve rounded up your ingredients, we’re ready to start putting everything together.

➕ How to Make Keto Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls

🥗 What are good side dishes for cabbage rolls?

I like to add egg noodles or additional veggie dishes to Polish cabbage rolls (golabki). Roasted carrots, roasted potatoes, and Air Fryer Kielbasa would be great side dish options as well.

Unlike traditional cabbage rolls, these keto unstuffed cabbage rolls are really a complete meal in a bowl. If you wanted to make something else to go with the meal, why not try making your own yogurt topping? Here are two different ways to make yogurt:

• Oat Milk Yogurt
• Instant Pot Almond Milk Yogurt Recipe (Only 2 Ingredients!)

👩‍🍳 Other Keto Cabbage Recipes

Looking for more keto cabbage recipes? Inexpensive, low-calorie cabbage and satiating, high protein beef make a dynamite combo for weight loss! Here are some other low carb recipes using beef and cabbage:

• Cabbage Soup Diet Recipe (cabbage soup with beef)
• Serve my Smoked Burgers with Fermented Red Cabbage Sauerkraut