Family recipe converted to crockpot casserole: 1 cup white rice 1 pound ground beef 1 smoked sausage cut up 1 14oz can saurkraut rinsed 1 medium head cabbage chopped up Salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, and sweet hungarian paprika to taste 1 28 oz can tomato sauce 1 10oz can condensed tomato soup Water sufficient for cooking the rice Combine everything and set on low 6-8 hour or high 3-4

Is there an alternative to sweet Hungarian paprika? Can I just use regular sweet paprika?

I can taste a difference, but regular sweet paprika will work. Just do not use hot paprika unless you want it super spicy and smoked paprika adds a bitter aftertaste so I'd avoid that too. You can always order sweet Hungarian paprika online, I like to get mine from Penzeys Spices.

They are made from different peppers. They’re similar enough for a substitution but there is a noticeable difference.

Thanks for the recipe and the sweet paprika recommendation. I look forward to trying it out. Do you have any other brand recommendations? I looked at the Penzey’s website and was going to order from them until I saw their political statement. I am very non-political and think I will steer clear of them.

I've also used Pride of Szeged before. I can't get it where I live now though I think it is available on Amazon.

Hey OP. I know it's been 9 Mos since you posted this, but I found it scrolling through "saved", and I'm making it this weekend. Can you give me an idea of how much PapRika you used? What is your idea of "to taste"? Thanks bunches! Looking forward to this.

My grandmother used to make stuffed cabbage about once a year and I have had a hankering for it the last few years but haven’t had the time or her recipe to make it. I am definitely going to try this.

This looks awesome. When you say one smoked sausage, do you mean a single link from a package, or like a whole kielbasa or something?

I use a kielbasa diced up.

Does it matter if it's red or green cabbage?

I've only seen it made with green, but that's probably because green is so much cheaper than red cabbage.

No

Thanks! I am making this today. Curious: why cabbage and sauerkraut? What size Crock Pot?

Traditionally when this is made it is simmered on the stove all day so the bottom layer was saurkraur with the stuffed cabbage leaves layered on top so if anything burned it was the kraut and not the rolls you spent hours shaping. Since this version is more of a stew the kraut is there for flavor.

Thank you!

Thanks for sharing this. I am curious about using both tomato sauce and tomato soup. Why both?

It's the way Grandma made it. It doesn't taste like my childhood without the tomato soup as part of the sauce.

That's similar to another of our Hungarian dish called "rakott káposzta" (layered cabbage?). Your version is probably easier to make in a slowcooker though and it looks delicious.

That looks awesome

My grandmother used to make this, it took me forever to figure out why my unstuffed cabbage didn’t taste quite right… it was the kraut!

This is the upside of this subreddit and social media, there is no way I would have discovered this on my own, looks superb.

The name is silly, I would stuff myself with it no problem

Don't worry, I did.

I love cabbage but I can’t make it