'Unstuffed' Cabbage with a Kick

Take some of the work out of stuffed cabbage rolls with this recipe using the same ingredients in a skillet meal to be served over rice.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 315 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 pound ground turkey
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 head cabbage, cut into 1-inch squares
• 0.5 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 0.5 tablespoon onion, diced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground turkey in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Transfer cooked turkey to a bowl.

Step 2

Heat olive oil in the skillet over medium heat; saute onion in hot oil until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic to onion; saute until fragrant, about 1 minute.

Step 3

Pour diced tomatoes and tomato sauce over the onion mixture; season with Italian seasoning, basil, red pepper flakes, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer tomato mixture until the tomatoes are softened, about 10 minutes.

Step 4

Stir cabbage into the tomato mixture; continue cooking until cabbage is tender, 20 to 25 minutes.

Step 5

Stir ground turkey into the mixture; cook to reheat the turkey, 1 to 2 minutes.