Name: Instant Pot Cabbage Roll Bowls
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 23 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 1 pound 90% lean ground beef; 1 ¼ cups chopped white or yellow onion; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper; 2 cloves garlic (minced); 1 tablespoon dried marjoram; 1 teaspoon dried parsley; 1/2 teaspoon Hungarian paprika; 8 ounce can tomato sauce; 2 tablespoons tomato paste; 1 cup reduced-sodium beef broth; 2 tablespoons raisins; 9 cups chopped and cored green cabbage (about 1 medium head); 1 cup uncooked long grain white rice; 1 ¼ cups water

Instant Pot Cabbage Roll Bowls are the easiest, tastiest ways to make cabbage rolls in the electric pressure cooker. This makes a great St. Patrick’s Day dinner!

Cabbage roll bowls on a white and brown speckled plate

Instant Pot Cabbage Roll Bowls are the easiest, tastiest ways to make cabbage rolls in the electric pressure cooker. These easy cabbage rolls bowls have all of the flavor of traditional cabbage rolls but are so much easier to make!

This dinner is a delicious way to use cabbage, and it makes a great St. Patrick’s Day dinner!

How to make Instant Pot cabbage roll bowls

Here you’ll find step-by-step photos showing how to make this recipe. The full recipe is given below.

Ground beef and onion in an instant pot inner pot

Step 1: Press the sauté button on the Instant Pot.

Step 2: When it reads “hot”, add ground beef, and cook until browned.

Step 3: Drain grease and return to inner pot. Stir in the onion, salt, pepper, garlic, marjoram, parsley, and paprika.

Ground beef in tomato sauce in an instant pot inner pot

Step 4: Press cancel.

Step 5: Pour the beef broth in, and scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the inner pot.

Step 6: Stir in the tomato sauce, tomato paste, and raisins. Do not stir.

Step 7: Close and lock the lid. Turn the pressure release valve to sealing. Press manual and adjust to high pressure and adjust the time to 15 minutes.

Uncooked cabbage in an instant pot inner pot

Step 8: When cooking finishes, carefully turn the pressure release valve to venting to release the pressure.

Step 9: Add the cabbage. Place trivet in.

Step 10: Stir the rinsed rice and water together in an oven-safe bowl. Place the bowl on the trivet.

Step 11: Close and lock the lid. Turn pressure release valve to sealing.

Step 12: Press manual and adjust pressure to high and time to 4 minutes.

Step 13: When the cooking time ends, let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes.
Turn the pressure release valve to venting to release any remaining pressure. then finish with a quick pressure release.

Step 14: Carefully remove the dish of rice (it may be hot) and the trivet.

Step 15: Fluff the rice. Stir the cabbage mixture, and then stir in the rice.

Plate of cabbage roll bowl with a black fork next to it

Tips

Ground beef: I like use 90% lean because it’s lean but still has enough fat that it doesn’t dry out while cooking.
Paprika: Be sure to use Hungarian paprika in this recipe. It’s a sweeter, milder paprika that’s perfect in cabbage rolls.
Tomato sauce: Tomato sauce is simply canned pureed tomatoes.
Raisins: I use regular dark raisins in this recipe. The raisins aren’t really noticeable, but they help to balance out the sauce.

Plate with cabbage roll bowl on it next to a blue linen napkin

Storage

Store any leftover cabbage roll bowls in an airtight container in the refrigerator. It should keep for up to 4 days when properly stored in the fridge.

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Instant Pot cabbage roll bowl in a speckled pottery dish.

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