Old-Fashioned Cabbage Casserole is a southern favorite with a creamy cabbage filling topped with buttery cracker crumbs. This creamy, cheesy casserole is comfort food at its best.
Cabbage is one of my favorite vegetables to cook with. It’s inexpensive and available year round. Scroll down to find more cabbage recipes.
This is a recipe that’s been popular for years. You can find a recipe for Cabbage Casserole in just about every southern church or community cookbook.
How To Make Old-Fashioned Cabbage Casserole
First, coarsely chop a small head of green cabbage. You don’t need to chop it too small, just into pieces that are small enough to eat easily and remember that it will shrink some as it cooks.
Then cook the cabbage along with some sliced sweet onion in butter. There’s something magical about cabbage and butter together. You just need to cook it part way at this point. It will cook more in the oven. Season with salt and pepper.
Transfer the cabbage mixture to a casserole dish.
Mix together a can of condensed Cream of Chicken soup and 1/3 cup of mayonnaise and spread over the cabbage. Cream of Mushroom or Cream of Celery could be used instead. Do not add anything except the mayonnaise to the soup (Don’t follow the directions on the can for making the soup.)
Sprinkle a mixture of crushed Ritz crackers, melted butter, and shredded cheddar cheese on top and bake until golden and buttery. I think this will become one of your favorite casseroles!
More Cabbage Recipes
- Southern Cabbage
- Cabbage and Noodles
- Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
- Cabbage Soup with Smoked Sausage
- Cabbage and Noodles
Watch the short video below to see how easy this recipe is to make.
Old-Fashioned Cabbage Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 small head green cabbage
- 1 medium Vidalia onion, chopped
- 8 tablespoons butter
- salt and pepper
- 1 (10-ounce) can condensed cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
Topping
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 sleeve Ritz crackers (about 30), coarsely crushed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 2-quart casserole dish.
- Coarsely chop the cabbage. Melt butter in a large nonstick pan. Add cabbage and onion and cook 8 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently, or until it is partially cooked down. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Transfer cabbage mixture to prepared baking dish.
- In a small bowl, stir together soup and mayonnaise. Spread mixture over cabbage.
- In a bowl, stir together melted butter, cheese, and cracker crumbs. Sprinkle over casserole.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until topping is browned.
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This recipe is an all-time favorite! It’s easy to put together with items we generally have in stock. It’s a crowd pleaser
This is a wonderful easy recipe. The cabbage is mild & the crackers give crunch. Should be eaten the same day though.
Love it I’ve made it several times now it’s quick and easy
I want to try this but don’t use butter. Can I substitute olive oil? If so how much would you recommend? Looks delish by the way!
It’s my GO-TO for Potlucks. Quite popular, and a nice accompaniment to too many meat dishes.
I love it and it’s quick and easy
I had never heard of this recipe and decided to try it…well, it’s “DELICIOUS”!
I used cream of celery soup to keep it all veggie and we both had seconds.
I served it with meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans. It’s a keeper!
Can you use a different cheese??
I am not a fan of cheddar cheese.
Yes, you can use any cheese you like. Swiss cheese or mozzarella would be good.
Great 👍
I had to make a change in the soup. I used New England clam chowder and the casserole turned out fantastic. Thank you.
Had a large head of cabbage. Used one can of each, Cream of Chicken and Cream of Mushroom. Came out delicious and moist. May add just a bit of water to soups next time to help soups to move into the cabbage easier.
I don’t have a Vidalia onion, will a white onion be ok?
Yes, that will be fine.
Very tasty! I halved the recipe since I only had half a head of cabbage to use, but kept the soup/mayo and topping measurements the same. Gave it creamy goodness. Probably could have cut down on the butter to cook it down (I did only use 4T, but maybe a little less would do). It is SO good!
This was easy and super delicious!! Next time I make it I’m going to add sausage, but it’s not necessary to make it delicious.
This cabbage casserole is absolutely delicious. Thank you for sharing
Easy to make and delicious!!
This recipe is a game changer for us. My husband fell head over for it. It is a beautiful side dish
Which one did you use, cream of mushroom or cream of chicken?
I used cream of mushroom
Absolutely wonderful!!!!
Loved it!
Delicious! I shredded the cabbage turned out great!