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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It is my favorite casserole! 5stars
I have added on more than several occasions seasoned hamburger and is also very good!
I thought this would be a dish my family would like, but they LOVED it!! As they were eating it they were planning for when it should be made again…It’s on the Easter menu!
It was pretty good. I’m not usually that fond of soup mixture recipes. However, my Mom likes cabbage. So. I think I’d add sliced carrots and, less of the soup mixture, if I make it again!
I’m with you, Shirley. I figure if you’re really cooking then using factory made products will just short change end results. With all the junk they put in commercial Soups, Sauces, Dressings & Powder Mix Packets today, I really want to feed my family better than that ! Besides, homemade sauces are so simple to make & taste so much better, I can’t see the point in not doing them . As a Baby Boomer, I get it that some of the younger gals are looking for short cuts bc of they’re busy schedules. However, a little bit of planning ahead can help you give you gang delicious, flavorful, healthy, wholesome meals. 🥰 Give it a try.
This recipe is off the chain good, the more cheese the better!
We loved it. Comfort food to it’s finest. Will double the recipe next time!
I never knew cabbage could taste so creamy and buttery sweet
Delicious. Can’t wait for. my next pot luck, so I can share with everyone
It was delicious. Thanks for sharing.
My family loved it
Creamy, cabbage hot dish that really hits the spot on a cold winter day! Easy to make and fun to enjoy!
Delicious! My husband practically licks his plate when I serve this!
My family LOVED this! Will be making often!!!!👍🤗👍❤
This recipe was delicious and easy to make. I might cut back on butter next time.
Holy smokes. When I told my husband I was making cabbage casserole for dinner, his response was lukewarm. We both agree, Best. Side. Dish. Ever. Can’t wait to have it again. Thank you!
Very good
Want to make this but don’t have ritz crackers— just soda biscuits. These perhaps will change the flavour ?? Comments please
Beautiful & so favorable just love it!!!!
I made this last night for my wife and I. VERY simple and she gave me the “I’d eat that again” which is her seal of approval. Not everything I make gets that level of approval.
Thanks!
This was so good! I’ll definitely make it again. It’s a keeper and very easy. If you’re looking for something to do with cabbage, this is it!
I made this last night as a side for grilled steak…At the point where you’ve sauteed the cabbage onion and butter…I could’ve eaten the entire pan right then and there! This was comfort food at its best. Thanks for the recipe!
What if I want to make this but do not have any can of creamed soup in my cupboard?
I’d make a roux with equal parts butter and flour. Season with garlic fresh, minced and jarred or even garlic powder. Onion or onion powder just something to give a bit if flavor then a bit of milk to stretch and thin out. About 6oz.