Cabbage Rolls

How to Making Recipes Cabbage Rolls using 12 ingredients and 8 steps

Cabbage Rolls - I've always enjoyed cabbage rolls but didn't make them since most methods were too complicated. This recipe is fairly simple and results in the best cabbage rolls. My husband, Sid, requests them often. They're terrific to share at gatherings with our children and grandchildren. —Beverly Zehner, McMinnville, Oregon Wash rice thoroughly. Roll up, tucking in sides to completely enfold meat.

Mix together brown sugar, lemon juice and tomato sauce.

Cook cabbage in boiling water just until outer leaves pull away easily from head.

You can have Cabbage Rolls using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients cook Cabbage Rolls

1. It's 1 large Head Cabbage.
2. Prepare 1 can Sauerkraut.
3. You need 2 c Tomato Juice.
4. It's 1 1/2 c Rice (Cooked per package).
5. It's 1 1/2 lbs Ground Beef.
6. You need 1 Egg.
7. You need 1 1/2 tsp Salt.
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp Pepper.
9. You need 1 Onion (Chopped fine).
10. It's 1/3 c Ketchup.
11. It's Butter.
12. It's 2 Tbsp Green Peppers (Chopped).

Cabbage Rolls step by step

1. Cut out core of cabbage and parboil 5-10 minutes. (Definition: Parboiling or blanching is a cooking technique in which something is partially cooked in boiling water, but removed before it is cooked all the way through).
2. Separate leaves and cut ridges off..
3. Saute onions and green peppers in a little bit of butter..
4. When cool add meat, rice, egg, ketchup, salt, and pepper..
5. Place as much meat as needed for each cabbage leaf and roll up..
6. Place 1/2 of sauerkraut on bottom of pan and place the cabbage rolls on top..
7. Cover with the rest of the sauerkraut and pour tomato juice over. Add enough water to cover..
8. Bring to boil and let simmer for 1 1/2 - 2 hours.

Cabbage Rolls - Then, pull away the leaves from the outside of the cabbage, and cut off the thick center vein on each leaf. Next, set the leaves aside, and mix beef, pork, tomato sauce, onion, rice, parsley, salt, pepper, and paprika to make the filling. Cabbage rolls are a favorite comfort food from Eastern Europe and are often reserved for special occasions or big family dinners. Instead of boiling the cabbage, there's an easy shortcut to soften the leaves if you plan ahead. The night before you plan to make the cabbage rolls, put the whole head of cabbage in the freezer.. Pour the remaining sweet and sour tomato sauce over the cabbage rolls. The magic about cabbage rolls is that the meat and the rice cook in the cabbage itself. Thank you and good luck