Stuffed Cabbage Rolls. To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. We can cook stuffed cabbage rolls using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Cabbage Rolls:
- Make ready 2-3 tbs of olive oil.
- Prepare 1 of medium yellow onion finely chopped.
- Make ready 1 can (28 ounce) of crushed tomatoes, drained.
- Get 1 cup of leftover brown gravy.
- Make ready 1/3 cup of light brown sugar.
- Make ready 1/4 cup of red wine vinegar.
- Make ready Dash of salt and pepper.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of "cooked" white rice.
- Take 2 of large green cabbages.
- Make ready 1 1/2 pounds of ground beef.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of finely chopped yellow onion.
- Get 1/3 cup of plain dried breadcrumbs.
- Prepare 1 of large egg, beaten.
- Make ready Dash of salt, pepper, and thyme.
Instructions to make Stuffed Cabbage Rolls:
- For the sauce, heat olive oil in a saucepan. Add the onions and cook over medium heat until translucent. Add the tomatoes, brown gravy, brown sugar, vinegar, salt, and pepper. Simmer for 20 minutes..
- Prepare the 1/2 cup of cooked rice and set aside. For the cabbage, fill a large pot with water (2") and bring to a light boil..
- Cut around the cabbage head core and gently remove the outer leaves, yielding about 5-6 leaves per head. [Save the rest of the cabbage for other meals such as soup, corned beef, coleslaw, etc.].
- Stack the cabbage leaves, immerse in the boiling water, and cover. After a few minutes, remove the leaves and set aside to cool..
- For the beef filling, add the meat, onion, breadcrumbs, cooked rice, and beaten egg in a large bowl. Mix lightly and then season with salt, pepper, and thyme. [Be creative with your spices].
- For the rolls, cut off the hard rib (1/2") from the base of each cabbage leaf. Take a large palm-full of filling - shape it like a sausage, and place it at the bottom of the leaf. Roll the leaf up tucking the sides in as you roll..
- Line a medium - large casserole dish with some sauce. Place the rolls seam-side down in the pan. Pour the sauce over the cabbage rolls and cover with foil. [Refrigerate while oven is preheating].
- Bake for 50 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Take foil off and bake for another 15 minutes. Remove from oven and allow it to cool for 10 minutes. Serve with mashed potatoes..
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