Just Like Tony Packos Cabbage Rolls Crock Pot Copycat Recipes

Steps:

• Cook cabbage leaves until about half cooked.
• While cabbage is cooking in a large bowl combine eggs, 1/2 cup onion, garlic, 1 t salt, 1 t paprika and 1/2 t pepper.
• Mix meat and rice.
• Mix meat mixture with with egg mixture.
• Fill cabbage leaves and fold edges.
• Place in crock pot with seams down.
• Chop remaining cabbage.
• Combine chopped cabbage, sauerkraut, tomatoes in juice, tomato soup, sugar and remaining onion, salt, paprika, and pepper.
• Pour over cabbage rolls.
• Cook on low for 6-8 hours depending on how fast your crock pot cooks.

Steps:

• Core cabbage, heat in salt water till leaves separate.
• Remove each leaf and drain in colander.
• FILLING--(2nd ingredient group):.
• To scald rice: Heat a generous amount of water in a heavy pan that will hold the heat.
• Make sure that the water will be more than enough to cover the rice.
• Make sure the water is at a rolling boil, if rice is not scalded enough it will be crunchy!
• Let stand for at least 5 minutes.
• Rinse with cold water, draining with sieve, then mix into rest of filling ingredients.
• Now fill the cabbage leaves with filling mixture; folding leaves.
• While rolling pigs, start cooking the stewing sauce in another pot.
• STEWING SAUCE--(3rd ingredient group):.
• Mix group together, bring to a boil, then simmer 5 to 10 minutes.
• TO ASSEMBLE:.
• Line the roaster with: sauce, layer of pigs, more sauce, sprinkle with bacon crumbs, layer of pigs, layer of sauce, sprinkle with bacon crumbs etc.
• Set oven at 350°F.
• Cover roaster, and once all comes to a kind of a boil, reduce temperature to about 300°F so it doesn't boil over.
• Cook about 2 more hours.
• The smoked sausage is optional.
• If using, mix it in among the other ingredients.
• NOTE: 3/8 cup dehydrated onions may be used instead of 2 small onions in recipe.

Steps:

• Immerse cabbage leaves in large kettle of boiling water for about 3 minutes or until limp; drain.
• Combine egg, 1/4 cup of sauce, onion, salt, pepper, beef, and cooked rice.
• Place about 1/4 cup meat mixture in center of each leaf; fold in sides and roll ends over meat.
• Place in slow-cooking pot.
• Combine tomato sauce with brown sugar, lemon juice and Worcestershire sauce.
• Pour over cabbage rolls.
• Cover and cook on low 7-9 hours.

Steps:

• In small bowl, soak rice in cold water 15 minutes. Meanwhile, remove core from cabbage and immerse head in boiling water long enough to wilt leaves, about 10 minutes. Remove from water and drain. Remove large leaves and cut out large vein from the center of each with a triangular cut. In large bowl combine meat, eggs, 1 chopped onion, garlic, salt, pepper and paprika to taste. Rinse soaked rice well with cold water, drain and add to bowl. With hands mix ingredients until well combined. Place about 1/2 C meat mixture on each cabbage leaf and roll up, tucking sides in like and egg roll. Secure rolls with toothpick. Repeat procedure until all meat mixture is used. Set rolls aside. Removing any remaining core, chop the rest of the cabbage. Place in a large bowl with sauerkraut, mashed tomatos and juice, tomato soup, remaining chopped onion, sugar and additional salt, pepper and paprika to taste. Mix well. Put some of mixture on bottom of large, heavy, covered kettle or Dutch oven. Place cabbage/meat rolls upright around edge and center of kettle. Put remainder of cabbage/tomato mixture on top. Fill kettle with enough water to cover the tops of the rolls and cool over low heat about 2 hours, adding water as needed to keep rolls completely covered. Serve with Sour Cream Sauce.