Much Easier Cabbage Rolls With Flavor Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Wash cabbage and pat dry. With a paring knife, loosen outermost leaf at bottom of head and remove. Remove tough center rib. Place on a piece of toweling on a microwavable plate. Continue doing this until you have 10-12 leaves placed one inside the other. Cover loosely with saran wrap and microwave for 4-4 1/2 minutes. Remove from microwave and tent loosely with more saran wrap. Allow to steam while you prepare the filling and sauce. *** When the head gets small and removing leaves becomes more difficult, simply microwave the whole remaining head for 4 minutes.
• 2. MEAT MIXTURE: Place all filling ingredients in a large ziplock bag. Mix gently yet thoroughly. Set aside.
• 3. SAUCE MIXTURE: Combine all ingredients in a medium-sized bowl. Set aside.
• 4. TO ASSEMBLE: Place small amount of sauce in bottom of baking dish (or crock pot). Using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, scoop out meat and place in cabbage leaf and roll. Secure with toothpick and place, toothpick side down, in prepared 9x13 pan. (If you prefer, you can place in an oiled crock pot, cooking on low for around 7 hours, removing lid last 30 minutes.) When done rolling, cover with sauce. Tent loosely with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes. Don't forget to remove toothpicks!
• 5. ***Recipe is my own. ***Photo By: teachersblock.com

Steps:

• Cook cabbage in boiling water just until outer leaves pull away easily from head. Set aside 12 large leaves for rolls. In a small bowl, combine the beef, pork, 1/2 cup tomato sauce, onion, rice, parsley, salt, dill and cayenne; mix well., Cut out the thick vein from the bottom of each leaf, making a V-shaped cut. Place about 1/4 cup meat mixture on a cabbage leaf; overlap cut ends of leaf. Fold in sides. Beginning from the cut end, roll up. Repeat., Slice the remaining cabbage; place in a Dutch oven. Arrange the cabbage rolls seam side down over sliced cabbage. Combine the tomatoes, sugar and remaining tomato sauce; pour over the rolls. Cover and bake at 350° until cabbage rolls are tender, 1-1/2 hours.

Steps:

• Combine pork, rice, onions, pepper, garlic powder, salt and paprika in large bowl.
• Steam heads of cabbage until leaves remove easily (about 5 minutes each in microwave along with 1/2 cup water, covered with plastic wrap works well) Take handfuls of meat mixture and roll up in cabbage leaves.
• Place rolls in roasting pan.
• After covering the bottom of the pan, top with half of the sauerkraut and half of the tomatoes.
• Repeat with second layer.
• Pour tomato juice over top.
• Cover and bake 2 1/2 hours at 350 degrees.

Steps:

• Wash rice thoroughly. In a medium saucepan, combine 2 cups rice and 4 cups water. Bring to boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until all of the water is absorbed.
• In the meantime, remove the core from the cabbages using a thin, long knife. Place 1 cabbage in a microwave proof container with a lid with core side down. Pour 1/2 cup water into the container with the cabbage, cover and microwave on HIGH (full power) for 10 minutes. Carefully turn cabbage over and cook covered for an additional 10 minutes. When cabbage is cooked, let sit until it is cool enough to handle. Separate leaves carefully, removing any tough ribs. Cook the second cabbage in the same manner.
• Divide chopped onions in half. Saute one half of the onions in 3 tablespoons butter; cook just until translucent (do not brown). In a large mixing bowl, mix together both the cooked and uncooked rice, cooked and uncooked onions, ground beef, pork sausage, garlic, dill weed, salt, black pepper and sugar and mix well to blend.
• Spoon about 2 tablespoons of mixture onto each cabbage leaf. Bring one end of cabbage leaf over mixture, roll and tuck ends in to prevent any filling from falling out.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare two 9x13 inch casserole dishes by placing some left over cabbage leaves in bottom of each. Arrange cabbage rolls in a single layer tight against each other.
• In a food processor or blender, process condensed tomato soup and tomatoes. Pour tomato mixture over the cabbage rolls until just covered. Place 4 bay leaves on top of sauce in each dish. Cover each dish tightly with aluminum foil.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 2 hours. Once cooked, remove the dishes from the oven and let cool for 15 minutes before removing aluminum foil. Serve hot.