Cabbage With Meat Sauce

Bunkie's Note:

This is one we'll be using for an upcoming week of menu planning. I always make meat sauce in large batches and freeze it, so I'll be using what I have on hand, so if you don't like the sound of this one, feel free to substitute your favorite. Prep time/cooking time is for the recipe as written.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 4-6

Yield: 4.0

• 1 lb bulk pork sausage
• 1 green pepper, chopped
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup tomato juice
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• pepper
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 medium head cabbage, thinly sliced

Directions:

1. In a skillet, cook sausage, green pepper and onion until the sausage is browned; drain.
2. Stir in the tomato juice, tomatoes, oregano, salt and pepper; simmer for 1 hour.
3. Melt butter in a Dutch oven; saute cabbage over medium heat until tender, about 15 minutes.
4. Transfer to a serving platter and top with the meat sauce.

Reviews

[Susie D]

This reminded me so much of cabbage rolls without all of the work. I used lean turkey italian sausage and other than adding a clove of garlic & a pinch of sugar followed the recipe. The sauce thickened nicely, was mild, but flavorful, and paired well with the cabbage. Made for the July Comfort Cafe Event.

[*Parsley*]

This is almost like an "unstuffed" cabbage dish. It's really tasty. I used lean turkey sausage and V-8 juice for the tomato juice. This is wonderful by itself, but if you wanted a side dish, anything from potatoes to noodles to rice would work. Thanx for posting!