Deb's Cabbage Rolls
Ready In: 4 hrs
Serves: 6-8
Yields: 25-30 rolls
Ingredients
- 2 large green cabbage
- 1 liter sauerkraut, hand-squeezed out to remove excess moisture
meat filling
- 1 lb uncooked lean ground beef
- 1 lb uncooked ground lean pork
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 -2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 3 cups uncooked instant rice
tomato sauce (use 1 1/2 cups)
- 28 ounces diced tomatoes
- 1 (10 ounce) can campbell's tomato soup
- 1 (500 ml) jar tomato sauce
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1⁄2-1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1⁄4 cup brown sugar
Directions
- Set oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line medium roasting pan with heavy foil.
- Cut core out of cabbage heads.
- Put cabbage core side down in microwavable bowl with 1 inch water and microwave for 10 minutes.
- Remove the leaves from the cabbage (Be careful the heads will be very hot, you can do the cabbage prep ahead of time).
- If leaves are not quite cooked, put in covered pot with 1 inch water and boil till done.
- FOR MEAT FILLING; using clean hands mix all ingredients together for the meat filling in large bowl until thoroughly combined.
- FOR SAUCE; in another bowl combine all sauce ingredients together until blended.
- Line the bottom of the pan with cabbage leaves. Sprinkle sauerkraut onto leaves.
- Stuff the cabbage leaves tightly but carefully with 2 teaspoons of the meat mixture.
- Roll up tightly and place the rolls in a layer on top of the cabbage leaves in the baking dish.
- If you have left over meat mixture, you can put it around the rolls and cover with sauce, and small cabbage leaves.
- Drizzle half of the sauce over the rolls (using a butter knife separate the rolls slightly to insure the sauce settles between and around each roll).
- Sprinkle about more sauerkraut over the sauce.
- Start second layer and repeat as above.
- Cover tightly with foil.
- If the roaster looks full, place a cooking sheet under roaster in oven to catch overflow.
- Cook at 350 degrees F (oven rack set to second-lowest position) for about 3 to 3 1/2 hours or until the cabbage is very tender. Check after about 2 hours).
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