Stupendous Stuffed Cabbage

My mom has been making stuffed cabbage for years, & this is by far one of the best recipes ever.

• Ready In: 2 hrs
• Serves: 6
• Yields: 12 stuffed cabbage leaves

Ingredients

• 12  large cabbage leaves
• 2  lbs ground beef
• 1⁄2 cup  instant rice, cooked (1 cup cooked)
• 2  teaspoons salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 1  small  chopped onion
• 1  egg
• 2  tablespoons  Wesson Oil

• For the sauce

• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 3  tablespoons brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup water
• 1  tablespoon lemon juice

Directions

1. Boil cabbage until tender.
2. Combine beef, egg, COOKED instant rice, salt, pepper, & onion. Roll mixture into cabbage leaves.
3. Secure cabbage together with toothpicks.
4. Brown cabbage with meat mixture inside, browning leaves on all sides in Wesson oil.
5. After browning, put cabbage rolls in sperate saucepan.
6. Mix sauce ingredients & pour over rolls.
7. Cover.
8. Simmer for 1 1/2 hours.