Just Like Tony Packos Cabbage Rolls-Crock Pot - Copycat

Submitted by ruthbomer

"These are very good and taste very much like the original from the famous Tony Packos that we all heard about on the TV show Mash all the time."

 

• Ready In: 6hrs 35mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 5

ingredients

• 1 head cabbage
• 2 large eggs
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 lb sausage
• 1 cup uncooked rice

• SAUCE

• 1 lb sauerkraut, drained
• 1 (16 ounce) can tomatoes, cut up and drained
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can campbell's tomato soup
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 small onions, chopped
• 1 tablespoon butter (optional)
• 1 (16 ounce) can cut up tomatoes, undrained

directions

1. Cook cabbage leaves until about half cooked.
2. 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.
3. Mix meat and rice.
4. Mix meat mixture with with egg mixture.
5. Fill cabbage leaves and fold edges.
6. Place in crock pot with seams down.
7. Chop remaining cabbage.
8. Combine chopped cabbage, sauerkraut, tomatoes in juice, tomato soup, sugar and remaining onion, salt, paprika, and pepper.
9. Pour over cabbage rolls.
10. Cook on low for 6-8 hours depending on how fast your crock pot cooks.

Reviews

[Kachup]

Excellent job, Ruth! My wife prepared this for my sister (our family is Slovak, so we know our cabbage rolls), and it was excellent! Used a 5-qt crock pot, and one or two comments...first, you have the canned tomatoes mentioned twice...one 16 oz can w/juice should work fine. We actually used a 24 oz can, and the juice was too much, we had to ladle a little bit off. And, we felt the tomatos were a bit too acidic to taste, so we doubled the sugar. Fantastic! Overall, and excellent recipe! Thank you!

 

[DDW]

This IS my new recipe for cabbage rolls. The dish is outstanding and has tons of flavor - most recipes are quite bland. My husband doesn't really care for them (I love them)but this recipe he really enjoyed. After reading the other reviews I just used one 16oz can of tomatoes, undrained, cooked it for 6 hours and it turned out fine. If someone wanted to make it really easy I would consider not even wrapping the meatballs, just put some of the cabbage on the bottom, layer the meat balls next and then the sauce mixture. Now they wouldn't exactly be "rolls" but for ease that step could be skipped. Thanks for sharing - we had a great meal tonight!

 

[Shermm]

This was excellent! The sauerkraut made all the difference. The tomatoes I used didn't have much juice so I added 4 small cans of V-8. I didn't care for the sausage and I think I'll use just hamburger the next time. Thanks so much for this recipe. I really think it is my new favorite!

 

[dutchgirl1966]

UPDATE: Instead of parboiling the cabbage, I freeze it for a few hours or even overnight. Then microwave a minute at a time on high as you pull the leaves off. So much easier and your fingers don't get burnt!! Do you know how many cabbage rolls I have made in my lifetime trying to find THIS recipe? Thank you SO much for posting this! These are FANTASTIC! The only thing I did different was use ground pork instead of sausage and I added a little brown sugar to the sauce. I can't wait to make these again! Thanks so much!

 

[Hungarian Gypsy]

I used to use a recipe out of a Hungarian cookbook, but once I made these, I will never go back. Excellent recipe!