Ingredients: |
Ingredients: 1 cup cooked long grain rice
1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
1 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 large egg
1 onion, peeled and minced
1/3 cup parsley, roughly chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
3 14 oz. cans tomato sauce, divided
1 medium head green cabbage (about 18 leaves for the rolls)
1/2 cup water (leftover from boiling cabbage)
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Directions: |
Directions:1. Cook rice per package instructions and set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl combine ground beef with Worcestershire sauce, egg, cooked rice, onion, parsley, garlic, salt, pepper, and 1/2 cup of tomato sauce. Mix until combined.
3. In a large point of boiling water, add head of cabbage and boil for 8 to 10 minutes. Carefully remove. Don't discard water because you will need to re-boil the cabbage as you start to peel off the leaves.
4. Once cabbage is cool enough to handle, carefully remove leaves and cut out core from each leaf. Once you start taking leaves off, you'll likely need to add the cabbage back to the boiling water (to soften more leaves). Just boil for another bit, let cool enough to handle and continue removing leaves.
5. Place some cabbage leaves on the bottom of a deep 9" x 13" baking dish or roasting pan. Taking one leaf at a time, distribute about 1/4 cup of ground beef mixture on top and wrap up (fold in sides and roll up, placing in prepared dish, seam side down. Continue with remaining ground beef mixture/leaves.
6. Combine remaining tomato sauce with 1/2 cup of cabbage water. Whisk to incorporate everything. Pour over top of cabbage rolls. (You could stir in about a tablespoon or so of brown sugar into the tomato sauce if you want less of a tomato bite).
7. Top with more cabbage leaves. Cover casserole dish tightly with foil. Cover and bake about 2 hours and 15 minutes to 2 hours 30 minutes.
8. Once done, remove the foil covering. Discard top cabbage leaves. Allow to cool for 20 minutes or so before serving. Makes about 18 cabbage rolls. |
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