Side Dishes

Cabbage Rolls with Meat

by Editorial Staff

Common cabbage rolls, with meat and rice, from white cabbage. Cabbage rolls stewed in tomato-sour cream sauce. Delicious, of course.

Summary

Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time35 mins
Total Time50 mins
CourseSide Dish
CuisineEastern European

Ingredients

  • Cabbage – 1 head
  • Rice – 200 g
  • Minced meat – 500 g
  • Salt – 1 teaspoon
  • Seasoning – 1 teaspoon (to taste)
  • Ground black pepper – to taste
  • Vegetable oil – for frying

For the sauce:

  • Sour cream – 2 teaspoon
  • Tomato paste or ketchup – 2 teaspoon
  • Seasoning – 1 teaspoon (to taste)
  • Soy sauce – 1 teaspoon
  • Salt – 0.5 teaspoon
  • Water – 0.5-0.75 cups

Instructions

  1. Separate the cabbage leaves from each other. To do this, make incisions on the head of cabbage near the stump. Dip the prepared head of cabbage in boiling water for 5 minutes.
  2. Boil rice until half cooked (5 minutes). Transfer to a bowl.
  3. Add minced meat to rice and stir.
  4. Salt, add seasoning, black pepper. Mix the minced meat thoroughly.
  5. When the cabbage is boiled, detach the leaves one at a time.
  6. Cut off the bulges on each sheet.
  7. Place the cabbage leaf on a cutting board. Put a spoonful of minced meat.
  8. Wrap the cabbage leaf in an “envelope”.
  9. So wrap all the cabbage rolls.
  10. Prepare the sauce. Mix sour cream and tomato paste.
  11. Stir well, add seasoning and soy sauce. Stir again.
  12. Salt the sauce and add water. Stir again.
  13. Heat a skillet (saucepan or saucepan). Pour in vegetable oil, put cabbage rolls, pour sauce over them. Cook cabbage rolls with meat covered for 15-20 minutes.
  14. Reduce heat to low and simmer cabbage rolls with meat for another 10 minutes.
  15. Stuffed cabbage rolls with meat and rice are ready!

Bon aappetit

Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

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