Sweet N Tender Cabbage Rolls Food

CLASSIC CABBAGE ROLLS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.

OLD-FASHIONED CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Cook cabbage in boiling water just until outer leaves pull away easily from head. Set aside 12 large leaves for rolls. In a small bowl, combine the beef, pork, 1/2 cup tomato sauce, onion, rice, parsley, salt, dill and cayenne; mix well., Cut out the thick vein from the bottom of each leaf, making a V-shaped cut. Place about 1/4 cup meat mixture on a cabbage leaf; overlap cut ends of leaf. Fold in sides. Beginning from the cut end, roll up. Repeat., Slice the remaining cabbage; place in a Dutch oven. Arrange the cabbage rolls seam side down over sliced cabbage. Combine the tomatoes, sugar and remaining tomato sauce; pour over the rolls. Cover and bake at 350° until cabbage rolls are tender, 1-1/2 hours.

SWEET & TENDER CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• 1. Cook Cabbage in Boiling water just until leaves fall off head. Set aside 14 large leaves for rolls. (refrigerate remaining cabbage for another use.) Cut out the thick vein from the bottom of each reserved leaf, making a V-shaped cut.
• 2. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, milk, rice, onion, and seasoning(s). Crumble beef over mixture and mix well.
• 3. Place about 1/2 Cup meat mixture on each cabbage leaf; overlap cut ends and fold in sides, beginning from cut end. Roll up completely to enclose filling.
• 4. Slow Cooker Instructions: Place 7 rolls seam side down in 5 qt slow cooker. Combine sauce ingredients(tomato sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice, and worchester sauce). Pour half of the sauce over the 7 cabbage roll. add another later of 7 cabbage rolls and cover with remaining sausce. cover and cook on low 7-8 hrs
• 5. Dutch oven instructions: Combine sauce ingredients (tomato sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice, and worchester sauce), pour over cabbage rolls. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 60 - 70 minutes, spooning sauce over rolls occasionally during cooking.

GINGERY CABBAGE ROLLS WITH PORK AND RICE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and season with salt.
• Prepare the cabbage: Remove about 12 large outer leaves, reserving the rest of the cabbage for another use. Once the water boils, lower the heat to medium so that the water reaches a gentle boil. Add the cabbage leaves, about 4 at a time, and cook until tender and flexible but leaves remain intact and maintain their crunch, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a towel-lined plate and set aside to cool slightly while you make the filling. Repeat with remaining cabbage leaves.
• Prepare the filling: In a large bowl, combine pork, rice, egg, scallions, ginger and soy sauce with 2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon pepper.
• Assemble the cabbage rolls: Working with one cooked cabbage leaf at a time, place it on a cutting board or other flat surface with its stem end at the bottom. Spoon a heaping 1/4 cup of the pork mixture in the center and mold the mixture into a rough 2- to 3-inch log. Pull the stem end over the meat mixture, and fold the right and left sides of the leaf over and roll tightly to the very top. Place the cabbage rolls seam-side down in a large Dutch oven or ovenproof, straight-sided saucepan. Repeat with the remaining cabbage and pork filling.
• Pour the chicken broth over the cabbage rolls and bring to a boil over medium. Cover the pan, transfer to the oven, and bake until cabbage rolls are fork tender and the meat mixture is cooked through, 40 to 45 minutes. Serve with ladles of broth over the rolls and a drizzle of sesame oil.

CLASSIC CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook cabbage in boiling water for 10 minutes or until outer leaves are tender; drain. Rinse in cold water; drain. Remove 8 large outer leaves (refrigerate remaining cabbage for another use); set aside. , In a large saucepan, saute 1 cup onion in butter until tender. Add the tomatoes, garlic, brown sugar and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. , Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the rice, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, pepper and remaining onion and salt. Crumble beef and sausage over mixture and mix well. , Remove thick vein from cabbage leaves for easier rolling. Place about 1/2 cup meat mixture on each leaf; fold in sides. Starting at an unfolded edge, roll up leaf to completely enclose filling. Place seam side down in a skillet. Top with the sauce. , Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 1 hour. Add V8 juice if desired. Reduce heat to low; cook 20 minutes longer or until rolls are heated through and a thermometer inserted in the filling reads 160°.

SWEET 'N SOUR STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS ("GOLUMBKE")

Steps:

• Core cabbage and separate leaves (about 18 leaves).
• Blanch cabbage leaves in boiling water to which 2 Tablespoons of vinegar has been added.
• Gently pour into colander to drain and rinse under cold water.
• Place beef in a large bowl.
• Add cooked rice, salt, pepper, 1 teaspoon of the white sugar, 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar, beaten eggs, 1/2 cup chopped onion and ketchup.
• Mix to combine.
• Place approximately 1/3 cup mixture on each cabbage leaf and roll up,tucking in sides and secure with toothpicks.
• Sprinkle diced carrots,remaining onions and celery on bottom of large casserole dish or baking pan.
• Place rolls on top of vegetables in pan.
• Coarsley chop tomatoes and pour in saucepan.
• Add rest of sugar, brown sugar, gingersnaps and lemon juice.
• Heat at slow simmer until sauce is heated through.
• Sauce should have a sweet and sour taste.
• Add more salt and pepper if you wish at this point.
• Pour sauce over cabbage rolls and cover baking pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 2 hours.
• Notes:.
• This dish can be frozen before baking, then thawed and baked when needed.
• You could also divide this recipe and freeze half the rolls and sauce for another meal.