Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
Stuffed Cabbage Rolls are a classic dish flavored with tangy tomato sauce. This is the best recipe for simple, hearty comfort food!
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 head Cabbage
Sauce:
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 1/2 cup Onion chopped
- 1 tsp Minced Garlic
- 15 oz Crushed Tomatoes
- 8 oz Tomato Sauce
- 10.75 Condensed Tomato Soup
- 1/4 tsp Crushed Red Pepper
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Pepper
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tbsp Red Wine Vinegar
Rolls:
- 1 lb Ground Beef
- 1 cup cooked Rice
- 1/2 cup Onion chopped
- 1 tsp minced Garlic
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Pepper
- 1/4 cup Parsley chopped divided
- 1 Egg
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil.
- Immerse the cabbage head in the boiling water.
- Cook for several minutes until cabbage leaves are soft.
- Peel 12 large leaves off the cabbage head.
- Use a paring knife or scissors remove the hard thick part of the leaf.
- In a large pan, melt 2 tablespoons of butter over medium heat.
- Add 1/2 cup of onion and until translucent them add the minced garlic.
- Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato soup, crushed red pepper, salt and pepper to the pot.
- Add the sugar and red wine vinegar.
- Bring to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes.
- Turn off heat.
- Preheat the oven to 350.
- Grease a 9x13" baking dish.
- Spread about 1/4 cup of our prepared sauce on the bottom of the dish. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine ground beef, cooled rice, onion, garlic, salt, pepper, egg, and 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley.
- Add in 1/4 cup of our cooled prepared sauce.
- Stir until combined.
- Scoop up about 1/3 of a cup of the meat mixture and form into a 3 inch long roll and put in the center of each cabbage leaf.
- Fold the sides inward and roll the cabbage leaf around the meat.
- Place the cabbage rolls, seam side down, in the prepared dish.
- Top with remainder of the sauce.
- Cover with foil and bake for 90 minutes until cabbage is tender and meat is cooked.
- Remove foil and sprinkle with remaining parsley.
Notes
Feel free to use 50/50 ground beef and ground pork mixture or all pork.
Nutrition
Calories: 546kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 136mg | Sodium: 1509mg | Potassium: 1337mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 1298IU | Vitamin C: 106mg | Calcium: 189mg | Iron: 6mg