Best Ever Cabbage Rolls
Ingredients
- 1 large cabbage ⓘ
- 1 1/2 lbs extra lean ground beef ⓘ
- 1 lb lean pork ⓘ
- 1 1/2 cups cooked rice ⓘ
- 4 tablespoons onions, finely chopped ⓘ
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice ⓘ
- salt and pepper, to taste ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon paprika ⓘ
- 1 large onion, diced ⓘ
- 2 tablespoons canola oil ⓘ
- 1/2 cup hot water ⓘ
- SAUCE ⓘ
- 680 ml tomato sauce ⓘ
Instructions
- Core cabbage and place in a large pot. Fill hole with vinegar and salt. Fill pot with water to top of cabbage but not flowing into the core. Bring to a boil, turn stove off and leave overnight. The next morning your cabbage is cooled and ready to work with, perfect!
- Combine ground beef, pork, cooked rice, 2 tablespoons sugar, 4 tablespoons onion, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, salt, pepper and 1/2 teaspoon paprika.
- Grab an appropriate sized handful of meat for the size of cabbage leaf and place at the core end of the leaf, roll, tucking sides of the leaf inches.
- Place on a platter seam side down.
- Continue with remaining leaves.
- Saute diced onion in the canola oil with salt, pepper and 1/2 teaspoon paprika, until translucent.
- Place in the bottom of a large roasting pan.
- Add hot water and stir to combine.
- Place cabbage rolls on top of the onion mixture, arranging smaller ones on the second layer.
- Mix tomato sauce with the brown sugar and lemon juice; pour over the cabbage rolls.
- Cover and bake at 325 degrees Fahrenheit for 1-1/2 to 2 hours.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
756
kcal
38% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).