Microwave Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
Microwave stuffed cabbage rolls feature tender cabbage leaves filled with seasoned ground beef and rice, baked in a tangy tomato sauce—perfect for a hearty, quick meal.
Ingredients
Instructions
- In a large saucepan on the stove, bring 6 cups of water and 1 teaspoon of salt to boiling.
- Add cabbage leaves and simmer about 2 to 3 minutes or just long enough to make leaves pliable.
- Drain leaves on paper towels.
- Put beef into a 1 1/2-quart glass baking dish.
- Cover with waxed paper.
- Cook in microwave oven 4 minutes at High or until meat is no longer pink, stirring occasionally.
- Add rice, onion, egg, and poultry seasoning to beef and mix.
- Divide meat mixture into 8 even portions.
- Cut the core out of each cabbage leaf.
- Place one portion of meat in the center of each cabbage leaf.
- Fold 2 sides of each leaf over the meat and roll up from the end.
- Arrange cabbage rolls, seam side down, in a 2-quart glass baking dish.
- Combine tomato sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice, and water in a small bowl.
- Pour the sauce over the cabbage rolls.
- Cover with waxed paper and cook in microwave oven 10 minutes at High or until heated.
- Rearrange once during cooking.
- Remove from oven, cover with plastic wrap, and let stand 10 minutes before serving.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
511
kcal
26% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).