Cabbage Rolls Recipe
Dive into these Eastern European-inspired stuffed cabbage rolls; they're comforting, satisfying, and feed a crowd.
Equipment
- 1 Large Pot
- 1 9 x 13 casserole dish
Ingredients
For tomato sauce
- (1) 15 oz can of diced tomatoes
- (1) 15 oz can of tomato puree
- ½ medium onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 tb butter
- ½ tsp sugar
- salt and pepper to taste
For cabbage rolls
- 1 medium cabbage
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 1 cup uncooked white rice
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1 large celery stalk, finely chopped
- 1 large carrot, finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup fresh dill, chopped
- ¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tb fresh dill, chopped (for serving)
- 1 tb fresh parsley, chopped (for serving)
Recipe Instructions
For the tomato sauce
- Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion. Cook until translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add tomato puree, diced tomatoes, sugar, salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer. Cook for 15 minutes.
For the cabbage rolls
- While sauce is simmering, *place cabbage in a covered microwave-safe dish core side down with 1/2 cup of water. Microwave on high for 5 minutes.
- Carefully flip over cabbage and cook on high for another 10 minutes. Allow to cool, drain water.
- Carefully peel 10 - 15 leaves off one at a time, cutting where the leaf end meets the core.
- Lay leaves flat on a surface. Use small knife to cut a V-shaped notch to remove the thick part of the cabbage rib.
- Mix all ingredients together- ground turkey, rice, onion, celery, carrot, garlic, egg, dill, parsley, paprika, salt, and pepper. Add 1/2 cup of tomato sauce. Stir to combine.
- Preheat oven to 350°. Spread out 1/2 cup of tomato sauce in bottom of 9 x 13" casserole dish.
- Shape ⅓ cup of the meat mixture into a small log shape and place into center of a cabbage leaf. Bring in the sides and roll tight. Place seam side down into casserole dish.
- Repeat until all the meat mixture is gone, tightly packing in cabbage rolls. Top with remaining tomato sauce.
- Cover tightly with foil. Bake 60 - 90 minutes until cabbage is tender and meat cooked.
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes before serving. Top with more chopped parsley and dill if desired.
Notes
* Instead of softening the cabbage in the microwave, you can use either the traditional blanching method or freezer method described in the post.
If you aren't into this recipe, maybe you'd be interested in this Homemade Beefaroni!
Nutrition
Calories: 102kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 19gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 69mgSodium: 442mgPotassium: 250mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 94IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 16mgIron: 1mg
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