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Traditional Cabbage Rolls

These cabbage rolls are filled with delicious ground meat, rice, and aromatics, then topped with a succulent tomato-based sauce. The only way to describe it is — perfect!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Russian, Ukrainian
Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 15 servings
Calories 179kcal
Author Natalya Drozhzhin

Ingredients

Cabbage Rolls

  • 1/2 lb white rice
  • 2 large carrots grated
  • 2 medium onions diced
  • 1 lb ground meat chicken and beef is a great combo
  • 1 tbsp salt adjust to taste
  • 1 tsp pepper adjust to taste
  • 1 large cabbage head
  • 3 tbsp olive oil

Cabbage Rolls Sauce

  • 1 large onion cut in half rings
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup tomato sauce
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Instructions

  • Cook rice in a pot of salted water. Sauté grated carrots and diced onions with olive oil.
    Ingredients for cabbage rolls
  • Cool the rice, carrots, and onion, then combine them together with the meat in a large bowl. Add spices and mix well.
    Filling for the cabbage roll
  • Bring 1 gallon of water to a boil in a large deep pot, and place the cabbage in the pan. Boil for 2-3 minutes, cut and take out the outer cabbage leaves, trying to keep them from breaking. Repeat until the cabbage leaves are too small. Let the leaves cool.
    Cabbage boiling at a pot
  • Cut out the hard part of the cabbage leaves by slicing each piece in half and removing the middle spine.
    Cabbage leaves in a bowl
  • Place a cabbage leaf into your hand, add filling, and fold over the cabbage leaf into a roll.
    Hand with cabbage leaf, another and with cabbage roll
  • Press the top of the roll into the filling.
    Rolled yo cabbage roll in process
  • Place the cabbage rolls into a ceramic pot, spaced tightly together.
  • For the Sauce - preheat a skillet with a bit of oil, add onion rings and sauté until they are golden brown. Pour sour cream and tomato sauce into the pan. Combine everything together.
    Onion sour cream and tomato sauce in a pan
  • Pour sauce over the cabbage rolls. Bake them in an oven at 375°F for 45 minutes.
    Sauce over the cabbage rolls
  • Serve the cabbage rolls while they are warm with a dollop of sour cream.
    Cabbage Rolls in a bowl

Nutrition

Calories: 179kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 91mg | Potassium: 374mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1549IU | Vitamin C: 24mg | Calcium: 54mg | Iron: 1mg