Cabbage Rolls

Ingredients Tick them off

• 1½ Ground BeefIbs or 3 Cups Lean
• 1½ Cups Rice( Of choice)
• 1 Medium OnionChopped
• 2 Cloves Garlicpress or chopped
• 1 piece Salt Beef½ Cup ( Optional)
• 2 Small Carrotschopped or grated
• 1 Large CabbageGreen
• Black or White PepperAs needed
• 1 Tsp Onion Powder
• 1 Large TomatoesCan Crushed
• 1 Can Tomato Soup or Pasta Sauce
• Sea saltAs needed
• 1 Cup Water( For Roaster)

Method Tap a step to keep your place

1. Half fill a large boiler with cold water then place your full cabbage in boiler, cut off the large green leafs and place in the bottom of your boiler, add a pinch of salt, bring water to a boil.

2. Parboil cabbage until leafs are soft then cut each cabbage leaf off with a fork and knife and put on a plate to cool.

3. You can leave the cabbage in the boiler to continue cooking and remove leafs or remove the cabbage to cut each leaf.

4. Cut salt beef into small cubes cutting of any fat from meat, place in another small boiler and cook for about 45 minutes to 1 hour.

5. Then drain off water from beef, place beef in a plate to add with all your ingredients.

6. In large bowl add ground beef, rice, chopped onion, garlic, grated carrots, salt and pepper, onion powder, 1/2 bottle or can of pasta sauce and 1/2 can crush tomatoes, chopped pre-cooked salt beef (optional) , mix all ingredients together.

7. Start by taking one cabbage leaf and scooping about 1/4 cup beef and rice mixture into each leaf more if needed and roll it away from yourself and foiling the sides inward, until all of your cabbage, beef and rice mixture is used.

8. In large roaster add a small amount of you pasta sauce and crush tomatoes in the bottom then layer each cabbage roll one way then the second layer the opposite way until they are all layered, top with the remaining crush tomatoes or pasta sauce and a cup of cold water, unless you have enough liquid in the roaster, top with pinch salt and pepper.

9. Cover roaster with a lid or foil wrap, place in your pre-heated oven for about 1 1/2 hours, check the cabbage rolls half way to make sure no liquid is dripping out or gone dry, then when cooked remove from the oven.

10. Start plating cabbage rolls and top with sauce from roaster , you can serve your cabbage rolls on its own or with perogies and garlic sausage.

Slow Cook

1. Follow the same recipe above, the only thing different is you will layer the cabbage rolls in a large slow cooker and add crush tomatoes in between layers. Then top with tomato soup or sause then add a cup of water, season with some salt and pepper other seasonings if you like. Cover set the dial to low and leave for the day or six to eight hours.