Cabbage rolls recipe
Products of not lazy cabbage rolls
Cabbage - 10-12 sheets per 400 grams
Minced meat - 500 grams
Rice - 100 grams
Onions - 1 medium onion head
Sour cream - 15% fat, 200 grams (as an option - add sour cream or cheese sauce instead of sour cream)
Tomato paste - 200 grams
Salt, ground black pepper - to taste
Cooking stuffed cabbage
1. Put the cabbage leaves in salted boiling water, cook for 10 minutes, put on a plate.
2. Peel the onion and chop finely.
3. Boil rice, cool.
4. Mix the minced meat, cabbage, boiled rice and onions, salt, pepper and stir by hand for 5-7 minutes.
5. Wrap the minced meat pieces in cabbage leaves, put them in a thick-walled bowl and simmer under a lid over low heat for 15 minutes, adding oil if necessary, periodically turning the cabbage rolls gently.
6. Pour cabbage rolls in a saucepan with a mixture of sour cream and tomato paste, simmer under the lid for more 20 minutes.
How to cook cabbage rolls in the microwave
Cook cabbage rolls in the microwave at 800 W for 10 minutes in a covered dish, then insist in a closed microwave for 5 minutes.
How to cook cabbage rolls in a slow cooker
Fold the cabbage rolls into a multicooker pan and cook them for 2 hours, after setting the multicooker to the "Stew" mode.
How to cook semi-finished stuffed cabbage rolls
Frozen semi-finished products without preliminary defrosting can be put in a sauce of sour cream and tomato paste mixed with water - and cook for 1 hour over low heat.
Fusofacts
Cabbage rolls are of 2 types: ordinary and "lazy”
Thick veins cut from cabbage leaves can be finely chopped and added to the minced meat - this will reduce the cost of minced meat and give the cabbage aroma more saturation.
You can add carrots, mushrooms to the minced meat for classic cabbage rolls, and even replace rice with buckwheat - do not be afraid to experiment with a combination of different ingredients.
At the stage of forming lazy cabbage rolls, make sure that the minced meat is not very moist, otherwise they will fall apart during cooking.
An important measure to prevent lazy cabbage rolls from falling apart is to prevent strong heating under the pan, which can lead to excessively aggressive boiling of water.
Sauteed vegetables should be added to the minced meat after being cooled. So the aromatic mixture will not change the consistency of the minced meat and will not burn your hands.
Always try to stick to the correct proportions, because if you overdo it with cabbage, then the minced meat will not keep its shape, and with a low rice content, the dish will turn out to be dry.
To quickly form minced meat cutlets, you should moisten your hands in water - so the minced meat will not stick to your palms.