Stuffed cabbage is cooked in almost all countries of the world. To date, many different recipes are known for this hearty and incredibly mouth-watering dish. After reading this article, you will learn how to make cabbage cabbage with minced meat.
Traditional option
It should be noted that with this recipe you can relatively quickly and without any problems prepare a delicious dinner for the whole family. Before you approach the stove, be sure to make sure that your kitchen contains all the necessary products. In this case, at your fingertips should be:
- three hundred and fifty grams of minced meat;
- head of cabbage;
- half a glass of rice;
- one large carrot;
- a pair of medium onions;
- a couple of spoons of tomato paste;
- vegetable oil;
- A glass of tomato juice.
So that the dish you cooked is not fresh and tasteless, it is advisable to expand the above list. Additionally, a teaspoon of salt and a pinch of ground pepper are added to it.
Cabbage rolls: a classic recipe step by step
First of all, you need to do rice. The cereals are thoroughly washed with running water, poured with boiling water and sent to the stove. After about five minutes, the pan of rice is removed from the heat and set aside.
Pre-washed cabbage is dipped in boiling water, the softened leaves are carefully cut and the procedure is repeated several more times.
In a hot pan, plentifully greased with vegetable oil, send pre-prepared and chopped vegetables and fry them. After they become golden, they add tomato paste to them and continue to stew.
In a separate clean bowl, spread the prepared minced meat, cooled boiled rice, salt and pepper. All mix well until smooth. On each cabbage leaf put a little filling obtained and carefully fold it. Semi-finished products made in this way are carefully placed in a pan.
The contents of the dishes are salted, poured with tomato juice and boiling water. Onion-carrot dressing is sent there. All this is put out on low heat for thirty or forty minutes. After this time, the pan is removed from the stove. Now you know how to make cabbage stuffed with minced meat and you can feed your family a delicious dinner. At will, the finished dish is decorated with chopped herbs.
Chicken Stuffing Option
According to this recipe, you can cook a delicate fragrant dish, which should be served for lunch or dinner. This time, instead of white cabbage, Beijing will be used. Thanks to this replacement, the dish will acquire an unusual light taste. Before you start cooking stuffed cabbage with minced meat in a pan, inspect the contents of your own refrigerator and, if necessary, buy all the missing components. In this case, at your fingertips should be found:
- six hundred grams of minced chicken;
- a glass of boiled rice;
- medium onion;
- a couple of tablespoons of sour cream;
- Chinese cabbage;
- one hundred and fifty milliliters of broth.
So that your family can appreciate the tender and light cabbage rolls (the recipe with rice is presented in today's article), the above list should be replenished with salt and pepper. The amount of these spices may vary depending on the personal preferences of the cook and his relatives.
Process description
Pre-washed cabbage is disassembled into separate leaves, carefully drop their salted boiling water and cook for three minutes. After that, they are removed from the pan and poured with cold water.
To prepare the filling, in one bowl combine the minced meat, boiled rice, chopped fried onions, salt and pepper. All mix well until smooth. Before starting the cabbage leaf, the top layer located at the very base is carefully cut off from it. After this, you can proceed to the formation of cabbage rolls. A tablespoon of the finished filling is placed on a wide part of the sheet and carefully wrapped.
The resulting semi-finished products are placed in a pre-prepared form, filled with broth mixed with sour cream, and sent to the oven. Cabbage rolls are prepared from Peking cabbage with minced chicken at one hundred and eighty degrees for half an hour. Before serving, they are sprinkled with chopped herbs.
Pork loin option
This recipe is slightly different from the previous ones. In contrast to the options discussed above, in this case, the product set does not contain rice. It should be noted that the preparation of cabbage stuffed cabbage with minced meat is a rather time-consuming process that takes some time. In order not to waste precious minutes and timely serve a delicious and hearty dish for dinner, you should go shopping in advance. Your list should include:
- a kilogram of pork loin;
- fifty grams of tomato paste;
- head of cabbage;
- three onions;
- a couple of spoons of tomato paste;
- two hundred grams of pork fat and sour cream.
Salt and ground pepper are usually used as spices. Their number is calculated taking into account the taste preferences of the cook and his relatives.
Cooking technology
In this case, you do not need to twist the meat into minced meat. Pre-washed and dried loin is cut into thin plates, beaten, salted, gloves and set aside.
On prepared cabbage leaves spread meat and pre-fried onions. All this is wrapped in rolls, placed in a pan and poured with filtered water. Pork fat, salt and pepper are sent there. Future cabbage rolls are sent to the stove and stewed on minimal heat for an hour and a half. After this time, sour cream mixed with tomato paste is added to the dishes and placed in the oven. After an hour, the dish can be served at the table.
Option for the lazy
It should be noted that this is a very simple recipe for making cabbage rolls with meat and rice. So that everything goes as it should, before you get to the stove, be sure to have all the necessary components at hand. This time at your disposal should be:
- half a kilogram of beef and pork pulp;
- head of cabbage;
- half a glass of breadcrumbs, vegetable oil and rice.
To make you fragrant and satisfying cabbage rolls, it is advisable to supplement the above list with salt and spices.
Action algorithm
This recipe for stuffed cabbage with meat and rice is good because the whole process does not take much time. In this case, you do not have to separately form each roll.
In a pan filled with salted water, send rice and boil it. While he is preparing, you can do meat. Pre-washed, dried and cut pulp is passed through a meat grinder and set aside.
Chopped cabbage is dipped for a couple of minutes in boiling water. After it cools down, excess moisture is squeezed out of it.
Rice, meat, salt and pepper are cooked in one bowl. Cabbage is also sent there. All mix well. Small cutlets are formed from the resulting mass, breaded in breadcrumbs and fried in a well-heated pan, richly greased with vegetable oil. After that, a small amount of water is added to future lazy cabbage rolls (a recipe for rice is presented in today's publication) and stewed until cooked. Before serving, they are decorated with chopped herbs, watered with tomato sauce or sour cream.
Cottage Cheese Dressing Option
This is a very tasty and fragrant dish with a rather original sauce. Before making cabbage rolls with minced meat, be sure to check if you have all the required products. Your refrigerator should contain:
- three hundred grams of pork and beef pulp;
- large onion head;
- one hundred and fifty grams of rice;
- three cloves of garlic;
- two hundred and fifty grams of cottage cheese and sour cream;
- large lemon.
Among other things, make sure that at the right moment you have hand salt, fresh herbs and spices at hand.
Sequencing
Before making cabbage stuffed with cabbage with minced meat, you should do the preparation of meat. Washed pork and beef flesh are cut into small pieces. Do exactly the same with onions and garlic. Products prepared in this way are passed through a meat grinder and set aside.
A pre-washed cereal is poured into a pan filled with salted boiling water and brought to readiness. Cooked rice is combined with minced meat, salt and pepper. All thoroughly knead.
The cabbage forks are dipped for a couple of minutes in a large container filled with boiling water. After that, it is removed and the upper leaves are separated. The remaining head of cabbage is again immersed in a pot of boiling water. These manipulations must be repeated until you have the required number of leaves. It is desirable that there were a little more. Since in the process they can break and become unsuitable for further use. After that, they are cooled and with the help of a sharp knife they are released from an excessively thickened petiole.
On the cabbage leaves prepared in this way, spread the meat filling and carefully wrap. The resulting semi-finished products are placed in a deep frying pan, poured with filtered water, covered with a lid and stewed over minimal heat. After about an hour, the dishes can be removed from the stove.
Serve such stuffed cabbage from pork and ground beef with an unusual dressing. To prepare a delicious spicy sauce in one bowl, combine sour cream, cottage cheese, rubbed through a sieve, a clove of garlic, fresh juice of one lemon and chopped greens. All this is whipped with a blender. Ready sauce is seasoned with still hot cabbage rolls and served to the table.