Stewed cabbage recipes with minced meat

Cabbage is the queen of the table. Many proverbs and sayings confirm that cabbage is a universal product, which, as they say, is not a shame to serve, and it is not a pity to eat it. In the world, a great variety of hearty and wholesome foods using this leafy vegetable.

Simple cabbage with minced meat

Today we will be stewing cabbage. We will try to consider the most simple ways of its preparation. The very first dish that we prepare will be cabbage stewed with minced meat. You can also see the photo of the dish in this article.

With beef and pork

See if you have an assortment of the following products available:

• Combined minced meat (pork, beef) - 200-500 grams.
• Cabbage - about a kilogram.
• Onions - a pair of pieces.
• Tomatoes are also a couple of pieces.
• 1 carrot.
• Lean oil.
• Various greens.
• Salt to taste.
• Spice.

Step cooking

We start cooking stewed cabbage with minced meat:

1. First you need to clean the head, remove the stalk from it and chop.
2. Pour oil into a pan and fry cabbage over medium heat, adding in small portions. Salt as soon as the cabbage gives a little juice. Next, leave it to cook under the lid.
3. We get another pan in which we will stew chopped carrots, onions, chopped with medium slices, and tomatoes, previously peeled and cut into cubes, in oil.
4. When the onions and other vegetables are half ready, you need to add fresh minced meat.
5. Stuffing mix with carrots and onions and salt. Add seasonings to it.
6. Take a look in the pan with cabbage. If it is almost ready, then add the whole mixture of vegetables and minced meat to it. Stir the contents of the pan and cook, again covering it with a lid.
7. If desired, you can add your favorite greens and a laurel leaf to the dish.

As you can see, the recipe for stewed cabbage with minced meat will not cause any difficulties. But the dish is just amazing!

Lazy cabbage rolls are the easiest option

Yes, it is the lazy cabbage rolls in the common people who call the next cabbage dish. Braised cabbage with minced meat and rice is so easy to cook that even novice housewives who want to tasty and satisfying feed their loved ones can cope with it. Products are used like cabbage rolls, but cooking this dish is much easier.

We need the following set of products:

• Rice (washed thoroughly) - 1 cup.
• Stuffing any - about 800-1000 grams.
• 1.5 cups of boiled hot water.
• Tomato paste - about 4 tablespoons.
• White cabbage - about 300 grams.
• Onion and carrot - one each.
• Sugar - 1 teaspoon.
• Salt to taste.
• Favorite seasoning and laurel leaf.
• Vegetable oil (refined) - 100 milliliters.

We are preparing an experimental dish, so we take a few products - just a couple of servings. If you want to cook more stewed cabbage with minced meat according to this recipe, then simply multiply the amount of ingredients by two.

Step cooking

We will try as much as possible to describe the process of turning ordinary cabbage and minced meat into a wonderful dish:

1. First, all products must be prepared. Peel and chop onions and carrots. Onions - diced, and carrots - grate on any grater. You can chop the carrot into strips with a sharp knife. Fans of this vegetable can even cut into half rings.
2. Pour the oil into the pan and fry the onion on it until a blush.
3. As soon as the onion turns golden brown, immediately add the carrots. Simmer vegetables under the lid for about 7 minutes. Do not forget to mix them if necessary.
4. And now it's time to add the whole rate of minced meat. Stew it for 10 minutes while stirring. If the minced meat is dry, for example, from poultry, you can add half a glass of hot boiled water.
5. Salt slightly the contents of the pan, but do not try the unroasted minced meat.
6. To properly stew cabbage with minced meat, according to the recipe, finely chop it.
7. Stuffing and sauerkraut mix and continue to simmer another 20 minutes under a closed lid. Cabbage should decrease in volume. If necessary, add more hot water to the cooking dish. Reception with water will allow the dish to cook faster.
8. After a 20-minute stay of stewed cabbage with minced meat in one pan, you can add a glass of rice to them. Rice should be washed thoroughly. Only then will it be crumbly. Repeated washing of rice in water is a must. Stir it with the rest of the food and leave it in the pan for 7 minutes with the lid closed.
9. Now dissolve 4 tablespoons of tomato paste in 1.5 cups of hot water. Pour the resulting tomato solution into a pan with rice. Continue to simmer the dish under a closed lid for another 10 minutes.
10. Once this time has passed, the lid must be removed and the dish gently mixed. Now we cook it before evaporating the tomato juice, without closing the lid.
11. Add sugar, salt, seasonings to the cabbage. The finished dish should not resemble a soup, nor should it be too dry. If desired, crushed garlic can be added.

Slow cooker - assistant hostess

Dishes cooked using this type of kitchen machine always turn out delicious. And at the same time, the hostess has additional time for other homework.

Braised cabbage with minced meat in a slow cooker is very simple. So that you can personally verify this, prepare it right now. You will need the following products (for a multicooker of 4 liters):

• Any minced meat or assorted minced meat - 800 grams.
• Cabbage - about a kilogram.
• Carrot.
• Onion-1 piece.
• Salt and other spices to taste.
• Tomato sauce - about half a glass.

Cooking Technology:

1. Carrots, mashed through any grater, are loaded into the multicooker bowl along with chopped onions and minced meat. Add vegetable oil (about three tablespoons).
2. After mixing the products, close the lid and turn on the "Baking" mode. In this mode, the dish will cook for 20 minutes. During this time, the lid can be opened and, if necessary, mix minced meat with vegetables.
3. Prepare the cabbage for immersion in the bowl. You can finely chop it, or you can cut it into square plates.
4. When the "Baking" mode is over, immerse the cabbage in a bowl to the minced meat. Close the lid and turn on "Extinguishing".
5. After half an hour, pour the tomato sauce diluted in water into the cabbage. If necessary, you can add a little more water. Season the contents of the bowl with salt, cook with the lid closed for another half hour.
6. After a specified time, we send greens and laurel to the bowl. Stew the cabbage stewed with minced meat and mix the lid so that it soaks in the aroma of all herbs. After a couple of minutes, the dish can be laid out on plates and listen to compliments addressed to you.

Enjoy your meal!