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Lazy cabbage rolls with rice, cabbage and minced meat in a saucepan

Lazy Cabbage Rolls with Rice and Cabbage in a Pot

Delicious lazy cabbage rolls in a tomato–sour cream sauce. They're wonderful — though not quite as "lazy" as the name suggests. To help them hold their shape while they braise, you need to brown them first. This recipe skips the meat grinder: use store-bought ground meat and just finely chop the cabbage.

Elena

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Lazy cabbage rolls with rice, cabbage and minced meat in a saucepan

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Ground meat

600

White cabbage

400

Onion

150

Carrots

150

Rice

Egg

Wheat flour

Vegetable oil

100

Salt

Dry spices

Sour cream

Tomato sauce

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 15 % 6 g

Fats 44 % 17 g

Carbohydrates 41 % 16 g

236 kcal

GI: 19 / 63 / 19

Cooking method

Step 1:

For the lazy cabbage rolls, gather the following: ground meat (I use a mix of pork and chicken), onion, carrot, white cabbage, rice, an egg, salt and spices, plus flour for dredging, vegetable oil for frying, and sour cream and tomato sauce for the braising liquid. Measure everything out from the ingredient list.
Step 2:

Rinse the rice, cover with 2 cups of water, and cook until done.
Step 3:

While the rice cooks, finely chop the onion.
Step 4:

Grate the carrot on the coarse side of a box grater.
Step 5:

Add the onion and carrot to a skillet with 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, along with half a teaspoon each of salt and spices.
Step 6:

Sauté the onion and carrot over low heat for 15 minutes.
Step 7:

Stir the sautéed onion and carrot into the cooked rice and let it cool slightly.
Step 8:

Next, cut the cabbage into small dice.
Step 9:

Add the chopped cabbage to a skillet with 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil, plus ½ teaspoon each of salt and spices.
Step 10:

Sauté the cabbage over low heat for 10 minutes, then let it cool a little as well.
Step 11:

In a bowl, combine the ground meat with the sautéed onion, carrot, and cabbage, and add another half teaspoon each of salt and spices.
Step 12:

Add the egg to the meat mixture and knead it thoroughly by hand.
Step 13:

Shape the meat-and-vegetable mixture into oblong rolls and dredge them generously in flour.
Step 14:

Place the floured rolls in a skillet with hot vegetable oil and quickly brown them on all sides over high heat.
Step 15:

Transfer the browned rolls to a pot or Dutch oven.
Step 16:

Pour the mixture of tomato sauce and sour cream over the rolls.
Step 17:

Add salted water to the pot, as shown in the photo.
Step 18:

Bring the rolls up to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low and cover the pot with a lid.
Step 19:

Simmer the lazy cabbage rolls over low heat for 30 minutes.
Step 20:

Serve the lazy cabbage rolls hot as a main dish.