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Lazy cabbage rolls with cabbage and minced meat
Lazy cabbage rolls with cabbage and minced meat resemble large meat cutlets in appearance, but the taste is just like that of the most traditional cabbage rolls made with pork minced meat. Now you don’t have to fuss with cabbage leaves, choosing the most suitable ones for wrapping the filling. Fresh cabbage is simply shredded, quickly sautéed in a pan, and mixed into the rice and meat filling. In this recipe, the fat content of the pork will not be a hindrance; on the contrary, it will enhance the flavor of the dish. Baking the cabbage rolls makes the process even lazier: everything is neatly arranged in a dish, covered with sauce, and entrusted to the oven to take care of the dish's readiness.
Ingredients
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- pork – 400 g;
- parboiled rice – 130 g;
- cabbage – ¼ head;
- carrot – 1 pc;
- onion – 1 pc;
- vegetable oil – 60 ml;
- sour cream 15-20 % - 2 tbsp;
- tomato sauce – 150 ml;
- salt – to taste.
Preparation
- To prepare lazy cabbage rolls with cabbage and minced meat, cut a quarter of a large head of cabbage. For the sauce, use tomato sauce – it is thick, aromatic, with a distinct spiciness and a taste of bell pepper. If using tomato juice, add a quarter teaspoon of ground black pepper and half of a sweet pepper cut into cubes.
- Boil the parboiled rice until soft. The grain can be boiled in salted water or salted to taste after boiling.
- Chop the onion and carrot and pour them into the pan. Add vegetable oil.
- Sauté the vegetables lightly – until the onion becomes transparent.
- Shred the cabbage. The strips should be thinner and shorter than those for salad cutting.
- Cover the skillet with a lid, and sauté the vegetables over low heat for 8-10 minutes. Do not add water to the pan; the cabbage juice released is enough for stewing. Season the hot cabbage with salt to taste.
- Use a blender to puree the pork at high speed. Combine the minced meat with the rice.
- Add the stewed cabbage to the bowl with the rice and minced meat, and mix well.
- Form very large elongated lazy cabbage rolls. They are so big that one is enough per serving. Arrange the cabbage rolls in a ceramic dish, pressing them tightly together. With this arrangement, less tomato sauce will be needed.
- Mix the tomato sauce with the thick sour cream until smooth.
- Pour the sauce over the cabbage rolls.
- Place the dish on the middle rack of the oven and set the temperature to 180 degrees. Bake the lazy cabbage rolls with cabbage, rice, and minced meat for 50 minutes.
- The sauce will bake on the cabbage rolls, forming a lovely orange crust. Serve the cabbage rolls hot. If necessary, the dish can be stored in the refrigerator for two days, but before serving, it is desirable to reheat the cabbage rolls to restore their original taste.
