Stuffed Cabbage
Becca Link
old family recipe that holds up. warm and delicious on the coldest days
ingredients
- 1 large or two small heads of green cabbage
- 1 yellow pepper
- 1 red pepper
- 2 large onions
- 2-3 stalks celery
- 2-3 carrots
- 1 2lb can peeled tomatoes
- 1 can campbells tomato soup
- 1 can delmonte tomato sauce (any size)
- 2 lbs ground meat (beef, turkey)
- 1/2 cup raw rice
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- juice of 1 lemon
- salt and pepper to taste
directions
- 1
steam cabbages in large pot for 5-10 minutes.
- 2
peel leaves from each cabbage.
- 3
when all the large leaves have been removed, cut the remaining heart into pieces.
- 4
put leaves aside and cover with moist paper towels.
- 5
chop onions and sautee in olive oil in a large pot.
- 6
add celery, carrots, peppers, and cut cabbage heart.
- 7
add all tomato products to vegetables.
- 8
add brown sugar and lemon.
- 9
while veggies are cooking, mix meat, rice, salt, pepper and 2 teaspoons of water in a large bowl.
- 10
roll cabbage leaves into a pillow around approximately 1 tablespoon meat mixture. secure them with uncolored toothpick.
- 11
place all the cabbage pillows into vegetable pot, and cover with any leftover cabbage leaves. cover and simmer for several hours, stirring with a wooden spoon occasionally.
notes
instead of cutting up the peppers, it's also fine to stuff them with meat
Source: Anna Yuditzky Rudenstein
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