Description
Homemade Polish cabbage rolls filled with ground beef, rice, and topped with a rich tomato sauce, perfect for family gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 head cabbage
- 2/3 cup water
- 1/3 cup uncooked white rice
- (2) 10.75 oz cans tomato soup
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/4 cup onion (finely chopped)
- 1 egg (beaten)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Carefully cut the core out of the cabbage.
- Add the cabbage (without the core) to a large pot of salted water. Bring to a boil and cook for 12-14 minutes, or until the leaves gently peel off the head of cabbage. Remove 8 leaves for the rolls and save multiple other leaves for the bottom and top of the baking dish.
- Using leftover cabbage leaves, cover the bottom of an 11×8 baking dish.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium-sized saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add rice, stir, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.
- In a small bowl, mix the 2 cans of tomato soup, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce together.
- In a large bowl, combine the ground beef, cooked rice, chopped onion, beaten egg, salt, black pepper, and 1/4 cup of the tomato soup mixture. Mix to fully combine.
- Lay 8 cabbage leaves out on a clean surface. Place a portion of the ground beef mixture into the middle of each leaf. Roll them up and secure with a toothpick. Place the rolls in the baking dish on top of cabbage leaves.
- Pour the remaining tomato soup mixture on top of the cabbage rolls. Cover with several extra cabbage leaves on top and secure with aluminum foil.
- Bake for 90 minutes, or until the ground beef is fully cooked.
Notes
Using fresh cabbage leads to more flexible leaves for easier wrapping. If leaves are too tough, steam them gently until softened.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 90 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Polish
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 25g
- Cholesterol: 80mg
Keywords: cabbage rolls, Polish, comfort food
