Lazy Stuffed Cabbage: Step By Step Recipes With Photos, In The Oven And In A Pan, With Rice And Minced Meat, Cabbage, In Sour Cream Sauce

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

Lazy cabbage rolls: a selection of simple homemade recipes

Lazy cabbage rolls are a hearty dish that combines cabbage, rice and minced meat. Baked in the oven, fried in a pan or stewed in a fragrant sauce - in all variants this dish is appetizing, and requires very little cooking time.

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• 1 Lazy cabbage rolls sentenced in the oven: a step-by-step recipe

  1.1 Video: lean cabbage rolls in a slow cooker

• 2 Diet cabbage rolls in a pan

  2.1 Video: cabbage rolls in a pan with buckwheat instead of rice

• 3 Cabbage rolls in sour cream sauce with vegetables

  3.1 Video: how to cook cabbage rolls baked in sour cream

Lazy cabbage rolls sentenced in the oven: a step-by-step recipe

In this classic recipe, the choice of the meat retainer is very important. If you buy ready-made minced meat, then try to buy a quality product from a trusted manufacturer.

The taste of the finished dish directly depends on the quality of minced meat.

Products:

• 500 g of white cabbage;
• 150 g raw rice;
• 500 g minced meat (beef);
• 1 onion;
• 1 carrot;
• 1 egg;
• 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• 1.5 tsp. salt;
• 0.5 tsp black pepper.

Recipe:

1. Chop the cabbage into cubes.

   

   It is better to cut cabbage with a sharp knife, this will make the process easier and faster

2. Soften with a crush.

   

   A potato pusher will help mash the cabbage and prepare it for minced meat.

3. Boil three liters of water.

   

   Bring the water to a boil

4. Pour boiling water over the cabbage, let it stand for 3-5 minutes, and then put it on a sieve.

   

   Scalding cabbage will make it softer, and the taste of stuffed cabbage will be softer.

5. Boil rice in half a liter of water.

   

   If you follow the recommended proportions when cooking rice, it will not need to be rinsed with water.

6. Chop the peeled onion.

   

   Onions can be chopped quite coarsely, as when baked, they soften and will not be too noticeable in the finished dish

7. Fry in hot oil (1 tablespoon).

   

   Take care not to burn the onions when searing

8. Grate carrots.

   

   For stuffed cabbage, you need fresh and juicy carrots, otherwise the finished dish will not be so tasty

9. Mix all ingredients with egg and spices.

   

   Keep all components of the minced meat at about the same temperature

10. Grease a baking sheet with 1 tbsp. L.

    

    It is very convenient to use a cooking brush to distribute the oil evenly over the baking sheet.

11. Form elongated cabbage rolls and place on a baking sheet. Pour a little water (200-250 ml) on the bottom and cook in the oven for 40-45 minutes at 200 °.

    

    In the process of baking cabbage rolls acquire a golden brown crust.

12. Serve hot stuffed cabbage rolls.

    

    Baked cabbage rolls can be served as a separate dish

Video: lean cabbage rolls in a slow cooker

Diet cabbage rolls in a pan

A dish cooked with chicken fillet contains only 200-220 ° calories per 100 g. Even those who are losing weight or are limited in the use of red meat can afford such a lunch or dinner.

Ideal if you will use skinless chicken fillet for making diet cabbage rolls

Products for stuffed cabbage:

• 500 g minced chicken breast;
• 500 g of cabbage;
• 100 g parboiled rice;
• 2 onions;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• 1 egg;
• 50 g greens (parsley and dill);
• 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• 2 tbsp. l. flour;
• 1.5 tsp. salt;
• 0.5 tsp black pepper;

Ingredients for the gravy:

• 2 tbsp. l. tomato puree;
• 400 ml of water;
• 3/4 tsp salt;
• 1 tsp Sahara;
• 1 tsp sweet paprika.

Instructions:

1. Pass the chicken fillet through a meat grinder.

   

   It is best to use a meat grinder for grinding meat, and not a blender, since otherwise cabbage rolls are less juicy

2. Chop the cabbage.

   

   Shred cabbage thinly, a wide sharp knife is useful for this

3. Knead it with your hands.

   

   Sprinkle some salt before crushing the cabbage, so it will soften faster.

4. Peel and chop the onion with a grater.

   

   The method of chopping onions with a grater allows for a more uniform minced meat texture

5. Rinse the parboiled rice.

   

   Rice is not only cleaned during washing, but also prepared for further heat treatment

6. Pass the garlic through a press, and chop the herbs.

   

   Garlic will give the dish an attractive aroma and taste, and herbs will give a spicy touch.

7. Combine all the minced meat ingredients, add salt and pepper, and then mix well with a large spoon. Then form small round cutlets, roll them in flour and fry in a pan with hot oil (1 tablespoon).

   

   Cabbage rolls need to be fried on both sides

8. While cabbage rolls are fried in a pan, prepare the gravy. To do this, dissolve tomato paste in warm water (37–40 °) and add sugar and salt.

   

   Choose a thick and high-quality tomato puree for pouring stuffed cabbage

9. Add the sweet paprika powder to the prepared gravy mixture.

   

   Sweet paprika powder will give the dish a special aroma and rich taste

10. Simmer cabbage rolls in gravy over low heat for 30-40 minutes.

    

    Cabbage rolls in the process of stewing can be sprinkled with the remains of chopped greens

11. Serve the cooked cabbage rolls with sour cream or a light cereal garnish.

    

    Diet stuffed cabbage rolls with minced chicken have a delicate taste and will help maintain your figure

This recipe for lazy cabbage rolls is very popular in our family. The dish turns out to be low-calorie and at the same time saturated with protein and complex carbohydrates. Low-fat gravy goes well with boiled barley or buckwheat.

Video: stuffed cabbage rolls in a pan with buckwheat instead of rice

Cabbage rolls in sour cream sauce with vegetables

The sauce with spices and vegetables soaks cabbage rolls during cooking, giving them incredible juiciness. As a side dish, classic mashed potatoes, buckwheat, rice or couscous are suitable for such a dish.

Ingredients for stuffed cabbage:

• 500 g of meat (250 g of beef and pork each);
• 500 g of cabbage;
• 100 g of rice;
• 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• 1 onion;
• 1 egg;
• 1.5 tsp. salt.

Products for making sour cream sauce:

• 150 g sour cream;
• 2 tbsp. l. flour;
• 1 onion;
• 1 carrot;
• 400 ml of water;
• 0.5 tsp salt;
• 1 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• 0.5 tsp black pepper;
• 1 tsp granulated garlic.

Recipe:

1. Finely chop the onion.

   

   Diced onions give the cabbage rolls a special texture

2. Pass fresh cabbage and pieces of pork and beef through a meat grinder.

   

   The meat will need the highest category, without fat and veins

3. Mix the minced meat and cabbage with onions, eggs and spices.

   

   Knead the stuffing for stuffed cabbage with a spoon

4. Cook the rice with half a teaspoon of salt and butter.

   

   Parboiled long grain rice would be appropriate for this recipe.

5. Place the boiled rice on a sieve, drain and cool to room temperature. Introduce it into the minced meat and form oblong cabbage rolls.

   

   In the process of forming stuffed cabbage with your hands, give them a dense structure.

6. Heat a frying pan with oil (1 tablespoon).

   

   Make sure that the pan is dry, otherwise the oil will "shoot"

7. Cut the peeled onion into half rings.

   

   Chop the onion with a sharp knife to preserve the flavorful juice

8. Grate the carrots on a medium grater.

   

   Do not chop the root vegetable at the very base, as in this place the carrots are often bitter

9. Fry vegetables until golden brown in hot oil (1 tablespoon).

   

   Onions and carrots should not burn when frying

10. Then add flour to the vegetables and fry for another two minutes. After that, pour in sour cream diluted in water and add salt and pepper.

    

    Sour cream sauce should be well boiled so that there are no lumps of flour in it.

11. After 5-7 minutes add granulated garlic to the sauce and bring to a boil.

    

    Granular garlic in a sauce is responsible for a bright and appetizing aroma

12. Pour the cabbage rolls over the sauce and simmer over low heat for 30–35 minutes.

    

    Stir the cabbage rolls in the sauce from time to time to prevent the vegetables from burning

13. You can serve stuffed cabbage rolls in sour cream with a variety of side dishes.

    

    During the stewing of cabbage rolls, vegetables in the sauce bloom and become very soft

Lazy stuffed cabbage rolls in sour cream sauce are home cooking classics. While they languish on a low fire, mouth-watering aromas spread throughout the room, forcing household members to be impatiently interested in the readiness of dinner. A small amount of fresh sour cream and a pinch of freshly ground black pepper can be added to the served dish on top. It will be very tasty to cook couscous as a side dish with cabbage rolls.

Video: how to cook cabbage rolls baked in sour cream

Following detailed recipes, you can prepare a tasty and healthy dish. All ingredients are inexpensive and sold in convenience stores.