Slow-Cooked Cabbage Rolls Recipe

Slow-Cooked Cabbage Rolls Recipe
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"I've worked full-time for more than 30 years, and this super slow-cooker recipe has been a lifesaver," writes Rosemary Jarvis of Sparta, Tennessee. "It cooks while I'm away and smells heavenly when I walk in the door in the evening."

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  • 6 Servings
  • Prep: 20 min. Cook: 6 hours

Ingredients

  • 1 large head cabbage
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
  • 3/4 cup quick-cooking rice
  • 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
  • 1/2 cup crushed saltines (about 15 crackers)
  • 1 ounce onion soup mix
  • 1-1/2 pounds lean ground beef (90% lean)
  • 1 can (46 ounces) V8 juice
  • Salt to taste
  • Grated Parmesan cheese, optional

Directions

  • Cook cabbage in boiling water just until leaves fall off head. Set aside 12 large leaves for rolls; drain well. (Refrigerate remaining cabbage for another use.) Cut out the thick vein from the bottom of each reserved leaf, making a V-shaped cut; set aside.
  • In a large bowl, combine the egg, tomato sauce, rice, green pepper, cracker crumbs and soup mix. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Place about 1/3 cup meat mixture on each cabbage leaf; overlap cut ends of leaf. Fold in sides, beginning from the cut end. Roll up completely to enclose filling. Secure with toothpicks if desired.
  • Place cabbage rolls in a 3-qt. slow cooker. Pour V8 juice over rolls. Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours or until filling reaches 160°. Just before serving, sprinkle with salt and cheese if desired. Yield: 6 servings.

Slow-Cooked Cabbage Rolls published in Country Woman March/April 2001, p41

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Slow-Cooked Cabbage Rolls Recipe

Slow-Cooked Cabbage Rolls

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Reviewed on Sep. 28, 2009 by TS-P

We prefer our cabbage rolls bite-sized, so use 1/2 a cabbage leaf. This also makes rolling easier.

Reviewed on Sep. 28, 2009 by TS-P

To make the cabbage much easier to work with, put it in the freezer (no washing), for at least 2 weeks before making the rolls! This is So much easier than boiling, & saves the nutrients from being thrown down the drain with the water!

Reviewed on Mar. 17, 2009 by SWeirick

This was really good, a little difficult to make (the cabbage is hard to work with) but worth it! We didn't have the V-8 so I just used tomato juice. Still came out yummie!

Reviewed on Jun. 17, 2008 by mgillia

The recipe calls for 46 ounces of V8 juice.  Is this a misprint?

Reviewed on Feb. 02, 2008 by boon46

Instead of V8 try crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, oregano, garlic powder $ onion powder[or fresh] S&P to taste, Also if you stir some of this mixture into the meat before you wrap them you will be fhocked at the taste.

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