Beef & Rice Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Name: Beef & Rice Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 6 h
Total time: 6 h 20 min
Yield: 6 servings.
Cuisine: Comfort Food Dinner Recipes, Comfort Food Recipes
Ingredients: 12 cabbage leaves; 1 cup cooked brown rice; 1/4 cup finely chopped onion; 1 large egg, lightly beaten; 1/4 cup fat-free milk; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean); SAUCE:; 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

This recipe is special to me because it’s an easy one-pot meal that tastes like you spent the whole day in the kitchen. My family loves it. —Lynn Bowen, Geraldine, Alabama

Ingredients

12 cabbage leaves
1 cup cooked brown rice
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1/4 cup fat-free milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)
SAUCE:
1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Directions

In batches, cook cabbage in boiling water 3-5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain; cool slightly. Trim the thick vein from the bottom of each cabbage leaf, making a V-shaped cut.
In a large bowl, combine rice, onion, egg, milk, salt and pepper. Add beef; mix lightly but thoroughly. Place about 1/4 cup beef mixture on each cabbage leaf. Pull together cut edges of leaf to overlap; fold over filling. Fold in sides and roll up.
Place six rolls in a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker, seam side down. In a bowl, mix sauce ingredients; pour half of the sauce over cabbage rolls. Top with remaining rolls and sauce. Cook, covered, on low 6-8 hours or until a thermometer inserted in beef reads 160° and cabbage is tender.

Nutrition Facts

2 cabbage rolls: 204 calories, 7g fat (3g saturated fat), 83mg cholesterol, 446mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 2g fiber), 18g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 lean meat, 1 starch.

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Audrey

Jan 31, 2020

Have made cabbage rolls for years. You can use tomato juice to cook cabbage rolls in and don’t need brown sugar. Also you mix the hamburger raw with other ingredients. Yummy
Brittani

Jan 1, 2020

Hi, I’d love to try this recipe but I have one question; is the ground beef cooked prior or is it raw when mixed in?
BusyMommyofFour

May 22, 2019

What is the recipe for the sauce?
Susan

Mar 19, 2019

Went exactly by recipe
catherine815

Nov 8, 2018

an easy way to do the cabbage is to freeze it, thaw and cut the v notch and roll as usual. the cabbage will be very pliable and there is no boiling of the leaves :)
Melanie

Nov 3, 2017

I made these exactly as stated. They were awesome! The whole family loved them.
charlenepaugustyn

Jan 15, 2015

My husband is a diabetic & I use Brown Sugar Blend (a mix of zero calorie sucralose & brown sugar, 1/2 the calories - great for cooking & baking. 1/2 a cup= 1 cup brown sugar). Mine came from Meijer's , 1 lb. bag for $4.09. My husband loves to sprinkle this on his cooked oatmeal. Hope this helps , 1-5-15's question.
slklint

Jan 6, 2015

to answer question submitted on 01-05-15 I don't know if you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes and this is not intended toinstruct you,contact your Dr. if you have need of advice on your diet. I will say however that the nutrition info. indicates just 19 grams of carb. per serving and my info. is that meals with less than 25 gms. of carb. are considered good.
ilovegod

Jan 5, 2015

I am so excited to try this, it sounds like it is amazing, but I have a question I am a diabetic how can I switch the brown sugar with something, or can u recommend what I can do instead of putting brown sugar in it, or do u think it would not affect me to much. I am going grocery shopping tomorrow, so I will check back before i go shopping, please can someone answer or maybe i can go online now and ask t u
txsara

Dec 27, 2013

I have a batch of these in my crockpot right now...second time. I made them last week and my husband and I devoured them all real quick! These are so good...the only change I made this time was to triple the sauce amount. They are healthy and easy to make..we love it with mashed potatoes on the side and a lightly toasted sub roll. Delicious!!