Homemade Hearty Cabbage Rolls Recipe

[Saviolo]

Here's another one of those recipes where there are a million variations depending on where the recipe comes from, where it moved to, and who's house you're visiting! Cabbage rolls are a very regional thing and can be radically different between regions. Recipes from Hungary will differ greatly from recipes out of Croatia, for instance. This recipe is adapted from several regional recipes sort of smashed together into something tasty, and feel free to experiment!

This recipe is a bit of a multi-threaded process. You have a few things going on at the same time that you need to track. Making the filling, making the sauce, roasting the garlic, blanching the cabbage leaves, etc... so just make sure that your cooking temperatures are correct and you're keeping an eye on everything and giving it an occasional stir to make sure nothing's sticking or burning. Also, the spice mix can definitely be switched up if you want to add some warm spice to the filling like nutmeg or cinnamon, and you can also add a little dash of cayenne or even Tabasco to the sauce if you want to give it a little zing.

[SheltieLover]

1. Yummy goodness!

I make stuffed cabbage soup often. A lot less work & much quicker. Same taste.

Enjoy & ty for sharing!

[Vinca]

5. I've never made that before and it sounds good. Do you have a favorite recipe?

[SheltieLover]

6. Sure!

I use about 2-2-1/2 lbs 90-93% lean burger, sauteed on stovetop in a Dutch oven-type pot.

Towards end of sauteeing, I add 1 medium onion.

There is very little meat fat, so I leave it in for flavoring.

Add to same pot:

1 large can crushed tomatoes

1 smaller can diced tomatoes

1 qt low salt beed broth

1 medium head cabbage chopped in 1" squares.

Add garlic cloves or powder to taste.

Let cook till cabbage is done & wa-la: stuffed cabbage taste without all the work. (I have nerve issues in my neck & arms, so I can't do a lot of physical things. ) 😏

Enjoy! Let me know what ypu think of it if you try it?

You can also add rice &/or shredded carrots. I never do. Lol

[Vinca]

7. Thanks. I'll try it. I think I'll add the rice to make it more like a deconstructed

cabbage roll. It sounds low calorie, too, which will help the annual New Year's diet resolution.

[luvs2sing]

2. Much different than..

Hubster’s recipe which he got from his Hungarian grandmother. Looks delicious!

[mitch96]

3. "recipe which he got from his Hungarian grandmother" Same here, grew up living on the stuff

Good memories of Mom, "Bubba" and I making what we called Hulupke. Dirt simple, dirt cheap and filling. Always a pot on the back burner waiting to fill you up after a hard days work making "shine"....
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[Retrograde]

4. My discovery of the year

it's much easier to make gołąbki (the Polish version) with collard greens rather than cabbage leaves: the collards are larger, more uniform in size, and flat. Since they're in the cabbage family they taste about the same, especially with the sauce on them. I think of the resulting dish as a nod to both my family's Polish heritage and Mr. Retro's Alabamian one.