Easy Oven-Baked Cabbage Rolls with Minced Meat and Rice

Incredibly tasty, very simple, juicy, aromatic, for dinner. Lazy cabbage rolls with minced meat and cabbage in the oven are in no way inferior in taste to classic cabbage rolls. And they are prepared much easier and faster: you add finely chopped cabbage to the minced meat. Serve them with fresh vegetables or any side dish.
cook time: 2h
Lucas Halstead
Easy Oven-Baked Cabbage Rolls with Minced Meat and Rice

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

234
Calories
17g
Fat
12g
Carbs
6g
Protein

Ingredients (6 portions)

Basic:

Onion 1 pc
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Rice 100 g
Sour cream 250 g
Tomato paste 2 tsp
Vegetable oil (for frying) 2 tbsp
Dry spices to taste
Minced meat 500 g
Cabbage 400 g
Flour (for deboning) 0.5 cup

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make lazy cabbage rolls with minced meat in the oven? Prepare the products according to the list. You can use any minced meat. Sour cream is suitable for any fat content. Rice — your choice, round, long or steamed. You can replace tomato paste with tomato puree.

Step 2

Step 2
Letʼs do the rice first. Rinse it well, in at least five waters, fill it with cold filtered water in a ratio of 1:2, add a little salt and put it on fire.

Step 3

Step 3
When the rice boils, turn off the heat, cover with a lid and leave to steam. This way we bring the rice to half-cookedness. If you add raw rice to the minced meat, it will take on too much moisture and the cabbage rolls will come out dry. If you use fully cooked rice, then the moisture from the minced meat, on the contrary, will not be absorbed, and the cabbage rolls may fall apart.

Step 4

Step 4
Meanwhile, cut the cabbage into cubes or thin strips.

Step 5

Step 5
Place the cabbage in a saucepan and pour boiling water over it to remove any excess bitterness. For five to ten minutes, depending on the cabbage. I have a fresh one, I left it for five.

Step 6

Step 6
After the required time, drain the cabbage in a colander. Save the water; you will need it for the sauce.

Step 7

Step 7
Peel the onion and cut into cubes.

Step 8

Step 8
If there is any water left in the rice, drain it. Place cabbage, rice, onion and minced meat in a bowl. Salt, pepper, season to taste. Mix the minced meat well.

Step 9

Step 9
Start making cabbage rolls. If suddenly the minced meat does not stick together well, add a raw egg to it. At this stage, you can freeze raw cabbage rolls and, if necessary, use them in the form of preparations. Just pour sauce over slightly defrosted cabbage rolls and place in the oven.

Step 10

Step 10
Now the cabbage rolls need to be fried. You can skip this step, but it will make the cabbage rolls cuter. Fry the formed cabbage rolls, having previously rolled them in flour, in vegetable oil until golden brown.

Step 11

Step 11
While the cabbage rolls are frying, prepare the sauce. To do this, mix sour cream with tomato paste.

Step 12

Step 12
Dilute the tomato-sour cream mixture with the remaining water from the cabbage or just boiling water until it becomes a liquid sauce. Salt and pepper to taste.

Step 13

Step 13
Place the fried cabbage rolls in a baking dish and pour over the prepared sauce.

Step 14

Step 14
Bake the lazy cabbage rolls in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for about 45 minutes until browned. Determine the exact baking time and temperature based on your oven.

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