Cabbage Rolls

Description

Cabbage rolls is a traditional common side for North American dinners.

Ingredients

• 1/2 pound lean ground beef
• 1 cup long-grain white rice, cooked
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• 18 oz can stewed tomatoes
• 2 heads green cabbage
• 9 cups water
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp vinegar
• 2 bay leaves
• 12 oz can tomato juice

Procedure

1. Warm oven to 350 degree F.
2. Combine beef, rice, salt, pepper, cinnamon, cloves and tomatoes.
3. Rinse and core cabbage.
4. In a large pot, fill with 8 cups of water, sugar, lemon juice, vinegar and bay leaves. Boil.
5. Soften cabbage by leaving in water for ~5 minutes.
6. Drain cabbage then leave to cool.
7. Peel a few leaves from the cabbage.
8. Take 1/4 cup of beef mixture and roll in each leaf.
9. Fold in sides and roll over.
10. Place cabbage roll in a baking pan, seam side facing down.
11. Combine tomato juice and 1 cup of water and pour over the cabbage rolls in the baking pan.
12. Enclose baking pan with aluminum foil.
13. Bake for ~47 min.