Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, mom's cabbage rolls (my twist on them). One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mom's Cabbage Rolls (My twist on them) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Mom's Cabbage Rolls (My twist on them) is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mom's cabbage rolls (my twist on them) using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Mom's Cabbage Rolls (My twist on them):
- Take 10-15 cabbage leaves, steamed or boiled until rollable
- Make ready 2 lbs ground chuck or leaner meat if you prefer
- Make ready 1 lb ground sausage, I use unseasoned pork sausage
- Take 1 cup uncooked rice, I use brown rice but use any you like
- Get 1 medium to large onion, I use a large yellow onion
- Get 4 large eggs
- Prepare 4 TBS ketchup
- Make ready 1/3 cup milk
- Get 1 small handful of dry bread crumbs
- Prepare 2 TBS dried parsley
- Make ready 1 TBS dried thyme
- Get 1 & 1/2 TBS dried oregano
- Prepare 2 tsp garlic powder
- Prepare 1 salt & pepper to taste
- Get 1 can tomato juice
- Prepare 2 small cans diced tomatoes
Steps to make Mom's Cabbage Rolls (My twist on them):
- Dice onion small, put in big mixing bowl. Add everything in bowl except cabbage, tomatoes, tomato juice. Mix with hands thoroughly
- Once meat mixture is combined put about 4-6 heaping TBS in middle of cabbage leaf, roll like a burrito
- Place in large roasting pan seam side down. Continue this until all mixture is used
- If you have extra cabbage dice it & scatter on top the rolls.
- Pour tomato juice over rolls to cover them, pour diced tomatoes evenly over top.
- Cover & place in oven at 350° until cabbage is cooked to your liking & rice, onion is cooked completely
- You can also make these in the slow cooker but I'm not sure of the times, I just cook until done. Also you can cook in oven at 250° for about 4-6 hours until done.
- My family & I are addicted to them! Also a little bit of advice, these taste better if you let them sit in the juice covered for about 20-30 minutes after pulling from oven! Even better advice is they always taste better as leftovers… I like to serve with mashed potatoes or crusty Italian bread but they are equally delicious alone! I hope you'll enjoy them!! :)
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