Fresh cabbage rolls

Juicy cabbage, aromatic minced meat, fluffy rice - all these are the main components of the well-known dish called cabbage rolls. Hot, cooked from fresh, crispy cabbage, it turns out incredibly tender and satisfying, and even an inexperienced cook can handle the cooking process.

Stuffed cabbage rolls from fresh cabbage in a pan

We present to your attention a classic version of preparing a dish of Russian cuisine - cabbage rolls. Many housewives believe that preparing this dish is very painstaking, but this is not so, especially if you follow the step-by-step recipe with photographs of each step.

1. 
   How to cook delicious cabbage rolls from fresh cabbage? Using a sharp knife, carefully cut out the stalk.
2. 
   Boil water in a large saucepan, add some salt and submerge the cabbage for 2 minutes in the place where you previously cut out the “leg”. Next, carefully turn the head of cabbage over and boil for a few more minutes. Using two forks, separate the leaves (being careful not to tear them) and boil the already separated leaves for about 1-2 minutes for softness. If you use young cabbage, you do not need to cook it, just pour boiling water over it.
3. 
   The onion is peeled and cut into small pieces. If desired, the onion can be grated.
4. 
   Place the chopped onion in a preheated frying pan and cook until transparent. Then add the minced meat and fry until half cooked. At the same stage, add your favorite spices, salt and ground black pepper to the meat - mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
5. 
   We thoroughly wash the rice in water several times and add it to the minced meat, add two tablespoons of tomato paste and stir again.
6. 
   Let's return to boiled cabbage leaves. For each sheet, you need to cut off the outer protruding part (as in the photo) and tear each one into two equal parts. We place all the waste and torn leaves on the bottom of the pan in which the cabbage rolls will be cooked.
7. 
   Let's start forming the blanks. Take one soft leaf in your palm and put one tablespoon of filling - roll it into a bag.
8. 
   We kind of tuck the “top” of the cabbage roll inside. We repeat the manipulation with all the cabbage and meat filling.
9. 
   We place all the preparations on the bottom of the pan, which is lined with cabbage, and fill it with two liters of water and put it on the fire.
10. 
    Place a plate (slightly smaller in diameter than the pan) on top of the cabbage rolls, and place a weight on top. Pour boiling water over it so that the plate “sinks” a few centimeters.Cook over low heat for 1 hour after boiling.
11. 
    After removing the pan from the heat, it is advisable to let the dish sit for about an hour. Serve to the table generously sprinkled with sour cream. Bon appetit!

Classic cabbage rolls made from fresh cabbage in a frying pan

In the 21st century, there are a large number of options for preparing cabbage rolls, for example, from Savoy or Chinese cabbage, however, according to most, there is nothing better than the classic. Accordingly, cabbage rolls made from fresh cabbage are a hit with many housewives, because many people like the dish, which is not surprising, since vegetables and meat are difficult to spoil!

Cooking time – 1 hour 30 minutes

Cooking time – 40 min.

Portions – 22-24 pcs.

Ingredients:

• Cabbage (medium) – 1 head.
• Minced beef – 500 gr.
• Onion – 1 tbsp.
• Rice (boiled) – 1 tbsp.
• Water - ¼ tbsp.
• Dill – 1 bunch.
• Decoction of cabbage leaves – 2-3 tbsp.
• Tomato paste – 2 tbsp.
• Sour cream – 3 tbsp.
• Paprika – 1 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil – 20 ml.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. You need to carefully select cabbage for preparing cabbage rolls: choose a head that is not overripe, with crispy leaves. Wash the vegetable thoroughly and carefully cut out the stalk so that the leaves come off easily.

2. Trying not to tear, separate the leaves and place them in boiling salted water for 2-3 minutes. After all the leaves become soft, do not pour out the broth, but leave it to simmer.

3. At this time, let's start filling: in a deep bowl, combine half a kilogram of ground beef, finely chopped and fried onion, pre-cooked rice, ¼ cup of water, chopped dill, salt and pepper. Mix all ingredients thoroughly.

4.Let's start molding the hot one. With wet hands, form a small oblong patty and place it on one side of the cabbage leaf.

5. Lightly turn the filling in the sheet, forming a roll, and then cover the same roll with one protruding side.

6. We do the same with the second side of the leaf.

7. Pressing slightly to the surface, roll the roll so that the sides are down.

8. “Twist” the darling to the end and we get a perfectly even workpiece. We repeat the procedure with all the remaining cabbage leaves and meat filling.

9. When all the rolls are ready, place them in a heated frying pan and lightly brown the barrels. We do this so that the blanks become denser and hold their shape better.

10. Let's prepare the sauce in which everything will be stewed. To prepare it, combine cabbage broth, tomato paste, sour cream in a deep bowl, season to your taste and mix well. Place the cabbage rolls in a frying pan with high sides (it’s okay if there are two layers) and pour the resulting sauce over it. Cook covered for half an hour after boiling over medium flame.

11. Serve the hot dish to the table along with sour cream. Bon appetit!

Cabbage rolls with minced meat and rice in the oven

An interesting way to prepare everyone’s favorite cabbage rolls is to bake them in the oven in a very aromatic and original tomato sauce. Such a dish will become the highlight of any table and will immediately “scatter” across the guests’ plates.

Cooking time – 1 hour 25 minutes

Cooking time – 35 min.

Portions – 6.

Ingredients:

• Cabbage – 1.5 kg.
• Rice – 1 tbsp.
• Onion – 2 pcs.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
• Dried dill – 2 tsp.
• Minced meat – 500 gr.
• Carrots – 2 pcs.
• Dried oregano – 1 tsp.
• Tomatoes in their own juice – 500 ml.
• Garlic – 2 teeth.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. First of all, let's deal with the white cabbage: with a sharp knife we ​​make deep cuts near the stalk so that the leaves come off more easily.

2. Place the head of cabbage in the microwave with the stalk facing up, turn on maximum power and set the timer for 6-8 minutes - depending on your oven.

3. When the cabbage has softened, take it out and let it cool slightly. We separate large beautiful leaves.

4. Place the remaining cabbage in the microwave again and warm it up again for 4 minutes.

5. While the cabbage leaves soften and cool, boil the required amount of rice until half cooked.

6. We also need onions for the filling: peel two onions and chop them. Fry one with pepper and dill until transparent, and leave the second for the sauce.

7. In a deep bowl, combine all the ingredients for a delicious filling: minced meat, rice and fried onions.

8. Mix all ingredients thoroughly.

9. Let's prepare the sauce. Heat a small amount of oil in a frying pan and fry the chopped onion and garlic.

10. We also add coarsely grated carrots and oregano to the stove for flavor.

11. Mash the tomatoes in their own juice with a fork or beat with a submersible blender for homogeneity and add to the frying pan with other vegetables. Simmer covered over low heat for about 10-12 minutes.

12. Let's start forming cabbage rolls. Beat the hard part of the cabbage leaf a little with a culinary hammer to soften it.

13. Place a small patty of filling on the center of the leaf.

14. We roll up the cabbage with meat like an envelope.

15. We try to tuck the protruding edge into the pocket from the side parts so that during stewing the cabbage rolls retain their shape and do not fall apart.

16. Place the pieces tightly next to each other in a baking dish.

17. Pour about a centimeter of water to the bottom (to avoid burning), and pour the aromatic sauce on top. Cover the pan with foil or a lid and bake for 45-50 minutes at 180 degrees. Bon appetit!

Stuffed cabbage rolls from fresh cabbage in a slow cooker

Don't know what to cook for dinner without extra calories and a bunch of dirty dishes? An ideal, light dinner for the whole family made from the simplest and most affordable products - cabbage rolls. And a multicooker will also simplify the entire cooking recipe!

Cooking time – 1 hour 10 minutes

Cooking time – 35 min.

Portions – 5.

Ingredients:

• Cabbage – 1 kg.
• Minced meat – 500 gr.
• Rice – 100 gr.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 2 teeth.
• Tomato paste – 60 gr.
• Meat or chicken broth - 1 tbsp.
• Tomatoes – 1 pc.
• Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. To make the filling, grind the meat through a meat grinder.

2. Wash the rice thoroughly and add to the minced meat, then season with salt and pepper and mix.

3. In order for the cabbage to be soft and easily separated from the head of cabbage, boil it in boiling water for 5 minutes on each side.

4. Cool the softened cabbage and use a sharp knife to cut out the stalk.

5. Trying not to tear, carefully remove the leaves and cut off the hard lower part. If the inside of the cabbage remains uncooked, cook again for about 3-5 minutes.

6. Let's start assembling. With wet hands, form a small minced meat patty and place it on one side of the leaf.

7.We roll it into a roll, trying to match the side parts to the center so that the cut is completely hidden and the cabbage roll does not fall apart during cooking.

8. We tuck the inner edges of the cabbage leaf inside and our preparation is ready.

9. We form all the remaining leaves and filling in the same way.

10. For aromatic frying, grate the carrots, chop the onion arbitrarily, but thinly, chop the garlic or pass it through a crush.

11. In the multicooker, set the “Frying” mode and fry the vegetables in vegetable oil until soft, about 5 minutes.

12. Add a little tomato paste to the chopped onions, garlic and carrots.

13. Following the pasta, add the diced tomato into the bowl.

14. Season the sauteed vegetables with pepper and salt and simmer for a few more minutes.

15. Place cabbage rolls on top of the frying.

16. Fill the entire contents with broth (if there is no broth, replace it with filtered water).

17. Set the timer to 20 minutes and turn on the “Extinguishing” program.

18. Before serving, it is recommended to garnish with chopped dill and chilled sour cream. Bon appetit!

Juicy cabbage rolls made from fresh cabbage in sour cream

To prepare delicious cabbage rolls, you can use not only white cabbage, but also Peking and even Savoy cabbage. Savoy cabbage stews and softens much faster than all other types of this vegetable, and the dish becomes even more tender and simply melts in your mouth.

Cooking time – 1 hour 55 minutes

Cooking time – 45 min.

Portions – 3.

Ingredients:

• Savoy cabbage – 1 head.
• Minced meat – 250 gr.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Rice – ½ tbsp.
• Flour – 2 tsp.
• Sour cream – 200 ml.
• Garlic – 1-2 teeth.
• Vegetable oil – 4 tbsp.
• Dried parsley – ½ tsp.
• Dried basil - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare all the necessary products: measure the required amount of rice, minced meat, and peel the vegetables.

2. Let's start with rice. We thoroughly rinse the cereal several times until the water stops turning cloudy white. Boil for 15 minutes after boiling under the lid over low heat.

3. In order to easily separate the leaves from the head of cabbage, carefully cut out the stalk and place the cabbage in steep salted boiling water and boil for about 5 minutes.

4. Chop onions and carrots randomly and fry in vegetable oil until soft.

5. To prepare the sauce, in a deep bowl combine sour cream, ground black pepper, dried herbs and crushed garlic.

6. Mix all components of sour cream sauce until smooth.

7. While the cabbage and other ingredients are being prepared, the rice is cooked; it needs to be cooled slightly so as not to burn your hands in the future when forming the pieces.

8. Combine rice with minced meat and half of the fried carrots and onions.

9. Add some salt to the filling to your liking and mix well.

10. Place the sour cream and garlic mixture into the rest of the sautéed vegetables and add a small amount of water - the filling for cabbage rolls is ready.

11. The filling is ready – let’s start with the cabbage. Carefully remove the cabbage leaves, being careful not to damage them.

12. Using a sharp knife, cut off the protruding part of the leaf veins, since they remain too hard even after cooking.

13.To form cabbage rolls, place about one and a half tablespoons of meat filling at the base of the leaf and beautifully roll it up, turning the sides inward.

14. Place several leaves of cabbage on the bottom of the pan in which the dish will be stewed (so that nothing burns) and place the preparations tightly together.

15. Fill the entire contents of the dish with sour cream sauce (if necessary, you can add water and salt so that all the cabbage rolls are covered with liquid) and cook under the lid over low heat for about one hour.

16. In an hour, the cabbage rolls have time to prepare and soak in a delicate sauce made from sour cream and dry herbs. Bon appetit!

Lazy cabbage rolls made from cabbage, rice and minced meat

A very simple and quick way to prepare delicious lazy cabbage rolls without any extra hassles. Stuffed cabbage rolls not wrapped in cabbage leaves are not much different from the classic version, except for their original appearance. Often, this dish is called “Hedgehogs”.

Cooking time – 1 hour 45 minutes

Cooking time – 35 min.

Portions – 4.

Ingredients:

• Rice – 50 gr.
• Water – 250 ml.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Vegetable oil – 5 tbsp.
• Cabbage – 400 gr.
• Minced meat – 500 gr.
• Egg (hard-boiled) – 1 pc.
• Sour cream – 200 ml.
• Tomato paste – 200 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. For the filling we need rice, cooked until half cooked. To do this, boil the cereal in salted water over low heat for 10-12 minutes and then place it in a fine sieve, allowing excess moisture to drain.

2. Prepare vegetables for the aromatic sauce. Finely chop the onion and grate the carrots on a coarse grater.

3.In a deep frying pan, heat a few tablespoons of vegetable oil and immediately fry the onion until transparent, then add the carrots and sauté for about 5-7 minutes.

4. Let's do the cabbage. We separate the spoiled leaves and stalk from the head of cabbage, and finely chop the remaining part using a sharp knife.

5. Add chopped cabbage to the fried vegetables, pour in 100 ml of water and bring to a boil. Then, cover the vegetables with a lid and simmer over low heat for about half an hour.

6. Assemble the filling. In a deep bowl, combine half a kilogram of minced meat, a finely chopped egg, fried vegetables and cooled rice. Don't forget to season all the ingredients with pepper and salt to your taste and mix.

7. When forming lazy cabbage rolls, it is recommended to wet your hands in water and only then begin shaping, this way the cutlets will turn out more neat and symmetrical.

8. Pour oil into a large frying pan and lay out the preparations. Fry over high heat until golden brown.

9. To fill, mix sour cream and tomato paste in a bowl, add salt and pour the resulting sauce over the cabbage rolls. Simmer on low heat for about 40 minutes under the lid. Bon appetit!

How to cook delicious cabbage rolls without rice?

Even if you follow proper nutrition, you can cook cabbage rolls, and even more so, you can eat them! It is enough just to remove rice from our usual list of ingredients and replace minced pork with chicken. This dish contains a minimum of calories and carbohydrates.

Cooking time – 2 hours 45 minutes

Cooking time – 40 min.

Portions – 7-10.

Ingredients:

• Cabbage – 1.5 kg.
• Minced chicken – 700 gr.
• Carrots – 150 gr.
• Onions – 150 gr.
• Sour cream – 100 ml.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
• Water – ½ tbsp.
• Spices - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare all the products necessary for preparing cabbage rolls. We remove the top weathered leaves from the cabbage - we will not need them.

2. In order to easily separate the leaves from the head of cabbage, use a sharp knife to cut out the stalk.

3. Pack the head of white cabbage in a baking bag or cling film.

4. Place the cabbage in the microwave at full power for 10-12 minutes.

5. After completing all the manipulations, slightly cool the cabbage and enjoy how easily the leaves come off.

6. We disassemble the entire head of cabbage into sheets and cut off the upper part of the hard vein.

7. For the sauce and filling, chop the onion and grate the carrots.

8. In a separate deep container, collect all the filling ingredients: minced meat, chopped vegetables, favorite spices and, of course, salt and ground black pepper.

9. Thoroughly mix all the ingredients of the meat filling.

10. To shape, with wet hands we form a small cutlet, place it on the base of a cabbage leaf and form a cabbage roll.

11. We collect the preparations until the ingredients we prepared earlier run out.

12. Place several cabbage leaves on the bottom of a saucepan or multicooker, and tightly place raw cabbage rolls on top.

13. For the sauce, fry the carrots and onions in a small amount of vegetable oil.

14. Dilute the sour cream with filtered water and pour it over the sautéed vegetables, simmer for a few more minutes over low heat.

15. Pour the resulting sauce over the cabbage rolls and simmer for one hour over low heat.

16. When serving, you can pour chilled sour cream on top. Bon appetit!

Tender cabbage rolls with sour cream sauce

You can prepare cabbage rolls in different ways, however, now we are not talking about the classic recipe. Most people stew cabbage rolls in tomato paste, but you can prepare such a hot dish in sour cream. In addition, if you also fry the cabbage rolls before stewing, they will turn out crispy on the outside and very tender on the inside.

Cooking time – 55 min.

Cooking time – 25 min.

Portions – 8-10.

Ingredients:

• Cabbage – 1 head.
• Minced meat – 800 gr.
• Rice – 200 gr.
• Sour cream – 150 ml.
• Water – 250 ml.
• Garlic – 3-5 teeth.
• Vegetable oil – 2-3 tbsp.
• Spices - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. For the filling, you need to boil 200 grams of rice in advance, rinse and cool it. Then, in a deep bowl, combine the minced meat, rice, favorite spices, salt and pepper to taste - mix thoroughly.

2. When interacting with cabbage, first of all, cut out the stalk and carefully separate the leaves from the head of cabbage. Boil whole leaves in salted boiling water for about 3-5 minutes to soften.

3. Let's start assembly. Place a small amount of meat filling on a soft cabbage leaf, roll it into an envelope and fry it in a small amount of vegetable oil.

4. In another frying pan, combine sour cream, water, salt and spices - mix and place on low heat to warm up.

5. When the cabbage rolls acquire a golden color, carefully transfer them to the sauce and let them boil. Then, reduce the heat and simmer under the lid for about 20-25 minutes.

6. Serve hot and, if desired, garnish with fresh chopped herbs. Bon appetit!

Fresh cabbage rolls with minced chicken

We prepare light, dietary cabbage rolls quickly, and the result is very tender, but at the same time, very beefy, however, if you replace it with chicken, the calorie content is reduced significantly and everyone without exception can enjoy this dish.

Cooking time – 1 hour 10 minutes

Cooking time - 30 min.

Portions – 6.

Ingredients:

• Cabbage – 1 kg.
• Rice – 1 tbsp.
• Salt – 2 tsp.
• Pepper – ½ tsp.
• Minced chicken – 500 gr.
• Carrots – 2 pcs.
• Onion – 2 pcs.
• Tomatoes – 3 pcs.
• Tomato juice – 500 ml.
• Sour cream – 3 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare the cabbage. In order for the leaves to easily come away from the head of cabbage and have the desired softness, wrap the cabbage in cling film and place in the microwave for 2-3 minutes at full power.

2. From a slightly cooled head of cabbage, cut out the stalk and carefully separate the leaves.

3. Cut large leaves into two parts, leave small ones whole, but be sure to cut off the outer part of the hard vein.

4. For the filling, boil the rice and add to the minced chicken. Add one teaspoon of salt and ¼ ground pepper there and mix all the ingredients thoroughly.

5. Heat a few tablespoons of oil in a frying pan and saute the grated carrots and onions, cut into thin half rings. Fry the vegetables until soft, stirring constantly. We leave a few spoons of frying for the filling.

6. Add diced tomatoes to the carrots and onions and cook for about 5 more minutes.

7. Also add half a liter of tomato juice, sour cream, salt and pepper to the frying pan to your taste. Mix the sauce thoroughly and bring to a boil over medium heat.

8. Add the reserved sautéed vegetables to the meat filling and stir.

9. Let's start assembling.Place a small cutlet of filling on a softened cabbage leaf and close it like an envelope.

10. Pour 1/3 of the hot sauce into the bottom of the large saucepan in which the dish will be stewed.

11. Place cabbage rolls tightly on top of the sour cream and tomato sauce.

12. Fill the “envelopes” with sauce and a small amount of water (so that the liquid completely covers the cabbage rolls). Bring to a boil and then cook over low heat for about 40-45 minutes, adding water if necessary.

13. Light and flavorful cabbage rolls are ready. Bon appetit!

Step-by-step recipe for making cabbage rolls with tomato paste

Cabbage rolls are a meat filling mixed with boiled rice and wrapped like an envelope or parcel in thin and soft cabbage leaves. This dish is perfect for both a family dinner and a holiday table. You can stew cabbage rolls in various gravies, however, it is tomato sauce that is very popular.

Cooking time – 1 hour 40 minutes

Cooking time – 40 min.

Portions – 20 pcs.

Ingredients:

• Minced meat – 1 kg.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 2 teeth.
• Rice – 1 tbsp.
• Cabbage – 1-1.5 kg.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

For the sauce:

• Onion – 2 pcs.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Tomato juice – 800 ml.
• Vegetable oil – 50 ml.
• Bay leaf – 2-3 pcs.
• Black peppercorns – 4-5 pcs.
• Ground cinnamon – ¼ tsp.
• Ground ginger – ¼ tsp.
• Ground cloves – ¼ tsp.
• Salt – ½ tsp.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tsp.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare the cabbage. We remove the dried outer leaves and make deep cuts around the stalk.

2. Boil salted water in a large saucepan and boil the head of cabbage there for about 5-7 minutes. Using two forks, carefully remove the sheets, being careful not to damage them.

3.We disassemble the entire head of cabbage into soft and juicy leaves.

4. At the end, we should only have the stalk and very small leaves left - we will not need these parts of the cabbage, however, we can chop them and cook aromatic borscht in the future.

5. If you decide to save the leftover cabbage, it is recommended to freeze them. This way the products can be preserved much longer.

6. Using a sharp knife, cut off the outer part of the thick and tough vein from the cabbage roll sheets.

7. We carefully lay the soft leaves one on top of the other for convenience when assembling the blanks.

8. Let's start filling. Boil one glass of washed rice until half cooked.

9. While the cereal is cooling, grind the minced meat through a meat grinder and add chopped onion, minced garlic, 200 milliliters of water, salt and pepper. Mix all ingredients thoroughly until smooth.

10. Add boiled rice to the meat mass.

11. Mix the filling thoroughly to distribute the cereal evenly.

12. Form cabbage rolls. Place a little meat filling on the edge of the cabbage leaf, fold in at the bottom, then the sides and fold in until the end. We do the same with all the leaves and minced meat.

13. We obtain smooth and neat workpieces.

14. Prepare the sauce. To prepare it, chop the onion and fry it in vegetable oil.

15. Add grated carrots to the translucent onion and fry the vegetables until soft for about 10 minutes.

16. Also for the gravy we need tomato juice (can be replaced with tomato paste diluted with water), measure out the required amount.

17. Add juice to the sautéed vegetables, mix well and bring to a boil over medium heat.

18.When all the contents of the frying pan begin to actively boil, season the sauce with sugar, salt, black pepper, cloves, ginger and cinnamon. Stir everything again and cook for about 5 more minutes.

19. Place a little sauce on the bottom of a large saucepan, then a few cabbage leaves, raw cabbage rolls tightly packed together (pour gravy over them) and place a couple more leaves on top.

20. Place the dishes on the stove and let the contents of the pan boil. Afterwards, reduce the heat and simmer under the lid for about 40-45 minutes.

21. Remove from heat and let it brew for about another hour. Serve with chilled sour cream and herbs. Bon appetit!