Best Make Ahead Cabbage Rolls Recipes

SLOW COOKER CABBAGE ROLLS MAKE AHEAD MEAL IDEA

Steps:

• Cut approx 1/4 inch off the bottom of the cabbage head and place the whole head in boiling water. Then boil about 2 minutes. Peel off the leaves as they soften. This goes pretty quick.
• Place remaining head back in the boiling water and repeat until you have at least 8 large cabbage leaves.
• (You can freeze cabbage then thaw and skip the boiling part. We just need the leaves soft enough to roll)
• In a large bowl, combine the ground beef, ground pork, uncooked rice, 1/4 cup tomato sauce, garlic powder, pepper, salt, onion.
• Stir in egg and combine well.
• Whisk together tomato sauce, paprika and Worcestershire sauce in another bowl.
• Place 1/4 cup meat mixture in center of leaf and roll up like a burrito.
• Pour enough sauce to cover the bottom of your slow cooker.
• Place cabbage rolls seam side down in slow cooker, in two layers so they are touching but not over crowded either.
• Mix all sauce ingredients together and pour over rolls.
• Cook on high for four hours or low for 8 hours.

OLD-FASHIONED CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Cook cabbage in boiling water just until outer leaves pull away easily from head. Set aside 12 large leaves for rolls. In a small bowl, combine the beef, pork, 1/2 cup tomato sauce, onion, rice, parsley, salt, dill and cayenne; mix well., Cut out the thick vein from the bottom of each leaf, making a V-shaped cut. Place about 1/4 cup meat mixture on a cabbage leaf; overlap cut ends of leaf. Fold in sides. Beginning from the cut end, roll up. Repeat., Slice the remaining cabbage; place in a Dutch oven. Arrange the cabbage rolls seam side down over sliced cabbage. Combine the tomatoes, sugar and remaining tomato sauce; pour over the rolls. Cover and bake at 350° until cabbage rolls are tender, 1-1/2 hours.