HOLUBKY (BASIC SLOVAK STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS)

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Meat and rice rolled up in cabbage leaves. Easy and yummy. High in Iron and Vitamins A, B, & C. Goes great with pierogi.

Provided by littleturtle

Categories     One Dish Meal

Time 2h15m

Yield 3-4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

3/4 cup rice
12 large cabbage leaves
1 lb ground chuck or 1 lb ground beef
1 teaspoon garlic salt (or to taste)
1/2 teaspoon pepper (or to taste)
1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce, divided

Steps:

  • Cook rice for 5 minutes; then drain.
  • Remove core from cabbage and place in a large pot of boiling salted water.
  • Boil until large outer leaves get slightly limp and separate from head (10 minutes); then remove and de-vein (save 2 cups cabbage water for sauce).
  • Mix together meat, 1/2 cup tomato sauce, partially cooked rice, garlic salt, and pepper.
  • Place about 4 tablespoons rice mixture (or according to size of leaf) on each cabbage leaf, fold the ends in over the filling and roll up.
  • Stack tightly in a large pot or dutch oven.
  • Add water saved from boiling cabbage and pour remaining tomato sauce on top.
  • Cover and cook over medium heat for 2 hours (check occasionally to make sure the bottoms aren't scorching; turn heat down if they start to).
  • Serve hot.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 494.2, Fat 13.7, SaturatedFat 5, Cholesterol 98.3, Sodium 889.4, Carbohydrate 56.8, Fiber 6, Sugar 10.8, Protein 36.1

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