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5 from 3 votes

Cabbage Rolls

A delicious comforting dish from childhood, slow cooker cabbage rolls are a favourite anytime meal. This recipe makes approxiately 20 cabbage rolls.
Course: Crockpot, dinner, Entree, lunch, Slowcooker

Ingredients

  • Small head cabbage green or napa

Cabbage Roll Mixture

  • 1 egg slightly beaten
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/4 - 1/2 cup finely minced onion
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1/3 cup uncooked rice
  • pinch salt and pepper

Tomato Sauce Mixture

  • 3 cups tomato sauce
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • pinch salt and pepper 1 tsp each

Instructions

  • Immerse cabbage leaves in a large pot of boiling water and cook about 3 minutes carefully pulling off outer leaves with tongs. Drain leaves and set aside.
  • In bowl combine egg, milk, onion, beef, rice, salt and pepper.
  • Depending on the size of your cabbage leaf, place 2-3 tbsp meat filling in middle of leaf. You do not want to much that it over flows or too less that it is not enough to fill the cabbage leaf. Tuck in sides and roll ends over meat mixture. Set aside. Continue on until you have used all your meat filling.
  • If you end up with leftover cabbage leaves chop them up and scatter on the bottom of your slow cooker before putting in the cabbage rolls.

Tomato Sauce Mixture

  • In bowl mix together tomato sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice, worcestershire sauce and a pinch of salt and pepper.
  • Place your cabbage rolls into the crockpot covering the bottom first and then layering as necessary. Pour the sauce over the cabbage rolls, cover and cook on low 6-7 hours.