For the cabbage rolls:
- 4 cups White ricecooked, at room temperature
- ½ Cabbagemedium, sliced into ¼-inch wide strips
- 1 lb Ground pork
- 1 lb Ground turkey
- 1 Onionlarge, divided (½ grated and ½ finely diced)
- 2 Large eggs
- Seasoningto taste
- Saltto taste
- Black pepperto taste
- 2 tbsp Parsleyfinely chopped parsley or dill
For the sauce
- 1 tbsp Olive oil
- 3 tbsp Butter
- 1 Carrotslarge, julienned or grated
- 2 cups Marinara saucestore-bought marinara or homemade
- 3 cups Waterhot
Lazy Cabbage Rolls
Lazy Cabbage Rolls are my simple take on stuffed cabbage rolls. Stuffed cabbage is common in Eastern Europe and it is a great way to use nutrient-rich cabbage in your meals. Cabbage has so many health benefits and it is a great source of vitamins too. I love exploring cabbage based recipes.
I start these lazy cabbage rolls by blanching sliced cabbage leaves in boiling water. Next I make a filling from ground pork and turkey mixed with rice, onion, eggs and cabbage. I make the meat into patties and place them in a casserole dish before cooking up a tomato sauce. Pour the sauce over the meat patties and bake in the oven!
To make my Lazy Cabbage Rolls, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Lazy Cabbage Rolls
1 | Heat the oven | 1 |
2 | Steam cabbage | 10 |
3 | Make meat filling | 2 |
Combine 1 pound each of ground turkey and ground pork with the drained cabbage and 4 cups of cooked rice in a large mixing bowl. Place ½ a grated onion into the meat mixture. Add 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon of all-purpose seasoning, ½ a teaspoon of black pepper, 2 teaspoons of salt, and 2 tablespoons of finely chopped parsley. Mix well. | ||
4 | Shape meat into patties | 4 |
5 | Sauté onion | 5 |
6 | Make sauce | 4 |
7 | Bake | 40 |
8 | Serve | |
Recipe Reviews
Too much parsley!!! It's overwhelming dont add so much or it ruins the other spices.
The chicken cabbage pirog was better.
My kids gobbled these right up never been more happy with a recipe that has cabbage in it until today lol, thanks.
Can't get enough of the cabbage roll recipes on here they are all so delicious :)
Kinda expensive but I'd say the meal is worth it for sure plus you can make a bunch of mini ones and toss the rolls into some spagethi
Filled me right up, perfect lunch for sure or even for a snack during the middle of the day too.
Ate mine cold at work today i personally think they taste better.
Crowd loved it, the crowd being my entire family and their friends who ate everything i made in under 10 minutes lol.
Love me some Russian cabbage rolls! thx for the share.
I used brown rice instead of white and added ground chicken in place of pork since pork is extremely fattening.
Lilly always makes the best stuff, very pleased with how this turned out.
Flavorful and unique design I enjoyed every bite of these scrumptious rolls!
Takes a while to make something thats supposed to be considered lazy but it was still very tasty just wishing it was under 40 minutes atleast.
Loved the sauce so much I used it for some pasta too.
Wishing it was spicy cause the flavors aren't too strong in this.
Obsessing over the flavor in this ukranian/russian dish ive never had anything similar to this in my life.
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