Description
Soulful Ukrainian Cabbage Meat Rolls are a comforting dish filled with a mixture of minced meat, rice, and spices, all wrapped in tender cabbage leaves and simmered in a savory sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
- 0.5 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 0.5 teaspoon paprika powder
- 0.5 teaspoon ground coriander
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 50 g cooked rice
- 450 g minced meat (chicken, beef, turkey, or pork)
- 1 medium carrot, grated
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 8–10 big cabbage leaves
- 45 g sour cream (plus more to serve)
- 240 ml tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Toss your ground meat, rice, egg, granulated garlic, coriander, salt, and paprika into a big bowl. Use your hands or a fork to mash and stir everything together until blended.
- Pop a lid or plastic wrap over the bowl and stash it in your fridge. This gives the filling a chance to sit while you sort out everything else.
- Get a skillet hot over medium-high. Pour in oil, then drop the grated carrot and chopped onion in. Stir and cook for about 5 minutes. They should soften up and smell nice.
- Drop each cabbage leaf into boiling water, one by one. Let them wilt for about 3 or 4 minutes so they’re soft but don’t fall apart. Drain them after.
- Spoon some meat mixture (about 2 or 3 hearty spoonfuls) at the end of a cabbage leaf. Fold the sides in, then roll it up tight like a burrito. If you want, tie them up with kitchen twine. Keep going until all your filling is used up.
- Spoon half your fried onion and carrot into the bottom of a big pot. Stack the cabbage rolls on top—one or two layers thick is fine. Dump the rest of the onion-carrot mix over your rolls.
- Mix sour cream and tomato sauce together in a little bowl until smooth. Drizzle it over the rolls inside the pot so everything’s covered.
- Cover the pot with a lid and let it simmer gently on low heat about 40 minutes. The cabbage should get tender and the meat will be cooked through.
- Move the warm cabbage rolls onto a plate. Top with an extra scoop of sour cream and sprinkle with chopped herbs if you feel like it.
Notes
- Feel free to use any type of minced meat you prefer.
- Letting the filling sit in the fridge enhances the flavors.
- Garnish with fresh herbs for added flavor.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: Ukrainian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 roll
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 400mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 15g
- Cholesterol: 50mg