The recipe for lazy cabbage rolls is, in fact, a recipe for the most common cabbage stew, only cooked with the addition of meat and onions. This technique is an ideal way to achieve the desired taste of cabbage rolls, without spending time at the time to disassemble and fold cabbage leaves. About all the most interesting variations of the dish, we'll talk in the following recipes.
Lazy cabbage rolls in a frying pan
Another plus of lazy cabbage rolls is the possibility of using less meat than is required in the original recipe, along with it eliminates the need to add rice to increase the volume of the dish.
Ingredients:
- ground beef - 430 g;
- onion - 85 g;
- young cabbage - 1 head;
- tomato sauce - 855 g;
- chicken broth - 115 ml;
- garlic - 2 teeth.
Preparation
Start by preparing the ingredients of the dish: chop the young cabbage head, turn garlic cloves into puree and chop the onion. Start with a piece of onions in a small amount of preheated oil, then add to them ground beef and chopped garlic. Season the meat and put chopped cabbage to it. When the cabbage leaves warm up, pour the tomato sauce, broth (or water) and, after re-stirring, cover the pan and leave the dish to languish for about 20 minutes until the sauce becomes thick and the leaves of the young cabbage are soft.
Lazy cabbage rolls in a saucepan - recipe
If you decide to serve a dish without garnish, then you can give it satiety, by adding to the cabbage with meat boiled rice.
Ingredients:
- minced pork meat - 540 g;
- young cabbage - 1 head;
- tomatoes in its own juice - 570 g;
- rice boiled - 75 g;
- garlic teeth - 4 pcs .;
- apple cider vinegar - 25 ml;
- tomato paste - 25 g;
- sugar - 10 g;
- Dried thyme, paprika - 1 teaspoon;
- broth - 235 ml.
Preparation
Start by making a standard onion roast. When the onion begins to change color, put the garlic garlic, mix it, add the vinegar, pour in the broth mixed with the tomato paste and add the canned tomatoes. When the sauce begins to boil, pour the sugar with thyme and paprika. Add the chopped cabbage and leave it over medium heat until the cabbage leaves softens. A few minutes before the end of the cooking, add the boiled rice to the cabbage cabbage lazy cabbage. Serve immediately after preparation with a serving of sour cream.
Lazy cabbage rolls with rice - a recipe in the oven
Standard lazy cabbage rolls are cooked in a frying pan with tomato sauce, but we intend to turn the recipe on its head, making it in the oven, in the company of classic creamless bechamel.
Ingredients:
- head of Savoy cabbage;
- boiled rice - 155 g;
- minced chicken fillet - 530 g;
- sweet pepper - 110 g;
- tomato paste - 10 g;
- cheese - 165 g (+ for sprinkling);
- milk - 235 ml;
- flour - 15 g;
- oil - 35 g.
Preparation
Before you prepare lazy stuffed cabbage rolls with minced meat, you need to make a simple cheese sauce. Throw flour on melted butter for half a minute, then dilute the resulting mixture with milk. Cook the sauce until thick, and at the very end, pour the grated cheese.
Fry minced meat from chicken fillet along with sliced sweet pepper. When chicken comes to the ready, pour it all with cheese sauce, add the tomato paste and mix everything with the boiled rice. Last to the chicken, add the chopped Savoy cabbage. Transfer everything into a prepared baking dish, sprinkle with cheese and send it to a pre-heated oven for 180 minutes for 40 minutes.
The finished dish is served as a regular casserole, in addition to which, if desired, you can add sour cream and dill greens.