Grandmas Cabbage Rolls
- 1 whole Head Of Cabbage
- 1 pound Uncooked Ground Beef
- 1 cup Cooked Brown Rice
- 15 ounces, fluid Tomato Sauce, Divided Use
- 1/2 teaspoons Salt
- 1/4 teaspoons Fresh Cracked Pepper
- 1/2 cups Chopped Onion
- 1 clove Garlic, Pressed
- 4 ounces, weight Canned Mushrooms, Undrained
- 2 Tablespoons Dry Onion Soup Mix
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
- 1/2 teaspoons Lemon Juice
- 1 Tablespoon Cornstarch
- 1 Tablespoon Water
- Bring a pot of water to a boil.
- Remove the core from the cabbage.
- Soak the cored cabbage in a (clean) sink or bowl full of cold water so that you can easily separate the leaves.
- Drain the water and separate the leaves.
- Then cover the leaves in the boiling water.
- Let them stand about 10 minutes, or until they go limp.
- Drain.
- Heat oven to 350 F. In a large bowl combine the un-cooked beef with cooked rice, 1/2 cup of tomato sauce, salt, pepper, onion, garlic and mushrooms.
- Stir in dry onion soup mix.
- Divide beef and rice mixture between the cabbage leaves placing a decent sized amount down the center of each leaf.
- Fold in the ends and roll up each leaf and place each seam side down in an un-greased, square baking dish (8x8 or similar).
- In a small bowl mix remaining tomato sauce with sugar and lemon juice, pour it over the cabbage rolls.
- Cover dish with a sheet of foil and bake until meat is no longer pink, about 45 minutes.
- Remove dish from oven.
- Remove cabbage leaves to a platter and pour the liquid from the baking dish into a saucepan.
- Mix cornstarch into cold water and stir it into the liquid.
- Heat to boiling, stirring constantly for about a minute, or until thickened nicely.
- Drizzle over the platter of cabbage rolls.
- Serve piping hot for best results.
cabbage, ground beef, tomato sauce, salt, fresh cracked pepper, onion, clove garlic, mushrooms, onion soup mix, sugar, lemon juice, cornstarch, water
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/grandmae28099s-cabbage-rolls/ (may not work)