Another Unstuffed, Unrolled Cabbage Recipe

• 1 head cabbage
• 1 12 lbs ground beef
• 12 cup diced onion
• 1 red bell pepper (or color of your choice)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil (or your preference)
• 1 cup crushed cracker (I use oyster crackers)
• 12 cup Minute Rice
• 2 teaspoons mince garlic (optional)
• 2 teaspoons Emeril's Original Essence (optional)
• 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 14 cup brown sugar
• 14 cup lemon juice
• salt and pepper

1. Partially cook the cabbage in a coverd pot in an inch or so of water-- Stir occassionally.
2. Place in a collander, rinse with cold water and drain really well-- Brown the ground beef in a frying pan along with the red pepper, onion and oil.
3. in a bowl, mix the sauce ingredients; tomato sauce, brown sugar and lemmon juice.
4. In a 9x13 baking dish, spread a thin layer of the sauce.
5. Next, add a layer of the drained cabbage.
6. Spread the cracker crumbs somewhat evenly and then the ground beef mixture.
7. Sprinkle the garlic, rice and Emerill's Essence on the mixture-- Add another layer of the sauce to lightly cover the ingredients-- Layer the remaining cabbage and then the rest of the sauce-- May not be much sauce left for the top but don't fuss over it-- It all comes out in the end-- Season with salt, pepper, etc-- Cover the dish with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours-- Remove foil and bake an additional 15 minutes-- Enjoy--.

cabbage, ground beef, onion, red bell pepper, olive oil, crushed cracker, rice, mince garlic, tomato sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice, salt

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/another-unstuffed-unrolled-cabbage-recipe-100700 (may not work)