Kehali's Quick N Easy Hot Pepper Cabbage Rolls

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 large cabbage, shredded
• 1 large green pepper, finely chopped
• 1 medium finely chopped onion
• 3 minced garlic cloves
• 2 -3 finely chopped habanero peppers (optional)
• 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 3 -4 tablespoons light brown sugar ( is ok)
• 1 tablespoon salt & pepper
• 1 1/2 cups uncooked quick rice
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3 lbs ground sirloin or 3 lbs ground round
• 1 (32 ounce) can tomato juice
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce (optional)
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 -2 cup plain breadcrumbs

Recipe

• 1 in a large kettle, pour 1/2 of tomato juice in and bring to a boil.
• 2 cut up or shred and add to tomatoe juice, cabbage in a large non-stick skillet, lightly brown onions, garlic, and crushed red pepper flakes.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl, mix together the ground beef (uncooked), bread crumbs, eggs, rice, peppers, onion and garlic.
• 4 allow cabbage to cook until starting to get tender, about 15 minutes.
• 5 roll meat/rice mixture into small meatball sized balls and place on top of cabbage mixture.
• 6 pour remaining tomatoe juice and can of tomatoe sauce and water (if tomato juice/sauce is too thick) into mixture.
• 7 add salt, pepper, brown sugar, and vinegar to mixture.
• 8 cover with lid and cook 45 minutes to one hour.
• 9 check after 30 minutes, then cook additional 30 minutes if meat is still pink.
• 10 serve with any kind of potatoes and warm crusty bread or bisquits.