Cabbage-beef Stuffed Bread Buns (runza)

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3 (1 lb) frozen bread dough, thawed
• 5 lbs lean ground beef
• 1/4 cup water or 1/4 cup beef broth
• 1 large head green cabbage, chopped into pieces
• 2 onions, finely chopped (or use 1 large onion)
• 2 tablespoons fresh minced garlic
• 1/2-1 cup grated parmesan cheese (or to taste)
• 2 teaspoons seasoning salt (or to taste) or 2 teaspoons salt (or to taste)
• 2 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
• melted butter

Recipe

• 1 divide each loaf of the frozen bread dough into 6 even pieces (you will have 18 pieces).
• 2 roll each piece into balls; cover with a clean tea towel and set aside.
• 3 crumble the ground beef in a large pot over medium heat; cook stirring until no longer pink; drain all fat.
• 4 add in water or beef broth, cabbage, onion and garlic.
• 5 reduce the heat to medium-low and cook stirring occasionally until the cabbage is soft.
• 6 drain all liquid very well (important the you must drain very well!).
• 7 mix in the 1/2 cup parmesan cheese (add 1/2 cup to start, adding in more later to taste if needed) seasoned salt, startind with 1 teaspoon seasoned salt and add in more to taste and lots black pepper; stir to combine well; set aside.
• 8 on a lightly-floured board roll each piece of dough into 5-inch squares (does not have to measure exactly).
• 9 place about 3/4 cup of the cabbage mixture into the center of each square.
• 10 fold the dough over and pinch to seal.
• 11 place onto a greased baking sheet seam-side down.
• 12 bake at 375 degrees f for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown.
• 13 remove and brush each with melted butter.
• 14 serve hot or warm.