Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (golabki)

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

Ingredients

• 1 large head of cabbage
• 2 lbs chop meat (lean)
• 1 cup cooked rice
• 1 egg
• 5 (10 ounce) cans tomato soup (condense soup)
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl add mix chop meat, egg, and salt and pepper then add the rice.
• 2 add one can of tomato soup to chop meat mixture, mix well.
• 3 set mixture until ready to stuff the cabbage leaves.
• 4 to prepare the cabbage leaves – boil water in a pot big enough to hold a head of cabbage.
• 5 then cut out the core of the cabbage and place the head of cabbage in the hot water then wait 2-3 minutes take out cabbage and start removing the outer leaves – set them aside.
• 6 repeat until all leaves are removed.
• 7 starting with the larger leaves place around 1/3 cup of the filler mixture in center of leave.
• 8 fold leave in half- tuck in the left and right side of leave and then roll the rest of the way.
• 9 repeat until leaves or mixture is finished (as the leaves get smaller use less filler).
• 10 if you cook on top of stove method- line bottom of pot with any leftover un-stuffed leaves to prevent burning of stuffed cabbage.
• 11 then line pot with a row of stuffed cabbage and add some tomato soup.
• 12 repeat until you placed all stuffed cabbage in the pot.
• 13 cook on a simmer for around 1 ½ hour.
• 14 if you use the oven or a roasting oven – pre-heat oven to 375’ – in a baking dish line stuffed cabbage in rows then add tomato soup for each row – cook for 1 hour with a lid then remove lid and cook ½ hour more (except don’t remove lid in the roasting oven).
• 15 enjoy.