Truly The Best Cabbage Rolls

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 6 slices cooked bacon
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 -3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1 green peppers or 1 red pepper (or both)
• 1 grated carrot
• 2 tablespoons fresh dill
• 1 egg
• 1 can diced tomato (juice drained and reserved for topping)
• 1/2 cup uncooked rice (i use basmati)
• salt
• pepper
• 1 large green cabbage
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (for water to steam cabbage)
• 1 can condensed tomato soup

Recipe

• 1 -in a large bowl, combine the ground beef with all of the ingredients, except for the cabbage, tomato soup and reserved diced tomato juice.
• 2 set aside.
• 3 -remove the core from the cabbage.
• 4 steam the cabbage over high heat in a large pot to accomodate your cabbage with a about an inch of lightly salted water.
• 5 i like to rotate my cabbage head so it is steamed evenly.
• 6 -gently peel off the leaves and cut out the thick "veins" to aid in rolling.
• 7 -place approx.
• 8 1 tablespoon of the filling onto each cabbage leaf and carefully roll them up.
• 9 place seam side down in your baking dish.
• 10 -cover the cabbage rolls with the tomato soup and tomato juice.
• 11 -cover and cook in a 350 degree oven for approx.
• 12 1 hour, then remove cover and continue to cook for 30 minutes.
• 13 -serve with sour cream and enjoy.