How to Cook Perfect Mom's Cabbage Rolls (My twist on them)

Mom's Cabbage Rolls (My twist on them). Mom always was asked to make her cabbages (along with cookies for the cookie tables). Pittsburgh weddings "require" a cookie table at receptions. Or, Place them in the pans with the stuffed cabbage rolls as extra cabbage.

She calls it her secret recipe but I told her that she's held the secret long enough and it was Two years ago, my in-laws were here visiting for Christmas. My mother-in-law brought a huge batch of homemade cabbage rolls and stored them in. My mom made the best Ukrainian cabbage rolls, simply filled with rice and bacon and cooked in a tomato sauce. You can have Mom's Cabbage Rolls (My twist on them) using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mom's Cabbage Rolls (My twist on them)

1. Prepare 10-15 of cabbage leaves, steamed or boiled until rollable.
2. It's 2 lbs of ground chuck or leaner meat if you prefer.
3. You need 1 lb of ground sausage, I use unseasoned pork sausage.
4. It's 1 cup of uncooked rice, I use brown rice but use any you like.
5. You need 1 of medium to large onion, I use a large yellow onion.
6. It's 4 of large eggs.
7. It's 4 TBS of ketchup.
8. You need 1/3 cup of milk.
9. You need 1 of small handful of dry bread crumbs.
10. Prepare 2 TBS of dried parsley.
11. You need 1 TBS of dried thyme.
12. It's 1 of & 1/2 TBS dried oregano.
13. Prepare 2 tsp of garlic powder.
14. Prepare 1 of salt & pepper to taste.
15. You need 1 can of tomato juice.
16. You need 2 of small cans diced tomatoes.

This recipe is the closest I could find Place the cabbage in a deep pot and pour boiling water into the core until the cabbage is completely covered. Let stand until the outer leaves can be. This cabbage roll is made differently & contains no tomatoes. My Mom had a few specialty dishes and this was one of them.

Mom's Cabbage Rolls (My twist on them) instructions

1. Dice onion small, put in big mixing bowl. Add everything in bowl except cabbage, tomatoes, tomato juice. Mix with hands thoroughly.
2. Once meat mixture is combined put about 4-6 heaping TBS in middle of cabbage leaf, roll like a burrito.
3. Place in large roasting pan seam side down. Continue this until all mixture is used.
4. If you have extra cabbage dice it & scatter on top the rolls..
5. Pour tomato juice over rolls to cover them, pour diced tomatoes evenly over top..
6. Cover & place in oven at 350° until cabbage is cooked to your liking & rice, onion is cooked completely.
7. You can also make these in the slow cooker but I'm not sure of the times, I just cook until done. Also you can cook in oven at 250° for about 4-6 hours until done..
8. My family & I are addicted to them! Also a little bit of advice, these taste better if you let them sit in the juice covered for about 20-30 minutes after pulling from oven! Even better advice is they always taste better as leftovers... I like to serve with mashed potatoes or crusty Italian bread but they are equally delicious alone! I hope you'll enjoy them!! :).

She learned how to make cabbage rolls with a sweet & sour sauce My Pop didn't like that sauce or tomato sauce on them. She created her own recipe to please him and it was al. The Typical Mom is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed I hadn't ever had a stuffed cabbage roll at all until I met my husband. He raved about this dish his grandmother used I love cabbage rolls but they are so time consuming. My version of Instant Pot Cabbage Rolls is lazy where cabbage rolls are unstuffed into a casserole.