The stuffed cabbage rolls cooked in the oven are distinguished by their special tenderness and aroma. This is a delicious and nutritious dish that will surely please all households and guests. Cooking cabbage rolls in the oven is no more difficult than classic cabbage rolls.
Benefits of stuffed cabbage rolls in the oven
Cabbage rolls are a delicious dish loved by many. But the classic cabbage and meat rolls are clearly inferior to cabbage rolls cooked in the oven. Recipes practically do not differ from each other, but they are completely different things to taste. Also, stuffed cabbage rolls made in the oven retain much more nutrients than a stewed dish in a saucepan.
Ingredients for making stuffed cabbage
- 500 g minced meat;
- 50 g of rice;
- 1 large onion;
- 1 carrot;
- 1 forks of white cabbage;
- 10 ml. vegetable oil;
- 100 g tomato ketchup;
- salt to taste;
- spices to taste;
- dill, parsley - optional.
Instructions for cooking cabbage rolls in the oven
- First of all, you need to prepare the minced meat. Ideal: pork, beef, onion, salt, pepper.
- Pour rice into a small saucepan, season with salt, cook. When ready, remove the cereals from the heat, rinse, let the water drain. Add rice to minced meat.
- Let's start cooking frying. Onions must be cut into cubes, fried in a pan flavored with vegetable oil.
- Grate the carrots on a medium grater, add to the pan to the golden onion.
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Once the vegetables are ready, add ketchup, salt, pepper, bay leaf to them. Mix everything thoroughly. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Image - Wash the cabbage forks by removing damaged leaves and stump.
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Place the cabbage head in a pot filled with water. Boil. As soon as the upper leaves become more transparent, plastic, they can begin to be separated.
Image - Thick veins should be cut from the finished leaves. After that, you can wrap the minced meat in them.
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At the bottom of the baking dish, half of the vegetable frying is laid out. She will act as a vegetable pillow. If you add 100 ml to it. water, then cabbage rolls will turn out to be more juicy, tender.
Image - Stuffed cabbage rolls on vegetables must be stacked tightly to each other. Half of the remaining frying is laid out on them.
- Cover the baking dish with foil. Put it in an oven preheated to 180 degrees.
- After 40 minutes, you need to remove the foil from the mold. Coat cabbage rolls with vegetable oil.
- At the end of the cooking process, you must put the cabbage rolls back in the oven. Bake for another 30 minutes.
Stuffed cabbage rolls are laid out for vegetable frying. They can be garnished with dill, parsley or onion feathers. It is better to serve the dish with sour cream, unsweetened yogurt or mayonnaise, whoever likes it more.
Baked cabbage rolls are very tasty, aromatic and tender. Having cooked this dish in the oven once, you will definitely not want to return to the classic version of the recipe for stuffed cabbage.
