Microwave STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS
Source of Recipe
Marla
List of Ingredients
8 cabbage leaves
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 c. cooked rice
1 tsp. instant minced onion
1 egg
1/2 tsp. poultry seasoning
1 can (8 oz.) tomato sauce
1 1/2 tsp. light brown sugar
2 Tbsp. lemon juice or vinegar
2 Tbsp. water
Recipe
Heat 6 cups hot tap water and 1 teaspoon salt in a 3
quart glass casserole in microwave oven to boiling (about
10
minutes on High). Add 4 cabbage leaves. Cook uncovered
2
minutes on High, or until leaves are pliable. Drain on
paper
towels. Repeat procedure. Put beef into a 1 1/2 quart
glass
baking dish. Cook, uncovered in microwave oven 4
minutes on
High, or until meat is not longer pink; stir and break
meat
apart with a wooden spoon once. Drain off fat from
meat. Add
cooked rice, onion, egg and poultry seasoning to beef;
mix.
Divide meat mixture into 8 even portions.
Cut the core out of each cabbage leaf. Place 1/4 cup of
meat mixture in center of each cabbage leaf. Fold 2
sides of
leaf over meat and roll up leaves from the end. Secure
with
wooden picks, if needed. Arrange cabbage rolls
seam-side-down
in a 2 1/2 quart microwave-oven-sage open oval
casserole.
Combine tomato sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice and
water
in a 2 cup glass measuring cup or small bowl. Pour over
cabbage rolls. Cover with waxed paper. Cook in
microwave oven
10 minutes on High or until heated; rotate casserole one
half
turn and rearrange once during cooking period. Remove
from
oven; cover with plastic wrap and let stand 10 minutes
before
serving. Makes 8 servings.
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