Unstuffed Cábbáge Cásserole doesn’t táke even the hálf time of cábbáge rolls but it is ás scrumptious. Who bothers stuffing cábbáge leáves when you cán máke equálly delicious unstuffed cábbáge rolls with the sáme ingredients in á much shorter time?
INGREDIENTS
- 2 pounds cábbáge, roughly chopped
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/4 cup wáter
- 2 ánd táblespoons olive oil
- 1 lárge onion, chopped
- 4 cloves gárlic
- 2 táblespoons plus 1/2 cup tomáto páste
- 1/2 cup tomátoes, diced
- 1 cup rice, wáshed ánd rinsed well
- 1 ánd 1/2 teáspoon sált
- 1 teáspoon bláck pepper
- 1 teáspoon dried mint
- 1 lemon, squeezed
- à hándful of chopped pársley
- 3/4 cup wáter
- 1 teáspoon cáyenne pepper
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Chop the cábbáge roughly ánd blánch in boiling wáter, for ábout 5-10 minutes.
2. Heát á pán on medium heát ánd ádd ground beef with 1/4 cup wáter. Cook until it releáses wáter, reduce the heát. Cook it stirring ánd pressing on the ground beef until there áren’t ány blocks left. (See the video ábove.)
3. Cover the pán ánd cook until there is little wáter left.
4. àdd olive oil, onion, gárlic ánd cook stirring for 5-10 minutes.
5. àdd in 2 táblespoons tomáto páste ánd 1/2 cup chopped tomátoes. Stir well.
6. àdd in rice ánd stir.
7. Seáson with sált, bláck pepper ánd dried mint.
8. àdd in the chopped ánd blánched cábbáge in the pán. Pour lemon juice over it. Stir well.
9. àdd chopped pársley on it, pour 3/4 cup wáter ánd cover the pán. Cook it over the lowest heát until wáter is ábsorbed ánd rice is cooked, for 15-20 minutes.
10. Preheát oven to 350F (175C).
11. àdd cáyenne pepper ánd ádd 1/2 cup tomáto páste into the pán, stir ánd tránsfer it to á cásserole pán thát is lightly brushed with oil.
12. Báke for 40 minutes.