Lazy cabbage rolls with cabbage and minced meat in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare all the necessary ingredients. You can take any stuffing, but it's better that there was a chicken, so cabbage rolls will be juicier. Instead of tomato paste, you can take ketchup or tomatoes in their own juice.

2. Step 2:

   

   Pour boiling water over the rice and boil until tender. Rinse with cold water.

3. Step 3:

   

   Finely chop cabbage.

4. Step 4:

   

   Pour boiling water over the cabbage and leave for 15 minutes to soften it. Then drain the water and squeeze out the cabbage to get rid of excess liquid.

5. Step 5:

   

   Peel and grate carrots on a coarse grater.

6. Step 6:

   

   Peel and finely chop the onion.

8. Step 7:

   

   Fry the chopped carrots and onions in oil in a frying pan until soft.

9. Step 8:

   

   In a bowl, mix the minced meat, boiled rice, 1/3 of the fried vegetables and cabbage. Mix everything together, add salt and pepper to taste.

10. Step 9:

    

    From the mass to form the balls and put them in a row on a greased baking dish. Put in a preheated oven for 15 minutes.

11. Step 10:

    

    Mix the remaining carrots and onions with tomato paste, add water and simmer for ten minutes.

12. Step 11:

    

    Take the cabbage rolls out of the oven, pour the sauce and put them in the oven for 20 minutes, covered with foil.

13. Step 12:

    

    Ready-made lazy cabbage rolls with cabbage served hot, sprinkled with sour cream.