Lazy cabbage rolls with rice with cabbage and minced meat in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make lazy stuffed cabbage rolls with minced meat in the oven? Prepare the products according to the list. You can take any minced meat. Sour cream is suitable for any fat content. Rice - your choice, round, long or steamed. Tomato paste can be replaced with tomato puree.

2. Step 2:

   

   Let's do rice first. Rinse it well, at least in five waters, pour cold filtered water in a ratio of 1:2, add a little salt and put on fire.

3. Step 3:

   

   When the rice boils, turn off the heat, cover with a lid and leave to steam. Thus, we bring the rice to half-readiness. If you put raw rice in the minced meat, it will take too much moisture, and the cabbage rolls will come out dry. If you use fully cooked rice, then the moisture from the minced meat, on the contrary, will not be absorbed, and the cabbage rolls may fall apart.

4. Step 4:

   

   Meanwhile, cut the cabbage into cubes or thin strips.

5. Step 5:

   

   Put the cabbage in a saucepan, pour boiling water over it so that the excess bitterness goes away. For five to ten minutes, depending on the cabbage. I have a fresh one, I left it for five.

6. Step 6:

   

   After the prescribed time, throw the cabbage into a colander. Save the water, you will need it for the sauce.

7. Step 7:

   

   Peel and dice the onion.

9. Step 8:

   

   If there is water left in the rice, then drain it. In a bowl, put together the cabbage, rice, onion and minced meat. Add salt, pepper, and season to taste. Mix the minced meat well.

10. Step 9:

    

    Start making cabbage rolls. If suddenly the minced meat does not stick together well, add a raw egg to it. At this stage, you can freeze raw cabbage rolls, and, if necessary, use them in the form of blanks. Just pour the sauce over the slightly defrosted cabbage rolls and put them in the oven.

11. Step 10:

    

    Now cabbage rolls should be fried. You can skip this stage, but with it the cabbage rolls will turn out prettier. Fry the formed cabbage rolls, having previously rolled them in flour, in vegetable oil until golden brown.

12. Step 11:

    

    While the cabbage rolls are being fried, prepare the sauce. To do this, mix sour cream with tomato paste.

13. Step 12:

    

    Dilute the tomato-sour cream mixture with the remaining cabbage water or just boiling water to the state of liquid sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste.

14. Step 13:

    

    Transfer the fried cabbage rolls to a baking dish and pour the prepared sauce.

15. Step 14:

    

    Bake the lazy cabbage rolls in a preheated 200 degree oven for about 45 minutes before browning. Determine the exact time and temperature of baking according to your oven.