Cabbage rolls in a slow cooker in tomato sauce

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make cabbage rolls in a slow cooker in tomato sauce? Prepare all the ingredients listed in the recipe. My minced meat is pork, but pork-beef or chicken will do. Defrost the meat on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator in advance, cut into medium-sized pieces and twist through a meat grinder.

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   Peel, rinse, and dry the carrots with paper napkins. Grate on a coarse grater.

3. Step 3:

   

   Peel the onion from the husk, rinse with cool water and cut into small cubes.

4. Step 4:

   

   Heat refined olive or sunflower vegetable oil in a frying pan. Put the chopped onion first and fry it over low heat until transparent. Add the grated carrots and continue to fry, stirring, until soft.

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   Rinse the rice several times until the water becomes clear. Boil in boiling salted water until tender. Drain the finished rice in a colander and leave to cool.

6. Step 6:

   

   In a suitable container, mix the minced meat, fried and boiled rice. Add salt and pepper, add dry spices to taste and mix well. I also added chopped fresh dill.

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   Cut out the middle of the cabbage with a knife.

8. Step 8:

   

   Send the cabbage to boiling slightly salted water. Cook over moderate heat, gradually removing (every 2-3 minutes) the upper soft leaves. If you have a young cabbage, it is boiled faster, so make sure not to overcook.

9. Step 9:

   

   Put the finished cabbage leaves in a colander and leave to cool. Then cut off all the thickenings on each leaf with a knife.

11. Step 10:

    

    Put about 1.5 tablespoons of minced meat in the middle of the prepared cabbage leaf.

12. Step 11:

    

    Roll the cabbage rolls into an envelope, turning the sides of the cabbage edges.

13. Step 12:

    

    Lubricate the bowl of the slow cooker with vegetable oil. Transfer the first batch of blanks into it, turn on the Frying mode and fry on both sides until golden brown. Then transfer to a platter and fry the second batch.

14. Step 13:

    

    Prepare the filling. In a container, mix sour cream, tomato sauce, flour. Add a little salt. You can replace the sauce with tomatoes in their own juice.

15. Step 14:

    

    Pour in a glass of boiled filtered water and mix the sauce until smooth.

16. Step 15:

    

    Put the first layer of fried cabbage rolls in the bowl of the slow cooker. You can leave a little frying and distribute it on each layer. Pour the sauce over the cabbage rolls.

17. Step 16:

    

    Lay out all the other cabbage rolls like this, sprinkling with roast and pouring sauce on top of them. At the end, I also sprinkled paprika, but it's not necessary. You can also add a finely chopped garlic clove. Put a bay leaf and a couple of peas of allspice and black pepper. I cooked cabbage rolls on the Baking mode, but you can also turn on Stewing. Cook until the beep sounds.

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    Serve the finished cabbage rolls hot. Before serving, pour the sauce and, if you want, additionally sour cream. Bon appetit to everyone!