Lazy cabbage rolls in the oven in tomato sour cream sauce

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to cook lazy cabbage rolls in the oven? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. Take 350-400 grams of cabbage, as unsuitable parts will be cut off (flaccid and hard leaves, a stalk) and the total weight will become less. Take minced meat from any meat that you like. If you buy ready-made, take high-quality without additives. But it's better to make the stuffing yourself. I have pork and chicken. Remove the butter from the refrigerator to make it softer.

2. Step 2:

   

   Use a saucepan to cook rice. Rinse the rice several times, fill it with water based on the calculation that 1.5 cups of water should be taken for one glass of rice. Cook first on high heat, bringing to a boil, then boil for 5 minutes. Rice should be cooked until half cooked, it will reach readiness when it is baked in cabbage rolls. Rinse it with cold water, leave it in a colander to drain the water and cool completely.

3. Step 3:

   

   Peel the onions and carrots and wash them with a brush or a stiff sponge under running water. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Cut the onion into small cubes. In this form, the vegetables will fry faster and give the cabbage rolls a beautiful shade.

4. Step 4:

   

   Heat the frying pan, carefully, so as not to burn yourself, pour vegetable oil on it. The oil should have a high smoking temperature, for example, refined varieties of sunflower, olive and grape. Since carrots are cooked longer than onions, fry grated carrots first. Fry over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for about 3 minutes.

5. Step 5:

   

   When the carrots start to get softer, put the chopped onion in the pan and fry for another 5 minutes over medium heat. Be sure to stir so that the vegetables are evenly fried and do not dry out.

6. Step 6:

   

   Peel the cabbage from the flaccid leaves, rinse well and dry, putting it on a towel or paper towels. Finely chop the cabbage with a knife or a food processor.

7. Step 7:

   

   Take a deep bowl in which it will be convenient to knead the stuffing for cabbage rolls. Put the minced meat, rice, cabbage and half of the fried vegetables into it. Remove the other half of the vegetables for now, they will be needed later. Add salt, spices and mix thoroughly with your hands until smooth.

8. Step 8:

   

   Add butter and knead well. Thanks to the oil, the cabbage rolls will be juicier and the minced meat will not stick to your hands.

10. Step 9:

    

    Form cabbage rolls of oval or round shape.

11. Step 10:

    

    Pour enough water into a saucepan so that you can lower the cabbage into it, and boil it. Put each cabbage roll in a skimmer there for 30-40 seconds and put it in a baking dish. This is necessary so that the cabbage rolls are well soaked in the sauce and retain their shape after baking.

12. Step 11:

    

    Add flour to the fried vegetables and mix well.

13. Step 12:

    

    Put the carrots and onions on top of the cabbage rolls. Turn on the oven to preheat to 180 degrees.

14. Step 13:

    

    Prepare the sauce. To do this, mix sour cream with tomato sauce in a deep container. Add water, a pinch of salt and mix until smooth.

15. Step 14:

    

    Pour a thin stream of sauce over the cabbage rolls.

16. Step 15:

    

    Cover the baking dish with foil and place it on the middle shelf in the oven for about 1 hour. The cooking time may vary depending on the capabilities of your oven.

17. Step 16:

    

    Carefully, so as not to get burned, remove the foil. And put it in the oven for another 15 minutes.