Golabki (cabbage roll)
A Polish dinner made with beef. Ready in about 1 hour 44 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 29 minPrep (about)
- 1 hr 15 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 44 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- ¾ lb ground beef
Fresh & other
- 1 cabbage
- 1 ½ tbsp butter
- 1 onion
- 0.4 lb ground pork
- 1 ¼ cups rice Shopping tip: Long-grain white rice.
- ¾ tsp garlic
- 2 cans tomato paste Shopping tip: Tomato paste (UK: tomato purée), in a small can or tube.
Spices & seasonings (2): salt, black pepper
- ¾ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Bring a big pot of salted water to a boil.
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Place cabbage head into water.
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Cover pot.
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Heat till cabbage leaves are a bit softened enough to remove from head, 3 min.
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Remove cabbage from pot.
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Let cabbage sit till leaves are cool enough to handle, around 10 minutes.
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Remove 18 whole leaves from your cabbage head, cutting out thick tough center ribs.
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Set whole leaves aside.
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Chop the remainder of the cabbage head.
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Spread it in the bottom of a baking dish.
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Melt butter in a large pan over medium-high heat.
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Cook.
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Stir onion in hot butter until soft, 5 to 10 minutes, cool.
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Stir ¼ teaspoon pepper together, ¾ teaspoon salt, garlic, rice, pork, beef and onion in a large bowl.
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Turn the oven on to 350°F.
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Place around ⅓ cup beef mix on a cabbage leaf.
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Roll cabbage around beef mix, tucking in sides to create envelope around the meat.
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Repeat with remaining leaves and meat mixture.
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Place cabbage rolls in a layer atop your chopped cabbage in the baking dish.
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Season rolls with salt and black pepper.
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Whisk ketchup together, tomato juice and tomato soup in a bowl.
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Pour tomato soup mixture over cabbage rolls.
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Cover dish wish aluminum foil.
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Bake in the heat the oven till cabbage is tender plus meat is cooked through, about 1 hour.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.