Moms Vegetarian Cabbage Rolls Recipes

VEGETARIAN CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first 10 ingredients. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes., Meanwhile, cook cabbage in boiling water just until leaves fall off head. Set aside 8 large leaves for rolls (refrigerate remaining cabbage for another use). Cut out the thick vein from each leaf, making a V-shape cut. Overlap cut ends before filling. Stir 4 tablespoons Parmesan cheese and lemon juice into vegetable mixture., Place a heaping 1/3 cupful on each cabbage leaf; fold in sides. Starting at an unfolded edge, roll to completely enclose filling., Combine tomato sauce and hot pepper sauce; pour 1/3 cup into a 2-qt. baking dish. Place cabbage rolls in dish; spoon remaining sauce over top. Cover and bake at 400° for 15 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese.

MOM'S CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• With a large, sharp knife, cut out the core from the cabbage.
• Place the cabbage in a deep pot and pour boiling water into the core until the cabbage is completely covered.
• Let stand until the outer leaves can be separated, then parboil or steam the leaves just until soft and pliable.
• Continue with the remainder of the cabbage.
• In a saucepan, bring 2 cups of water to a boil; add the rice.
• Reduce the heat to low and cook, covered, for 15 minutes; drain.
• Meanwhile, in a separate saucepan, cook the bacon over medium heat until all the fat is drawn out.
• Add the onions; cook until lightly browned.
• Add to the cooked rice; season with salt to taste.
• Line a roasting pan with the outer cabbage leaves.
• Place a spoonful of the rice mixture onto each inner cabbage leaf; roll up, tucking in the ends, and place in the pan.
• If necessary, trim out the centre rib of the leaf to make rolling easier.
• Pour tomato juice over the cabbage rolls.
• Cover with more cabbage leaves.
• Cover and bake in a 350 degree F oven for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until tender.

MOM'S VEGETARIAN CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• If you are using the raw cabbage, turn core side down in dutch oven or soup pot with about 2 inches of water. Cover, and steam on stove until cabbage is pliable. Cool cabbage enough to handle. Cook rice in 2 cups of water only until al dente.
• Cut each leaf from stem. Remove thick stem part of leaf. At this point decide whether you would like small cabbage rolls or larger ones. Cut each leaf accordingly. Set aside.
• Chop onion, celery, tomato and mix with rice and vegetarian ground beef, if using, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Pour a small portion of the tomato liquid from the can in to the bottom of the roasting pan. Place one layer of the cabbage leaves over the liquid to prevent any burning or browning of the cabbage rolls.
• Place about two tablespoons depending on the size of the leaf in to the middle of one of the cooked leaves. Fold one side over, then the ends. Roll up tightly over the fourth side. Place each cabbage roll tightly beside each other in to the pan.
• When one layer is complete, pour enough tomato mixture over to cover. Repeat if necessary.
• Cook at 325 degrees F. for about 2 hours depending on how many layers you have, and how deep your dish is.

EASY UKRANIAN CABBAGE ROLLS (VEGETARIAN)

Steps:

• Remove outer wilted cabbage leafs.
• Place cabbage in a microwaveable bowl with a tiny amount of water and cover with plastic wrap. Make a small hole to let steam out.
• Place in microwave and cook on high for 5 minutes.
• Take the cabbage out and turn it over in the bowl, re-cover and cook on high for another 5 minutes.
• Remove and let cool.
• Use 2 tablespoons of margarine to "grease" a casserole dish (a lasagna pan is about the right size). Place aside.
• Once the cabbage has cooled carefully remove each leaf one by one and lay aside ready to be stuffed.
• Rinse the rice under cold water and boil it until tender (hint: for some reason I can never make perfect rice so I boil it in more water than necessary, then drain and rinse it once it's cooked. This way I get rid of all the extra starch and the rice texture is great, not gluey which I hate).
• Once the rice is prepared set it aside also.
• In a separate skillet add half the the margarine and melt at low heat.
• Add all the chopped onions and sautée at low heat until they turn very light brown.
• In a bowl, mix the rice, the onion mix, salt and pepper.
• Now, one at a time, place a small amount of rice mixture into each cabbage leaf (Note: the volume of mixture will change depending on the size of the cabbage leaf). Starting at the bottom of the cabbage leaf, start rolling it by completing one full roll, fold the sides in, then complete rolling.
• Place each cabbage roll in the greased dish and cover with tin foil.
• Cook at 375° for at least 50 minutes or until the cabbage rolls start lightly browning.
• Serve with a veggie burger, or veggie meatloaf and some veggie gravy. Yum!

VEGETARIAN CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Boil cabbage in deep pot, removing tender leaves and cool in cold water, and drain.
• Bring water, margarine and soup mix to a boil.
• add rice, lentils, carrot, onion and herbs.
• stir and cover, turning down heat to low until liquid is absorbed (approx. 30 minutes).
• Blanch (using hot cabbage water)and peel tomatoes.
• Blend tomatos with sugar, salt and pepper.
• Cover bottom of baking dish with 1/4 of tomato mixture.
• Wrap rice mixture in cabbage leaves, place rolls in a row in baking dish and cover with the rest of the tomato mixture.
• Cover with leftover cabbage leaves and bake in a pre-heated 350 degrees oven for 1 hour or until bubbly and top cabbage leaves are charred.
• Let rest for 20 minutes and removed top leaves before serving.