Easy Homemade Cabbage Rolls

ground meat

🥗Healthier: lean turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Lean turkey is lower in fat, while ground pork is often less expensive.

rice

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: bulgur

Quinoa is more nutritious, while bulgur is budget-friendly.

Heat water in a pot until boiling.

Select a large head of cabbage and place it in the boiling water until the leaves are soft but not tearing.

Prepare the filling by dicing chicken andouille sausage and mixing it with ground beef in a bowl.

Add diced onion and cooked rice to the meat mixture, then mix with hands until combined.

Add an egg to the mixture for binding and mix again until well incorporated.

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Prepare a 13x9 baking dish by spraying it with cooking spray and coating the bottom with tomato sauce.

Remove the cabbage from the water and carefully peel off the leaves.

Place a spoonful of the meat mixture onto a cabbage leaf and roll it up tightly, tucking in the sides to secure the filling.

Place the rolled cabbage seam-side down in the baking dish on top of the sauce.

Repeat the rolling process until all the filling is used up.

Cover the cabbage rolls with the remaining tomato sauce.

Bake in the preheated oven at 350°F until cooked through.

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