Slow Cooker Cabbage Rolls Make Ahead Meal Idea

Prep Time: 15 mins | Cook Time: 4 hrs | Total Time: 4 hrs 15 mins | Servings: 4 people

These stuffed slow-cooker cabbage rolls are the newest addition to my family’s meal plan. It’s a great make-ahead dish that you can easily throw together in your slow cooker. Do not expect to taste the strong cabbage you’ll hardly taste it at all! Enjoy a no-fuss dinner that’s packed with delicious flavors with this easy slow cooker stuffed cabbage rolls recipe.

Ingredients

1 pound ground meat

1 head of cabbage

1 medium diced onion

3 cloves garlic

1 c. uncooked rice

2 eggs

1 jar tomato sauce

1 teaspoon sea salt

1 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1/2 teaspoon paprika

How to make Slow Cooker Cabbage Rolls

Step 1: Cut off about 1/4-inch of the bottom of the cabbage head. In boiling water, place the whole head and boil for about 2 minutes. As the leaves soften, peel them off.

Step 2: In the boiling water, place the rest of the head back and repeat the process until you have about 8 large cabbage leaves. Alternatively, you can just freeze the cabbage and skip boiling it.

Step 3: Place the ground beef, ground pork, uncooked rice, 1/4 c. tomato sauce, garlic powder, pepper, salt, and onion in a large bowl. Mix well until just combined. Fold in the egg.

Step 4: In a different bowl, mix the tomato sauce, paprika, and Worcestershire sauce.

Step 5: In the center of one cabbage leaf, place 1/4 c. of the meat mixture. Then, roll the leaf up like a burrito.

Step 6: Pour the sauce into a slow cooker, enough to cover the bottom.

Step 7: In the slow cooker, place the cabbage rolls in two layers, seam side down. Make sure not to overcrowd the slow cooker.

Step 8: Whisk the sauce ingredients and pour them on top of the rolls.

Step 9: Cover and set to cook for 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low.

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Slow Cooker Cabbage Rolls Make Ahead Meal Idea

These stuffed slow-cooker cabbage rolls are the newest addition to my family's meal plan. It's a great make-ahead dish that you can easily throw together in your slow cooker. Do not expect to taste the strong cabbage you'll hardly taste it at all! Enjoy a no-fuss dinner that's packed with delicious flavors with this easy slow cooker stuffed cabbage rolls recipe.

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 4 hrs

Total Time 4 hrs 15 mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 4 people

Ingredients

  

• 1 pound ground meat
• 1 head of cabbage
• 1 medium diced onion
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 c. uncooked rice
• 2 eggs
• 1 jar tomato sauce
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika

Instructions

 

• Cut off about 1/4-inch of the bottom of the cabbage head. In boiling water, place the whole head and boil for about 2 minutes. As the leaves soften, peel them off.
• In the boiling water, place the rest of the head back and repeat the process until you have about 8 large cabbage leaves. Alternatively, you can just freeze the cabbage and skip boiling it.
• Place the ground beef, ground pork, uncooked rice, 1/4 c. tomato sauce, garlic powder, pepper, salt, and onion in a large bowl. Mix well until just combined. Fold in the egg.
• In a different bowl, mix the tomato sauce, paprika, and Worcestershire sauce.
• In the center of one cabbage leaf, place 1/4 c. of the meat mixture. Then, roll the leaf up like a burrito.
• Pour the sauce into a slow cooker, enough to cover the bottom.
• In the slow cooker, place the cabbage rolls in two layers, seam side down. Make sure not to overcrowd the slow cooker.
• Whisk the sauce ingredients and pour them on top of the rolls.
• Cover and set to cook for 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low.