Steps to Make Mario Batali Stuffed Cabbage

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, stuffed cabbage. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Stuffed Cabbage is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Stuffed Cabbage is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook stuffed cabbage using 9 ingredients and 20 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Cabbage:

1. Make ready 1 (3 -to 4-pound) large head cabbage
2. Take 1 pound ground chuck
3. Take 1/2 pound ground pork
4. Make ready 1 cup raw rice, rinsed
5. Make ready 1 (1.4 ounce) package dehydrated onion soup mix
6. Take 1 (32 ounce) jar sauerkraut, rinsed and drained
7. Prepare 6 smoked ribs or ham hock or other smoked meat
8. Get 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
9. Take 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can tomato soup

Instructions to make Stuffed Cabbage:

1. Gather the ingredients.
2. Steam the head of cabbage until the outer leaves are limp, then cool slightly and separate the leaves.
3. With a paring knife, remove the tough ribs from the leaves without damaging them. Reserve the tougher outer leaves, but don't use for rolling.
4. In a medium bowl, mix together the ground chuck, ground pork, rice, and onion soup mix.
5. Adding a small amount of water will make the mixture easier to handle.
6. Heap 2 tablespoons of filling onto each steamed, prepared cabbage leaf.
7. Fold the bottom of the cabbage leaf up over the meat.
8. Fold sides to the center and roll away from yourself to encase completely.
9. Repeat until the meat filling is gone.
10. Heat oven to 350 F. - - Discard the cabbage core and coarsely chop any remaining cabbage except the tough outer leaves you have reserved.
11. Spread the chopped cabbage on the bottom of a large casserole dish or Dutch oven. Add the drained sauerkraut.
12. Layer on the cabbage rolls, seam-side down.
13. Cut the smoked ribs into pieces. Space the ribs or other smoked meat of choice between the cabbage rolls.
14. Cover rolls with reserved tough outer leaves.
15. Mix tomato sauce and soup with enough water to make a liquidy consistency.
16. Pour over rolls until mixture is level with rolls, but not over the top.
17. Cover the casserole dish and bake 1 hour.
18. Then reduce temperature to 325 F and bake for 2 more hours.
19. Let sit 20 to 30 minutes before serving.
20. Serve and enjoy This dish freezes well.

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