Forget trying to roll the cabbage rolls. I tried this once and realized that I didn't need to spend all that time making the rolls because they ended up looking the same on the plate anyways.
Ingredients
- vegetable oil: 1 Tbsp
- ½ pounds ground beef: 1 piece
- onions: 2 piece (chopped)
- water: 1 cup
- tomato sauce: 1 can (14 ounce can)
- clove garlic: 1 piece (minced)
- salt: 1 tsp
- pinch ground black pepper: 1 piece
- white rice: 0.5 cup
- cabbage: 4 cups (shredded)
- slices bacon: 8 piece
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Stages of cooking
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Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease an 8x12-inch baking dish.
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Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir ground beef until crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and discard any excess grease. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Stir in onions, water, tomato sauce, garlic, salt and black pepper; bring to a simmer. Add rice, cover, and cook for 10 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Spread half the shredded cabbage in prepared baking dish; cover with half the beef mixture. Repeat layers. Arrange bacon over final layer of beef. Cover baking dish with aluminum foil. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Bake in preheated oven until bacon is crisp and cabbage is tender, about 1 1/2 hours. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Enjoy! Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
