Learn how to make classic cabbage rolls with this traditional family recipe passed down by Grandma! These hearty, delicious cabbage rolls are filled with a flavorful combination of seasoned meat, rice, and a savory tomato sauce. Perfect for a cozy dinner or family gatherings, this recipe will bring comfort to your table and warm memories of homemade cooking.
In this video, we’ll walk you through every step of the process, from preparing the cabbage leaves to rolling the filling and cooking them to perfection. Whether you’re a seasoned cook or trying cabbage rolls for the first time, this recipe is easy to follow and results in mouthwatering, tender cabbage rolls your whole family will love!
Timestamps:
0:00 – Introduction
0:29 – Preparing the Cabbage Leaves
2:37 – Making the Meat and Rice Filling
3:51 – Rolling the Cabbage Rolls
4:17 – Assembling the Dish with Tomato Sauce
4:55 – Cooking the Cabbage Rolls
5:39 – Final Tips and Serving Suggestions
6:05 – Tasting and Enjoying
Get the recipe here:
Stuffed Cabbage Rolls: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/26661/stuffed-cabbage-rolls/
*Special Note:
To enhance the flavor, sprinkle in a 1/4 to a 1/2 teaspoon of MSG. That’s the secret ingredient that Grandma used!
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“How to Make Classic Cabbage Rolls (Grandma's Traditional Recipe) | Allrecipes” üzerine 49 yorum
Add cinnamon, it’s amazing
Love it
NICOLE, THANK U FOR LISTENING!! THIS IS THE RECIPE I WANTED!!! U are so kind to simplify it & use the canned tomato for ease & keep it inexpensive! Sending big hugs! ❤❤❤
I'm Ukrainian and my mom told me to put half ground pork half ground beef. And also after wrapping them put bay leaves on the bottom of the pot and cook very slowly. She even put a plate or smaller lid on top to keep them submerged.
Now this is Perfection!
My Slavic grandma used V8 juice instead of the tomato soup. It was yummy
It is called "GOŁĄBKI" which translates to "little pigeons". Very good tho.
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Oh wow! In a skillet. Interesting! Ill try it that way. My mother.did it in a dutch oven or stock pot.
You should be cooking the cabbage first😂😂😂. Ok that is ridiculous you should boil the whole cabbage. 🥬. You made it hard for yourself.
my mom used a 80/20 beef pork ratio for hers.
Oooo!!! Nicole!!! My husband is THANKING you now!! I only work on dinners by #1. you and #2. a couple others (chef John, & wyse guide).
THIS is one I didn't think of but our Great God did. PTL that He inspired you to make cabbage rolls. My husband will be doing a happy dance now!!
Great recipe, love cabbage rolls! Thanks Nicole.
Fantastic recipe, good luck getting a head of cabbage naturally grown in Minnesota looking like that. Good video.
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I am so grateful that I stumbled onto your channel. I love the way you present things you’re so down to earth you’re funny, simple recipes easy to make and so far they have worked for me. Thanks for all your videos.
Very testi mam ❤❤❤❤
I think your instinct to add minced garlic was a very good one, that’s what I plan to do. And of course, I must have potatoes with my cabbage rolls… just boiled is perfectly fine. I may just have to try and make these, I have always been intimidated by that cabbage leaves prep step… but you made it look pretty doable. I’m thinking Vegeta instead of just plain old msg… it has other seasonings in it that taste very old-school European to me. Maybe some dried marjoram too 🤔. Thanks for this video!🧡
My grandmother made these and she would add a few raisins to the tomato sauce which helped with the acidity.
No msg.
Cabbage rolls and sour cream will always be a classic
I love stuffed cabbage but I can't do the tomato soup, it's such a weird taste so I use tomato sauce instead.
I think you missed something when they passed the recipe to you . Had to stop the video at the 3 min mark . Ukraine/ American here . First – boil water in a large pot not a frying pan . That did not look safe at all . Then stick the whole cabbage in the boiling water . The meat part was fine . It’s whatever you really want . Authentic way is rice / chopped bacon . Mix the fried bacon bits with the cook rice . Get yourself a Dutch oven/ casserole dish . Lay the bottom with cabbage leaves/ the rolls in the middle cover with more cabbage leaves . Dress with butter cover place in oven.
This looks soooooo yummy wish I could chop onion that well. Happy new year 😊 my good friend loves MSG
I'm sure those are good, but me being Polish and making these all the time…Never made them like this.
Wonderful.
Thanks you!!!!
Memories. My mother used to make this and I used to make this with tomatoes sauce.
I would like to get the full recipes for this meal please
I was born in Texas and raised in California. My mom made cabbage rolls almost every month throughout the year and although we had the tomato soup to put over it/tomato broth, I always put some hickory smoked barbecue sauce on my cabbage roll and it is absolutely delicious. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
I was born in Texas and raised in California. My mom made cabbage rolls almost every month throughout the year and although we had the tomato soup to put over it/tomato broth, I always put some hickory smoked barbecue sauce on my cabbage roll and it is absolutely delicious. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
You’ve a gift!
The best stuffed cabbage rolls are the Romanian ones:saurkraut,pork,smoked meat,sote onions and rice, paprika and boiled în big number(40 at least)!
MSG is awesome!!! It is how you get the fifth flavor profile – umami. People eat it all the time in snacks – I’m looking at you Doritos! And other food – Goya Sazon is mainly MSG with a few add ins…
My mom called these pigs in a blanket. She made the very best.
My Hungarian family uses barley instead of rice. We layer it with sauerkraut and lots of paprika. So yummy!
They are Soo good,, have them ever Christmas,,,,,,in the summer time,,we cut the cabbage up and cook it in a electric skillet,,we call it cabbage scraps,,we bake it in the oven,, ready for 5 of them now,,,,
My Russian _ Jewish mother added a bit of sweetness with raisins and honey and a bit of sour using lemon. She called it sweet and sour stuffed cabbage, huluptious
We like sarma a lot but with pickled cabbage or sour crout. The tangy was it adds to the stuffing is much needed
Looks good. My Ukrainian grandmother (Baba) she made them meatless with just cooked rice and some salt, rolled them small, like barely 2 inches, then just baked them plain with a bit of oil and water to keep them from drying out. Then my mom, my Babas daughter, adopted the recipe but added some cooked bacon cut into small bits with chopped cooked onion, and added some finely shredded carrots, not a lot, to the cooked rice, rolled them small as well, then baked them in tomato soup. Now I make a version of my Babas and my moms just to honour them as they are now both passed on. The only thing different that I do is that I use sticky rice, they used long grain. I find it so much easier to roll them with sticky rice. I don’t make the hamburger kind because I was told traditional is usually meatless from the region of Ukraine my Baba was from and that is just how I do it now too, with the exception of bacon. I don’t mind them with hamburger, but I just eat other people’s this way. I guess every region had their own way of making them. Also my Baba and my mom boiled the whole head of cabbage to separate the leaves as do I. It’s just sooo much easier.
You cook with harmful additives, which means your cooking is bad…
With MSG it's a bad recipe… Everything should be natural, after all you're cooking for yourself. With MSG you can eat even in a bad restaurant HA HA HA
With MSG it's a bad recipe… Everything should be natural, after all you're cooking for yourself. With MSG you can eat even in a bad restaurant HA HA HA😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
My mother was of Polish decent, she used onions, but insisted on cooking them first. She always insisted on not too much rice, and always used plain tomato sauce. I'm certain your recipe is wonderful and I love your channel!
My mom made this all the time in the winter, made it in the oven to help heat the house up after we came home from school
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I like to use part ground pork with beef. And not too much rice. As far as the V8 in one comment, that mixed with the tomato soup sounds good.
We're Hungarian and this is halfway how we do it. We steam the whole head of cabbage after cutting out the core. No egg. No tomato soup. Stewed tomatoes and tomato juice, onion, and rice and ground beef.