Fans of cabbage rolls know how delicious this dish is. Both Ukrainians and Russians relate to him with equal love. But the housewives know not only that this is a delicious dish, but also realize that its preparation takes a lot of time. That is why in our fast-moving age, traditional stuffed cabbage in everyday nutrition has increasingly been replaced by lazy stuffed cabbage, because to taste they practically do not change, and they are prepared much easier and faster. We’ll leave the traditional cabbage rolls for the holidays and see how to cook lazy cabbage rolls quickly and tasty.
Indeed, it is delicious lazy cabbage rolls that are a worthy compromise between traditional cabbage rolls and a shorter cooking time. The disadvantages can be attributed only to their appearance, but when consumed there is a plus in that there is no need to use a knife. There are plenty of options for how to cook lazy cabbage rolls . They differ, as a rule, in form and method of preparation. We will analyze only those options that make it quite easy to cook delicious lazy cabbage rolls.
For a family of four, it’s enough to take half a kilo of cabbage and minced meat, a small onion, a glass of boiled rice and sour cream, a raw egg, as well as tomato paste, spices and salt according to your taste preferences.
One of the options for how to cook lazy cabbage rolls, we will consider those that can be cooked in a pan. As mentioned earlier, we boil rice. After cooling the rice, mix it with your minced meat. Finely chop the onion (you can grate it) and cabbage. We mix chopped vegetables to our mix of minced meat and rice, add spices and salt, as well as an egg. It is necessary for the bundle so that our cabbage rolls do not crumble and retain their shape during the frying process. As a rule, the cutlets form quite large. Roll them in breadcrumbs or flour. Then put it on a greased pan and fry until golden brown. As soon as the crust evenly covers our cabbage rolls on both sides, you need to add tomato paste diluted in a small amount of water to the pan. Close the pan with a lid and simmer until fully cooked. You can spice up our dish if you serve it with mayonnaise or sour cream.
The next way that we will look at is how to cook lazy cabbage rolls in the oven. In general, the cooking technology and the composition of the minced meat are similar to the first option, but it is advisable to rinse the cabbage with this method of cooking with boiling water, as this will give it a certain softness. After the formation of cutlets from our minced meat, they must be fried in a pan. Only after they are covered with a beautiful crust, they are transferred to a baking dish. Next, you need to fill the patties with a sauce of mixed in equal proportions ketchup and sour cream. Then place the dish in the oven for half an hour. During this time, your dish will take on the appearance of a casserole and a very original taste.
Let’s figure out how to cook lazy cabbage rolls in a pan, and preferably in a cast iron with a thick bottom and walls. The ingredients used for this dish are all the same that we called earlier, but the method itself is somewhat different from the previous two. In this case, we need to mix all the ingredients at the same time, including the addition of tomato paste and sour cream. Pour a glass of cold water, mix everything thoroughly. Leave the mixture as it is in the pan and send to a small fire, simmer until fully cooked. Cooking will take a couple of hours, but the taste will be unforgettable. Despite the fact that the lazy cabbage rolls in the pan have a not quite presentable appearance, they are considered the most delicious of all the options considered earlier.