Description
Delicious stuffed cabbage rolls filled with a savory mixture of meat, rice, and tomatoes.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 head cabbage
- 1/2 lb Italian sausage (spicy is best)
- 1/2 lb ground beef
- 2 cups rice (white or brown, measure after being cooked)
- 1 can diced tomatoes (petite, 14 oz., with chiles is good)
- 1/2 small onion (diced)
- 1 tsp seasoned salt (optional, I use Lawry’s if I add it)
- 3/4 cup tomato sauce (or spaghetti sauce)
Instructions
- Make rice so it is precooked, use your Instant Pot to make it (2 cups).
- Remove core from cabbage and gently remove the largest outside leaves off, boil for about 3 minutes just so they soften.
- Turn your Instant Pot on to the saute mode and add sausage and ground beef. Add diced onion and seasoning salt if you want to add that.
- Mix in cooked rice and tomato or spaghetti sauce.
- Lay cabbage leaves out on a large surface and stuff with meat and rice mixture.
- Fold the ends of the cabbage leaves over and roll up. Place in a springform pan or oven-safe dish that will fit in the Instant Pot (6″-7″ dishes fit in my 6 qt.), with the folded side of the rolls down.
- Rinse out pot from meat mixture. Add 1 ½ cups of water to the inner pot of the Instant Pot, then a trivet goes in too.
- Pour diced tomatoes over the cabbage rolls, place the dish on trivet in the Instant Pot.
- Close the lid of the Instant Pot and turn to sealing position. Set for a manual high-pressure time of 15 minutes.
- When the time has finished, allow for a natural release. Serve with additional rice if desired.
Notes
- Make sure to remove the core of the cabbage carefully to keep the leaves intact for stuffing.
- If you prefer less spice, opt for mild Italian sausage.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Instant Pot
- Cuisine: Eastern European
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 roll
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 20g
- Cholesterol: 60mg