Mom's Stuffed Cabbage Recipe

My Mom's famous recipe that in one quick sniff can

beckon me and my sisters right to her stove!

A photo of a few of the ingredients.

Here is the list of all the goodies you will need...

2 lbs ground sirloin

4-5 lb head of cabbage

2 eggs

juice of 1 lemon

3 cans of tomato sauce

1 cup apple sauce

2 tbsp sugar

1 cup uncooked rice

salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder

Core and boil the cabbage for about 40 minutes to pre-cook the leaves.  Then remove from boiling water and put in an ice bath.  Begin peeling the leaves and cutting the spines out.

Season the beef :

Mix the eggs, 1 tbsp each of garlic powder, salt and onion powder and rice in the beef.

Stuff the leaves :

Roll about a golf ball size of the meat mixture into the leaves and wrap like a burrito (Yes, my first job at 15 was at Taco Bell and I assume everyone knows how to fold a burrito- sorry for the assumption ;) 

Add the "Stuffed Cabbage" to the seasoned sweat and sour sauce.

Sweet and Sour Sauce :

3 cans tomato sauce

juice of 1 lemon

1 cup apple sauce

1 tbsp each of garlic powder, onion powder and salt.  Add a dash of pepper.

2 tbsp sugar

Simmer on low heat for 2-3 hours.

Serve with Challah, just like my Mama!

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~Rachel