Stuffed Cabbage Recipes (food, tomatoes, vegetables, meat)

[Coney]

Anyone have a good recipe for vegan/vegetarian stuffed cabbage?

[sheena12]

Coney - we have stuffed cabbage pretty often I kind of "make it up as I go along" and it usually involves lentils, rice, mushrooms and onions. Here is a similar one to mine - Vegetarian Stuffed Cabbage Casserole

I have also done the same with quinoa, brown rice and wild rice.

Since I am not opposed to using meat substitutes, I have used all of the following - Ground Meatless Quorn Chicken breasts, and crumbled sausage. I have mixed crumbled vegetarian sausage with lentils or quinoa, and it was quite good!

[Coney]

Thanks!

[alices00ze]

Vegetarian Stuffed Cabbage
(makes 3-4 servings)

1 small head of cabbage, cored
1 lb any mushrooms, such as Portobello/Crimini, Porcini, button, wild varieties, etc., stems trimmed and roughly chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
juice of 1 lemon
1/4 cup golden raisins (optional)
1/2 cup fresh breadcrumbs
1 egg
1 tablespoon grated Parmesan
1 teaspoon salt, plus more for the boiling water
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 large shallot, minced

Heat up the onions and olive oil in a saucepan on low heat. In a mixing bowl, crush the tomatoes with your hands for a minute or two until the pieces have broken down to a loose pulp. Add it to the onions just after they have turned slightly transparent, about 5-6 minutes. Add the raisins, if using, and the lemon juice and let simmer, covered for another 10-15 minutes.

Put the mushrooms and shallot in a food processor and pulse a few moments until they have broken down to rough, moist pulp. Remove and turn into a mixing bowl. Add the breadcrumbs (if making from fresh bread, simply pulse the bread a few times in the food processor first). Add the egg, Parmesan, and a pinch each of salt and pepper and mix. Cover with plastic wrap.

Preheat oven to 374 degrees. Bring a stockpot of salted water deep enough to submerge the cabbage in with water. Once it’s boiling, gently add the cabbage and let boil for 1 minute. Remove with tongs or a large spatula and remove 2-3 of the outer leaves. Replace into the pot and boil another minute. Remove, and tear off another 2-3 leaves. Repeat until you have at least 8 leaves big enough to use to wrap with the stuffing. Let the rest of the head cool. Cut out the tough middle fibrous stem of each leaf of cabbage and discard (these should be shaped like a thin diamond and comprise the whitest streak of each leaf). Place an inch-thick log of the mushroom stuffing mixture inside each blanched leaf and wrap, tucking in the end pieces like a burrito, until fully wrapped. You should have approximately 8 fully wrapped leaves. Slice the rest of the remaining cabbage to about 1/2″ inch thick pieces and place along the inside of a covered casserole or large cast-iron Dutch oven. Place each rolled stuffed cabbage leaf in a line on top of the shredded cabbage. Top with the tomato sauce, and cover. Bake covered for 1 hour and 45 minutes. Remove from heat, and let rest, uncovered for 5-10 minutes before serving.

[Gerania]

Interesting. Mine is more like this: Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Recipe - Allrecipes.com

[Naturen]

Originally Posted by Gerania

Interesting. Mine is more like this: Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Recipe - Allrecipes.com

What do you use in place of the ground beef?

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by Naturen

What do you use in place of the ground beef?

In a recipe like that, crumbled tempeh burgers. I also use more rice (brown) and vegetables and reduce the quantity of "meat."