12 cabbage leaves
1 cup cooked brown rice
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1/4 cup fat-free milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)
sauce:
1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
In batches, cook cabbage in boiling water 3 to 5 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain; cool slightly. Trim the thick vein from the bottom of each cabbage leaf, making a V-shaped cut.
In a large bowl, combine rice, onion, egg, milk, salt and pepper. Add beef; mix lightly but thoroughly. Place about 1/4 cup beef mixture on each cabbage leaf. Pull together cut edges of leaf to overlap; fold over filling. Fold in sides and roll up.
Place 6 rolls in a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker, seam side down. In a bowl, mix sauce ingredients; pour half of the sauce over cabbage rolls. Top with remaining rolls and sauce. Cook, covered, on low 6 to 8 hours or until a thermometer inserted in beef reads 160° and cabbage is tender.
Five Star Recipe
Prep: 20 min. Cook: 6 hours
Makes 6 servings