Meatballs with cabbage and rice

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make meatballs with cabbage? Prepare ingredients for cooking. Wash and peel the vegetables. You can buy ready-made minced meat or prepare mixed minced meat at home - pork and beef. Remove the top leaves from the cabbage.

2. STEP 2

   

   Finely chop the cabbage and peeled onions.

3. STEP 3

   

   Grate the carrots on a coarse grater.

4. STEP 4

   

   Heat a little vegetable oil in a frying pan and simmer the vegetables over medium heat until half cooked.

5. STEP 5

   

   After the water has boiled, cook thoroughly washed rice for 7-8 minutes, without rinsing, discard in a colander, and let the water drain. Let it cool down.

6. STEP 6

   

   Make minced meat. Add an egg, salt, a pinch of nutmeg to it, mix everything well.

7. STEP 7

   

   In a large deep container, thoroughly mix the cooled rice, stewed vegetables, minced meat until smooth, and beat it against the walls of the container. After this, the minced meat binds well.

8. STEP 8

   

   With wet hands, form balls - future meatballs.

9. STEP 9

   

   Fry the meatballs on both sides until their sides are browned. If the pan is large and deep, use it. But I couldn’t fit all the meatballs into one layer; there were a lot of them. In this case, take a cauldron or a duck pot and fill the meatballs halfway with water.

10. STEP 10

    

    Let the contents of the cauldron boil, add tomato, spices, pepper and salt.

11. STEP 11

    

    Simmer over low heat for about 30 minutes, add sour cream to the sauce and cook the dish for another 10 minutes.

12. STEP 12

    

    This is what the finished meatballs look like. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Elya

14.12.2023

4.9

The recipe is interesting. An original idea with cabbage. I cook meatballs in gravy according to this recipe. Cool too.

Christmas tree

14.12.2023

5

Meatballs with cabbage and rice reminded me of lazy cabbage rolls, only the cooking method is different. I put the carrots and onions in a chopper and chopped the cabbage into small cubes. Mixed the vegetables and simmered them in a non-stick frying pan until half cooked. I made 60g of meatballs and fried them in sunflower oil in a frying pan. I transferred it to a baking dish, added sour cream and tomato sauce with water, and baked it in the oven for 30 minutes. The meatballs turned out beautiful, soft and juicy. A delicious lunch is ready! You can even do it without a side dish)

olgay198108

14.12.2023

4.8

Beautiful meatballs)) They look appetizing)) I generally love such dishes))) Good recipe))

Tatiana

14.12.2023

5

I really liked the idea with the cabbage....and also thanks for the nutmeg - I’m just learning how to use it. I’ve already snuck it into my K/K. THANK YOU!!! (so surprise, the word “recipe” didn’t fit on the photo)

Natusik

14.12.2023

4.9

Irun, very tasty! I haven’t added cabbage to minced meat yet, only in lazy cabbage rolls. Everything you make is always delicious! Irina, Tanyukha is ours, look how she’s having a blast!

Anastasia╬

14.12.2023

4.7

What an interesting recipe, I stole it for myself, and I cooked meatballs in this vegetable sauce, very tasty, I recommend it