Grandma Elaine's Unstuffed Sweet and Sour Cabbage

Name: Grandma Elaine's Unstuffed Sweet and Sour Cabbage
Prep time: 3 h 20 min
Cook time: 3 h 20 min
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters packed brown sugar, or to taste; 425 grams tomato sauce; 794 grams whole peeled tomatoes; 2 eggs; 79 milliliters golden raisins; 907 grams green cabbage, cored, and cut into 3 inch chunks; 0 teaspoons ground black pepper; 1 Tbsp honey; 2 Tbsps instant white rice; 907 grams lean ground beef; 3 Tbsps fresh lemon juice; 1 onion, finely chopped; 3 onions, sliced; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 Tbsp vegetable oil; 3 Tbsps water

Need a gluten free and dairy free main course? Grandman Elaine's Unstuffed Sweet and Sour Cabbage could be an outstanding recipe to try. This recipe serves 10. One serving contains 300 calories, 24g of protein, and 7g of fat. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 3 hours and 20 minutes. Head to the store and pick up ground pepper, salt, canned tomatoes, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Grandman Elaine's Unstuffed Sweet and Sour Cabbage, Unstuffed Sweet-and-Sour Cabbage, and Grandma's Sweet-Sour Veggies.

Instructions

Place the vegetable oil into a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the sliced onions, and cook until transparent, about 5 minutes.

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Vegetable Oil

Onion

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Add the tomatoes and tomato sauce, using a spoon to slightly chop the whole tomatoes. Season with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Cover, and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir the cabbage into the tomatoes. Cover, and simmer 1 hour until the cabbage is tender and mixes easily with the tomatoes.

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Tomato

Tomato Sauce

Cabbage

Pepper

Salt

Place the ground beef, eggs, finely chopped onion, rice, water, additional 1 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a mixing bowl.

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Ground Beef

Pepper

Onion

Water

Egg

Rice

Salt

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Mix together with hands until thoroughly blended.

Add additional rice if mixture is too moist. Form into golf ball-sized meatballs.

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Meatballs

Rice

Place meatballs on a plate, and refrigerate 20 minutes to firm.

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Meatballs

Place meatballs on the surface of the tomato mixture. Cover and simmer over medium heat until the meatballs are firm and cooked through, about 15 minutes. Gently stir the meatballs into the tomato mixture. Cover the pot and continue to simmer 45 minutes more. Stir in the lemon juice, and taste for seasoning, adding additional lemon juice if required. Stir in the raisins, and honey.

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Lemon Juice