grandma's cabbage burgers!
I love it when my Mom and Grandma would make these. It was always a special treat. I make this an all-day event when I make them due to the fact I make 5 dozen and freeze them... which turns out to be a waste of time with the kids running to the freezer every day saying "don't worry bout me for supper mom I'm just gonna grab a cabbage burger." Here in Nebraska, we have a fast food place called Runza, and when I explain to my friends what a Cabbage Burger is they say "oh you mean a Runza?" and the debate starts they are 2 totally different things, and not anywhere close to the same!!
Blue Ribbon Recipe
Imagine soft buttery yeast rolls stuffed with savory cabbage and beef. That's what these cabbage burgers are. The bread is sweet and fluffy. Perfect on its own. We opted to use ground beef, but you can use any type of meat you like. The beef is browned with onion and garlic so it's very flavorful. Adding cabbage and letting it cook with the beef and onions lets the cabbage absorb all its flavor. We never had anything like these burgers before and they're delicious. Comfort food all the way. Ours baked a little quicker, so keep your eye on them as they bake.
Ingredients For grandma's cabbage burgers!
- FILLING
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6 lbhamburger (I use deer or elk)
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salt and pepper, to taste
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garlic salt, to taste
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5 Tbspminced garlic
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2 lgonions
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4 mdcabbage heads
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5loaves of bread dough
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I have one person try these that stated they added cubes of potatoes to the filling as well!
- BREAD DOUGH
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1 cwater, warm
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1 Tbspactive dry yeast
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1 Tbspsugar
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1/4 csugar
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1/3 cpowdered milk
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1 tspsalt
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1 lgegg
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1/4 coil or butter (melted)
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3 cflour
How To Make grandma's cabbage burgers!
Measurements:
1 dough recipe
1 1/2 lbs ground meat
1 small onion
1 Tbsp minced garlic
1 head cabbage
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
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1I use my bread machines to make the bread. Add 1 Tbsp yeast and 1 Tbsp sugar to 1 cup warm water and mix until dissolved. Place in the bread machine. -
2Add beaten egg and butter.
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3Add all of the dry ingredients.
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4Set the bread maker to the dough setting and start the dough process. I have it set up so when I take one batch of bread dough out I start the next loaf right away. Then by the time the cabbage burgers come out of the oven and cool I can be working on the next batch.
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5While dough in the bread machine, cook the ground meat, onions, garlic, garlic salt, salt, and pepper. Drain the meat and set aside.
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6While you are browning the meat you should chop up the cabbage. I like medium-sized chunks of cabbage.
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7Add cabbage to the meat mixture and check seasonings to taste. Add about a half cup of water.
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8Let simmer on low until the cabbage is tender.
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9As soon as everything is ready to go, roll out dough on a floured surface. Cut dough into 12 squares large enough for a heaping 1/2 cup of the cabbage mixture.
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10Place 1/2 cup of filling in the center of one square of dough.
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11Fold up the corners and "just a pinch" to seal them.
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12Place them on a large cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes, till nice and golden brown.
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13Lightly brush tops of rolls with butter.
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14Serve right from the oven and freeze the rest if there is any. Enjoy!!!
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15You can cut this down. I only do the majority of my baking in the winter so I do it this way and freeze them.
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