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stuffed cabbage rolls

Recipe by
TAMMY WADE
Lee's summit, MO

I found this recipe in a pamphlet from a realty company from 1969... This recipe is titled: Barbara Walters' Mothers Cabbage Rolls! Enjoy........

yield 14 serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 2 Hr 40 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For stuffed cabbage rolls

  • 3 lb
    lean ground chuck
  • 2 tsp
    salt
  • 3/4 tsp
    pepper
  • 2 tsp
    celery salt
  • 1/2 c
    catsup
  • 2
    eggs
  • 1/1/2 c
    crushed unsalted crackers
  • 2
    heads cabbage (2lb. size)
  • 6 qt
    boiling water
  • 3 c
    chopped onion
  • 2 bottle
    12oz. each- chili sauce
  • 1 jar
    12 oz. grape jelly- 1 cup

How To Make stuffed cabbage rolls

  • 1
    In a large bowl, combine chuck, slat, pepper, celery salt, catsup, eggs, and crushed crackers. Mix with hands until mixture is well combined
  • 2
    Cut out and discard hard center core of cabbage. Place cabbage in a large kettle and pour boiling water over it; let stand until leaves are flexible and can be removed easily from the head-about 5 minutes, if necessary return cabbage to hot water to soften inner leaves
  • 3
    Preheat oven to 325* Using a 1/4 cup measure, scoop, scoop a scant 1/4 cup meat mixture; with hands form into rolls, 3 inches long and 1 inch wide; making about 28 rolls in all.
  • 4
    Place each meat roll on a drained cabbage leaf; fold top leaf over meat, then fold sides, and roll up into and oblong roll. Continue rolling remaining meat rolls and cabbage leaves
  • 5
    In bottom of a lightly greased 12x11x2 inch roasting pan, spread chopped onion evenly. Arrange cabbage rolls in neat rows on top of onion
  • 6
    In a 2 quart saucepan; combine chili sauce and grape jelly, with a 1/4 cup water; heat over medium heat, stirring to melt jelly. Pour over cabbage rolls.
  • 7
    Cover pan tightly with foil. Bake 2 hours. Remove foil brush rolls with sauce; bake uncovered 40 minutes longer, or until sauce is thick and syrupy and cabbage rolls are glazed. Makes 28 cabbage rolls... or 14 servings . Enjoy!
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