mom's stuffed cabbage

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Sally Hagarty
Edgewater Park, NJ

This is a recipe for stuffed cabbage. Many people call them galumpkes, my mom called them chalapches - but everyone loves them. Let me know what you think!

(1 rating)
yield 8 serving(s)
prep time 1 Hr
cook time 3 Hr

Ingredients For mom's stuffed cabbage

  • 1 lg
    head of cabbage
  • 1 lb
    ground beef - raw
  • 1/2 c
    cooked rice
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt (or to taste)
  • 1/4 tsp
    pepper (or to taste)
  • 1 can
    stewed tomatoes
  • 1 can
    6 oz. tomato sauce
  • 3 or 4 Tbsp
    distilled white vinegar
  • 3 or 4 Tbsp
    sugar

How To Make mom's stuffed cabbage

  • 1
    Cut around stalk of cabbage & place head of cabbage in boiling water, just long enough to remove each leaf. Remove leaves to use for cabbage rolls.
  • 2
    Combine ground beef with cooked rice, salt and pepper.
  • 3
    In large kettle, combine stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, and equal amounts of vinegar and sugar (3 or 4 tbs.).
  • 4
    Take small scoop of ground beef mixture - place on one end of cabbage leaf, roll, tucking ends in to seal. Place cabbage rolls in kettle with other ingredients.
  • 5
    Bring to boil, reduce to simmer, and simmer, slowly, for 3 to 4 hours.

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