Super Easy Polish Cabbage Rolls

A simplified chicken cabbage roll recipe, made here with rice, tomato, and ground chicken, tastes great with less work for this classic dish.

• Preparation Time: 45 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 273 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons butter
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 pinch dried marjoram
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 large head cabbage
• 4 cloves garlic, pressed
• 1.5 pounds ground chicken
• 1.33 cups water
• 0.667 cup uncooked white rice

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

Step 2

Bring rice and water to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and the liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes. Allow rice to cool slightly.

Step 3

Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Remove the core from the cabbage, and place cabbage in the boiling water. Remove the outer leaves as they soften. Set leaves aside.

Step 4

Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir onion until softened and translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir together cooked onion, ground chicken, cooked rice, eggs, garlic, salt, pepper, and marjoram in a bowl.

Step 5

Place some of the meat mixture in the center of each cabbage leaf. Roll leaf and tuck ends in to enclose filling. Secure each roll with a toothpick if necessary. Place rolls into the prepared baking dish. Pour tomato sauce over the rolls.

Step 6

Bake, covered, in the preheated oven until the meat in the rolls is no longer pink, 45 to 60 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the casserole should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).