From DN Recipes by David Nagy · Food & Beverage

Slow Cooker Stuffed Cabbage

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Slow Cooker Stuffed Cabbage
Prep Time 30 minutes  Cook Time 6-9 hours  Total Time  6.5-9.5 hours Servings 6

Ingredients
  • 1 lb ground beef or turkey
  • 3 slices regular or (preferably) maple-flavored bacon, cut into 2 inch pieces
  • 1 cabbage head
  • 1 egg, scrambled
  • 1/4 c milk or (preferably) Half & Half
  • 1/2 onion finely diced
  • 1 jalapeno pepper, seeds and ribs removed, finely diced
  • 4 cloves garlic, finely diced
  • 3/4 to 1 cup cooked rice
  • 1 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1 1/2 tsp paprika

Sauce
  • 1 can tomato sauce 15 oz
  • 2 tbsp ketchup
  • 1 1/2 tsp worchestershire sauce
  • 1 tbsp honey

Instructions
  1. Microwave the head of cabbage, about 12 minutes for a medium heard 14 for a large one. Allow to cool, then separate the large to medium leaves.
  2. Cook the rice, using a bit less water to make it drier. Allow to cool to room temp.
  3. Cook the bacon in a frying pan until just done, but not crispy. Remove and cool.
  4. Add the garlic cloves and onions to the bacon pan and and fry until light brown. Cool and finely dice the garlic.
  5. Combine the cooked rice, egg, onion, jalapeno, garlic, milk, salt, pepper and paprika in one bowl. Combine ingredients for the sauce together and add 1/4 of it into your meat mixture.
  6. Put some sauce on bottom of crockpot.
  7. Roll meat into cabbage pieces like a burrito folding sides in and securing with 2 toothpicks each, laying cabbage rolls into crockpot.
  8. Add bacon pieces all over, and pour remaining sauce on top. Cook in crockpot on high for 4-5 hrs. or low for 8-9 hrs.