Knowing how to cook stuffed cabbage, you can very quickly feed your home a delicious and satisfying dish. The main thing is that the freezer had the smell of blanks.

Ready-made cabbage rolls in a pan

Stuffed cabbage is a favorite dish by many, but it requires enough time for cooking. For this reason, many housewives sometimes buy ready-made semi-finished products or, when they have free time, they themselves make a large number of blanks and freeze them for the future. Stuffed cabbage perfectly tolerate freezing, which practically does not affect their taste.

 

Necessary components:

  • cabbage rolls - 10 pcs.;
  • vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • water - 100 ml;
  • sour cream and ketchup - 1 tbsp. l

How to cook stuffed cabbage semi-finished products in a pan:

  1. Put frozen items on a preheated pan.
  2. Fry on both sides until golden brown.
  3. Pour in the composition obtained from water, sour cream and ketchup.

Simmer until cooked. At the very end, you can sprinkle the dish with fresh chopped herbs. Cilantro or dill is best suited here.

Semi-finished products in a slow cooker

“Smart pan” is a universal kitchen appliance with which you can get cabbage rolls in different ways (fry, bake, boil, stew).

The easiest way to cook a diet dish using steam cooking. To do this, put the product in a special device of the unit, pour enough water into the bowl, install the container with cabbage rolls and start the “Steamed” program for a period of 50 minutes.

But more delicious are the cabbage rolls in the sauce. What is needed for this:

  • frozen products - a dozen;
  • onions with carrots - 1 pc.;
  • sour cream - 3 tbsp. l .;
  • tomato paste - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • water, salt - as needed.

How to cook in a slow cooker:

  1. Grind vegetables and fry in the bowl of the device (you can not add oil) in the "Frying" or "Baking" mode.
  2. Pour sour cream with tomato paste, dilute with water. You can use the broth, if any. If desired, salt and pepper the composition. Cook for 2-3 minutes, then pour into a bowl.
  3. Thoroughly place the billets in the bowl, pour the semi-finished product with the sauce.
  4. Launch the Extinguishing program for an hour.

After a beep, you can enjoy a mouth-watering dish.

How to cook in a pan

Cooking in a pan does not require any special knowledge and skills.

Necessary components:

  • semi-finished products - kilo;
  • carrots - 2 pcs.;
  • vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l .;
  • tomato paste - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • flour - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • salt with pepper - how much is needed.

Sequencing:

  1. Defrost workpieces by removing them in advance from the freezer.
  2. Put the items in a saucepan with a thick bottom.
  3. Grind carrots on a grater and spread on top of cabbage rolls.
  4. Pour enough water so that it covers the contents of the container, salt, pepper.
  5. Bring the composition to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for an hour.
  6. Fry the flour until golden, dilute with warm water, heat the mass to a thick state.
  7. Pour the gravy onto the cabbage rolls, add greens if desired and cook for 10 minutes.
    That's all, you can have dinner.

With tomato sauce

In such a gravy, the food is simply amazing, soft and very juicy.

What do you need:

  • ready-made cabbage rolls - 12 pcs.;
  • carrots with onions - 1 pc.;
  • water or broth - 2 tbsp .;
  • canned tomatoes - 2-3 pcs.;
  • tomato paste - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • salt, oil, spices.

Cooking process:

  1. Prepare the sauce. Grind vegetables and fry.
  2. Add chopped tomatoes in a blender. If there is fresh - this is the best option. Pour in tomato paste and water. Salt and season the products. Take a sample, gravy should have a rich taste in order to soak well stuffed cabbage.
  3. Cover the bottom of the pot with cabbage leaves. Put the workpiece, pour gravy.
  4. On top, if desired, you can put 2-3 branches of greenery for flavor.
  5. Boil the composition, then gradually reduce the heat and simmer for about 40 minutes.

Add sour cream before serving.

Stuffed cabbage with sour cream

Tomato sauce for cabbage rolls is the most common component of the dish. But it can be successfully replaced with sour cream, which will be no less tasty.

Necessary components:

  • frozen products - 0.8 kg;
  • flour - 1 tbsp. l .;
  • sour cream - 2 tbsp .;
  • cream - 100 ml;
  • water or broth - 3 tbsp .;
  • oil, salt, pepper - to taste.

Sequencing:

  1. Fry the flour in a skillet in butter.
  2. Pour in the same cream, mix until smooth and add sour cream.
  3. Pepper and salt composition. Boil no more than 2 minutes.
  4. Put the products in a pan, pour water to about half. Then add the cooked sauce.
  5. Simmer for about 40 minutes over low heat.

In order not to be disappointed in the taste of the finished dish, you need to choose the right foods in the store or supermarket. It is necessary to pay attention to the composition. A bona fide seller, as a rule, always has one cabbage roll in a cut form. In this case, the buyer can see how thick the cabbage layer is and what is included in the filling.

Properly prepared foods are no different from cabbage rolls made at home immediately before stewing.

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