How to Prepare Tasty Momma's Cabbage rolls

Momma's Cabbage rolls.

You can have Momma's Cabbage rolls using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Momma's Cabbage rolls

1. You need 1 cup of uncooked rice.
2. It's 1 lb of ground beefand pork mix or whatever you prefer.
3. You need 1/2 of grn pepper.
4. Prepare 1/2 of red pepper.
5. It's 1 large of onion chopped.
6. You need 1 can of lg crushed tomatos.
7. You need 1 can of lg. 16oz tomato sauce.
8. Prepare 1 tbsp of ground garlic or 3-4 fresh cloves mashed.
9. Prepare 1 tsp of smoky paprika.
10. It's 1 tsp of blk pepper.
11. Prepare 2 of stalks celery.
12. You need 1 large of cabbage of choice-- I like Savoy for rolls, makes it easier.

Momma's Cabbage rolls instructions

1. If Im making rolls I start by taking the core out and separating leaves, can be done in boiling water, but dont cook them.
2. As you take leaves off lay them to the side to cool so you can handle them easily. In the meantime, chop all veg into sm dice.
3. Add all chopped veg to a large bowl with the ground meat in it!! Add the uncooked rice and spices and mix through with your hands til everything is well distributed, then add in half the can of crushed tomatosand mix in with hands!!.
4. Now take your leaves and put a couple of tablespoons of rice mix in the cup part and roll up making sure to keep stuffing inside.Keep rolling til all mix is gone or leaves are too small to roll..
5. Take outer leaves from cabbage and line the bottom of your roasting pan, then add a small amount of tomato sauce over the leaves. The add your rolls seam side down in your pan, layering as you go!! Now mix the rest of the crushed tomatos and tomato sauce together and pour over the top of all rolls making sure that each one on top gets some sauce on it..
6. Cover with lid and bake in slow oven 275°F for about 5-6 hrs or on low in a slow cooker!! The longer these cook the better they are and they are even better reheated the next day if there are any left!!.
7. I like to serve this with a nice fresh garden salad and huge dollups of sour cream!! I hope you Enjoy!!.
8. If you are not into making rolls, just take your cabbage and chop into large chunks and add the other ingredients and cook "Lazy Man Cabbage Rolls".