If it is not possible to cook cabbage rolls on the stove, bake in the oven or just do not have time, then you can use the microwave.
In it, the dish is prepared simply, quickly, you can use any sauces and gravy, save time and effort. All this is done much easier than it might seem at first glance.
Stuffed cabbage in the microwave - the general principles of preparation
All cabbage rolls can be divided into classic and lazy. In the first version, the meat filling is wrapped in cabbage leaves. They can also be prepared in a simplified way in the microwave, a detailed recipe is just below. For lazy cabbage rolls, all ingredients are mixed, balls or oblong products are formed in the form of cutlets. Regardless of the selected recipe, cabbage rolls need to be placed in dishes designed for cooking in the microwave. Next is added the sauce.
How can I pour stuffed cabbage:
• sour cream;
• tomato juice, pasta, twisted tomatoes;
• a mixture of tomato and sour cream;
• cream.
Additionally, garlic, flour, various spices, mushrooms, cheese, herbs are added, depending on the recipe used. Unlike the classic version of cabbage rolls, a little gravy is added here. You can put out rolled cabbage under the lid without sauce at all, but they will not be so tasty and juicy. The cooking time in the microwave ranges from 15 to 20 minutes, the maximum power is set. If necessary, the vessel can be taken out in the process, turn cabbage rolls to the second side so that they are evenly soaked in gravy.
Stuffed cabbage in the microwave in sour cream sauce
A simple recipe for stuffed cabbage in the microwave. Cabbage is also prepared for them in a simplified way.
Ingredients
• 500 g of minced meat;
• 120 g of dry rice;
• 1 head of cabbage;
• 1 onion head;
• a spoon of flour;
• 5 spoons of sour cream;
• a couple of cloves of garlic;
• spices, laurel.
Cooking
1. Take a head of cabbage. We remove the upper unfit sheets, with a sharp knife we cut out the stump. Put in the microwave, warm up for 5 minutes. We take out, remove the soft leaves. Next, head out again to the stove. We warm up a couple of minutes, and so on, until we remove all the large leaves. A large vein is carefully cut with a knife.
2. Boil dry rice. We remove the water.
3. Chop the clove of garlic, chop the onion head. Mix with minced meat, pepper and salt.
4. Combine the remaining clove of sour cream with sour cream, pepper, salt, add 3-4 tablespoons of water. Stir the sauce.
5. In the prepared leaflets we wrap the filling. We form cabbage rolls.
6. Lubricate the microwave cooking dish. We spread a layer of cabbage rolls, pour sour cream. If there are still cabbage rolls, then put on top, also pour sauce.
7. Cover, put in the oven. Cook at maximum power for 14 minutes. We take out, turn cabbage rolls on the other side, cook another 5-7 minutes.
Stuffed cabbage in the microwave in tomato and sour cream sauce
The recipe for very tender cabbage rolls in sour cream and tomato sauce. It uses pasta, but you can also take mashed tomatoes.
Ingredients
• 500 g of minced meat;
• 1 tbsp. boiled rice;
• onion;
• a couple of cloves of garlic;
• cabbage leaves;
• 150 g sour cream;
• 50 g of pasta;
• 15 g of oil;
• 80 ml of water.
Cooking
1. Combine boiled rice with chopped onion and any minced meat, add salt, pepper, stir thoroughly.
2. Cook the cabbage leaves in the microwave or boil in boiling water in the usual way. Spread the filling, roll the cabbage rolls with an envelope.
3. Grind the garlic, add a paste or a couple of grated tomatoes, add sour cream. Stir thoroughly, add a little water. If grated tomatoes were used, then you can not dilute the sauce with water. Salt fill.
4. Grate the microwave oven dish with a piece of oil, spread the cabbage rolls, pour the sauce.
5. Cover with a special cover, put in the oven.
6. Cook for 17 minutes at the highest power. We check readiness. If necessary, you can add extra time.
Lazy cabbage rolls in the microwave (recipe without rice)
This recipe for stuffed cabbage in the microwave differs in that you do not need to boil rice or cook cabbage leaves for it. The dish is very simple, quick.
Ingredients
• 350 g of minced meat;
• 350 g of cabbage;
• 1 egg;
• onion head;
• 200 ml sour cream;
• 1 tomato;
• garlic seasoning.
Cooking
1. We chop the white cabbage with small strips, rub it with our hands to remove the excess volume, and make the vegetable convenient to use.
2. Chop the onion, pour over the cabbage, add the egg and put the minced meat. Thoroughly mix the base for stuffed cabbage, salt.
3. Form cabbage rolls in the form of round or oblong cutlets. There is no need to panic them. Immediately put in the form for the microwave.
4. Cut the tomato in half. Rub the pulp, discard the skin. Mix the tomato with sour cream, season with garlic and spices, mix thoroughly.
5. Pour the cabbage rolls with the prepared sauce, cover.
6. Put in the microwave. Cook from 14 to 18 minutes, depending on the size of the product, as well as the variety of cabbage.
Stuffed cabbage in the microwave in a creamy sauce with mushrooms
A recipe for chic cabbage rolls with mushrooms that are easily cooked in the microwave. Small champignons are best for this dish.
Ingredients
• 700 g stuffed cabbage;
• 300 ml cream;
• 2 tbsp. l flour;
• 250 g of champignons;
• 25 g of cl. oils;
• 50 g of cheese;
• hot pepper, salt, garlic.
Cooking
1. Cook the cabbage rolls according to any of the recipes or take out the semi-finished product from the freezer. In the second case, it is not necessary to thaw.
2. Rinse the mushrooms, dry, cut into two parts. Sprinkle with flour, mix.
3. Heat oil in a skillet, add mushrooms, fry for a minute over high heat.
4. Put in the form of cabbage rolls, spread the fried mushrooms between them.
5. Add pepper to cream, squeeze a little garlic, add salt. Stir well. Finely grate cheese, add to sauce.
6. Pour cabbage rolls with mushrooms with prepared sauce, smooth the layer.
7. Put in the microwave. If the cabbage rolls are fresh, then 17 minutes is enough. If the semi-finished products were frozen, then increase the time by 2-3 minutes.
Dietary cabbage rolls in the microwave (with chicken)
Chicken fillet is used for these cabbage rolls, but skinless turkey meat can be used.
Ingredients
• 500 g of chicken;
• 10 cabbage leaves;
• 2 carrots;
• 2 onion heads;
• 600 ml of tomato juice;
• spices, oil.
Cooking
1. Dice the onions, rub the carrots, mix everything at once. Add a tablespoon of vegetable oil, stir.
2. Put the vegetables in a bowl for the microwave, in which we will cook cabbage rolls. We put in the oven, cook at maximum power for 6 minutes.
3. Spread half the vegetables in a bowl, distribute the rest on the bottom of the vessel with an even layer.
4. Chicken fillet chopped into small pieces or twist, interrupt the harvester. Add previously prepared vegetables, salt, add a little pepper, you can add chopped greens to these cabbage rolls.
5. Wrap the diet filling in pre-prepared leaves of white cabbage. Lay on top of the vegetable layer.
6. Fill with salted tomato juice. If you need to get a thicker gravy, then you can dissolve a teaspoon of flour.
7. Send stuffed cabbage to the microwave, cook for fifteen minutes. If necessary, then increase the time.
Lean stuffed cabbage in the microwave
A recipe for stuffed cabbage in the microwave that vegetarians will appreciate. The dish is plain, but tasty and satisfying.
Ingredients
• 150 g of rice;
• 300 g of mushrooms;
• 120 g carrots;
• cabbage leaves;
• onion;
• 200 g of mushrooms;
• 500 g of tomatoes;
• 30 ml of soy sauce;
• greens, garlic.
Cooking
1. Wash dry rice, sort, boil, pour into a colander, let it cool.
2. Cut the onion, put in a skillet, fry in a spoon of oil, add the grated carrot.
3. After a minute, we throw the chopped mushrooms to the vegetables, bring to a half-preparedness, season with spices, herbs, cool.
4. Add mushrooms with vegetables to rice, stir. We start the cabbage leaves, fold the envelopes more accurately.
5. Tomatoes rub tomatoes, mix with soy sauce, throw garlic and herbs, water cabbage rolls.
Put in the microwave. Lent stuffed cabbage is enough for 12-15 minutes to reach readiness. We look at the cabbage leaves. Once they are soft, you can remove the dish from the microwave.
Lazy cabbage rolls in the microwave under cheese
Another recipe for simple but very juicy and tasty stuffed cabbage. You need to choose a cheese that melts well.
Ingredients
• 300 g of minced meat;
• 130 g of boiled rice;
• 250 g of cabbage;
• 1 egg;
• Spices;
• 1 onion;
• 2 tablespoons sour cream;
• 2 large tomatoes;
• 120 g of cheese.
Cooking
1. Mix chopped and mashed cabbage with chopped onion, add rice and minced meat, seasonings, form round balls. Fold the cabbage rolls in a smeared form.
2. Peel the tomatoes. Cut into pieces, scatter in shape between the cabbage rolls.
3. Grate cheese, combine with sour cream (or take mayonnaise). Spread the resulting mass evenly over cabbage rolls.
4. Put in the microwave for 15 minutes.
Stuffed cabbage in the microwave - useful tips and tricks
• If the meat was caught without fat, you can add a little softened butter to it or put a piece inside the filling when forming stuffed cabbage.
• In the microwave oven you can cook not only classic cabbage rolls in cabbage leaves, but also dolma. In this case, the stuffing is twisted into tender grape leaves.
• In the stuffing for stuffed cabbage, you can put not only boiled rice, but also buckwheat, barley, the dish will sparkle with new tastes.
