How to cook stuffed cabbage rolls (frozen) in a saucepan, slow cooker or oven

The pre-holiday bustle in the kitchen takes a lot of time and effort from the hostess. I would like to cook as many different delicious dishes as possible, not forgetting about old proven recipes and adding new ones. It's good when there are various pre-prepared semi-finished products in the freezer, and of course, among them is a bag of cabbage rolls. How to cook cabbage rolls after freezing quickly and tasty in order to delight guests with a traditional dish on a festive table? We study culinary subtleties.

See recipe for lazy cabbage rolls in the oven!

How to deliciously cook frozen cabbage rolls in a saucepan

To prepare pre-frozen cabbage rolls you only need:

a saucepan with a thick bottom of suitable volume;
a few carrots;
vegetable oil;
salt and pepper;
flour;
tomato paste.

Cooking process:

Remove cabbage rolls from the freezer and leave on the table until completely defrosted (at least 2 hours).
Gently fold the workpiece into the pan. Put fresh cabbage leaves or chopped carrots with onions on the bottom of the dish.
Peel 4 medium-sized carrots for 2 kg of cabbage rolls. Grate and sprinkle over the stacked cabbage rolls.
Season with salt and pepper. Add water to a saucepan to coat the cabbage rolls.
Bring the contents of the saucepan to a boil and simmer over low heat for at least 1 hour.
Fry 4 tbsp in a pan. l flour in 6 tbsp. l. oils. As soon as the flour changes color add warm water and 4 tbsp tomato paste. l. Cook until thick.
An hour after boiling cabbage rolls, pour the gravy into a saucepan, add bay leaves and chopped herbs. Cook for another 10 minutes.

Press the cabbage rolls placed in the pan on top with a plate of a suitable size. So they will remain beautifully shaped.

There is another option for cooking cabbage rolls purchased in a store or pre-prepared at home in a saucepan. To make a delicious lunch, you need to fry the onions with carrots, adding chopped bell peppers and tomatoes. At the end of frying, add tomato paste, salt and pepper. Cover the bottom of the pan with steamed cabbage leaves and lay out the first layer of semi-finished products and cover with part of the roast. Repeat the procedure until the cabbage rolls run out.

Place bay leaf on top and salt a little. Add hot water to completely cover the piece and cook.

Use sour cream instead of tomato paste to make stuffed cabbage rolls. This is delicious.

How to cook stuffed cabbage rolls in the oven

Frozen cabbage rolls can not only be boiled, but also baked in the oven. For cooking, use a mold that is not too high so that you can lay the workpiece in one row.

Cooking steps:

Remove the semi-finished product from the freezer and lightly fry in a little oil over high heat.
Gently transfer to a baking dish in one row.
Peel and grate large carrots. Optionally, cut into small strips.
Cut the peeled onion into small cubes.
Fry vegetables in oil until tender.
Fry the flour separately in butter until golden brown. Pour in a little milk and mix thoroughly until smooth. Simmer for 3-5 minutes.
Add fried vegetables to the finished flour mixture and mix well.
Pour the sauce over the cabbage rolls in the form and bake them in the preheated oven.The baking temperature is 180 ° C, and the time is 50-60 minutes.
While the cabbage rolls are baked, prepare the sauce to pour over the finished dish. For the sauce, you need tomato paste, a little sour cream and cream. Simmer the ingredients in a small amount of butter for up to 10 minutes. Add spices to taste.

Before serving, pour the cabbage rolls with aromatic sour cream-tomato sauce.

Cooking juicy cabbage rolls in a slow cooker

The modern kitchen has a lot of useful equipment that allows you to save time and at the same time prepare healthy and tasty dishes. You can cook almost anything in a multicooker. Cabbage rolls are no exception in this large list.

Start cooking with the sauce. Set the "Baking" mode in the multicooker. Peel and chop the onions and carrots. Add tomato paste and mix well. Add a little broth to the fried vegetables, boil more and pour into a bowl or bowl.

Remove cabbage rolls from the freezer and immediately place them tightly in the multicooker bowl. Drizzle with sauce and cook for 80 minutes on simmering mode.

Various spices can be added to the sauce, making it more savory in taste.

The second option for preparing a frozen semi-finished product is steamed diet cabbage rolls. What could be as easy as shelling pears?

Cooking steps:

Put the frozen semi-finished product into a special container for steaming without preliminary defrosting.
Pour in a small amount of water and place the cabbage rolls laid out on the wire rack.
To prepare the dish, select the "Steam" program. Set the timer for 50 minutes.
While the semi-finished product is preparing, chop a little garlic and dill. Mix them with sour cream. This sauce will give the finished cabbage rolls a very delicate unusual taste.

Delicious stuffed cabbage rolls in a pan

When you need to cook some cabbage rolls, you should not use a saucepan or oven. Cook fresh or frozen cabbage rolls in a skillet with high sides. Put a small frying pan on fire and heat well. To fry cabbage rolls, use vegetable oil.

Put stuffed cabbage in one layer in hot oil, fry, and then gently turn over. Lightly add salt and add a little water. Add a small amount of carrots and onions if desired. Reduce heat, cover and continue simmering. After 40 minutes add sour cream and tomato paste.

For cooking stuffed cabbage, use only cast iron dishes.

How to cook cabbage rolls in the microwave

There is not always a multicooker in the kitchen, and frozen cabbage rolls need to be cooked quickly. In this case, you can use the microwave. To do this, you need to prepare a deep container with a lid that can be used in the microwave.

Defrost semi-finished products beforehand and place in a suitable dish. Pour hot water over, cover and place in microwave... Set the maximum temperature to warm up the dish for 20 minutes. Take out the container and turn the cabbage rolls. Put it back on heating at maximum temperature for 15 minutes.

When serving ready-made cabbage rolls, pour your favorite sauce or sour cream.

Professional recommendations

There are several rules for preparing semi-finished products that must be followed in order to get a delicious dish:

To avoid curdling the sour cream in the sauce, it is preferable to use hot water or broth.
The sauce will not burn if the fire is very low.
Make sure that the sauce for cabbage rolls does not boil, but languishes.
The taste of cabbage rolls will improve significantly if they are poured over with sauce, rather than plain water.
When frozen, the taste of meat and cabbage does not change, but such a preparation cannot be stored for more than 3 months.
At the end of cooking, sprinkle cabbage rolls with finely chopped basil, dill or cilantro.

If there are no frozen cabbage rolls in the freezer at home, you can buy them at the store. The main thing is to choose the right semi-finished product:

Before buying cabbage rolls by weight, you need to ask the seller about the composition of the filling.For the production of minced meat, different types of meat can be used, and the proportion of rice and meat can also be different. On store shelves, you can also find stuffed cabbage rolls with rice and vegetables without minced meat.
The darlings should be whole, of the same size, and you can see at least one cut cabbage roll on the showcase.
You shouldn't buy stuffed cabbage rolls with a thick layer cabbage... When purchasing a semi-finished product in a store, you pay the same for cabbage as for meat. Vegetable cabbage rolls are much cheaper than with minced meat.
Good quality products contain as much rice in the filling as meat.
In supermarkets you can find vacuum-packed frozen cabbage rolls. In this case, it is necessary to check the integrity of the packaging and the date of manufacture of the product. The shelf life of a product is influenced by its storage conditions. After repeated defrosting and freezing, the stuffed cabbage rolls in the package will be covered with a layer of ice.

Now, every time you cook cabbage rolls in the kitchen, be sure to make 2-3 dozen more. Send them to the freezer. And the next time, when there is not enough time for cooking lunch or dinner, this semi-finished product will become your lifesaver.

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