This post may contain affiliate links. This stuffed cabbage rolls recipe is one I enjoyed from my grandma’s kitchen for years and years. Tender cabbage leaves are filled with a beef and rice mixture and baked in with a simple tomato sauce. This dish can how to freeze cabbage rolls made ahead of time and reheats and freezes well.

Ingredients in Cabbage Rolls Cabbage We use a head of regular green cabbage and boil it in a large pot of water to make it tender. Many people freeze the whole head of cabbage and thaw it to eliminate the boiling step but I find the cabbage isn’t as tender this way. Meat Mixture My grandmother always used pork in her cabbage rolls so I use a mixture of beef and pork. Cooked long-grain white rice is added to the meat along with an egg to help it hold together. Sauce Most Polish cabbage roll recipes are covered in tomato sauce or tomato juice.

We love the addition of a can of tomato soup to tomato sauce. Rice, meat, and tomatoes are wrapped with cabbage leaves and baked until perfectly tender. This dish is great for leftovers! Cook rice slightly undercooked per the recipe below.