{"id":1916,"date":"2026-02-20T23:09:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=1916"},"modified":"2026-02-20T23:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:09:06","slug":"traditional-polish-stuffed-cabbage-rolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/traditional-polish-stuffed-cabbage-rolls\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Traditional Polish Stuffed Cabbage Rolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Traditional Polish Stuffed Cabbage Rolls<\/h2>\n<p>A comforting, old-fashioned Polish dish made with tender cabbage leaves stuffed with seasoned meat and rice, then simmered in a rich tomato sauce. Perfect for family dinners!<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Ingredients<\/h3>\n<p><strong>For the Cabbage Rolls:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 large green cabbage<\/li>\n<li>1 lb (450g) ground beef (or beef &amp; pork mix)<\/li>\n<li>1 cup cooked white rice<\/li>\n<li>1 small onion, finely chopped<\/li>\n<li>1 large egg<\/li>\n<li>2 cloves garlic, minced<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp black pepper<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp paprika<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For the Tomato Sauce:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups tomato sauce<\/li>\n<li>1 cup crushed tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp tomato paste<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp sugar (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Salt &amp; pepper to taste<\/li>\n<li>1 cup beef broth (or water)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Instructions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Prepare the cabbage:<\/strong><br \/>\nBring a large pot of water to a boil. Carefully place the whole cabbage in the water and boil for 5\u20138 minutes until the leaves soften. Remove and gently peel off the leaves. Trim the thick stem part.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Make the filling:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a bowl, mix ground meat, cooked rice, onion, garlic, egg, salt, pepper, and paprika until well combined.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3\ufe0f\u20e3 Roll them up:<\/strong><br \/>\nPlace 2\u20133 tablespoons of filling near the base of each cabbage leaf. Fold in the sides and roll tightly like a burrito.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Prepare the sauce:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a bowl, mix tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, broth, salt, and pepper.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Cook:<\/strong><br \/>\nPlace cabbage rolls seam-side down in a large pot or baking dish. Pour sauce over them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stovetop:<\/strong> Simmer covered for 45\u201360 minutes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Oven:<\/strong> Bake at 350\u00b0F (175\u00b0C) for 1 hour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Serving Suggestion<\/h3>\n<p>Serve hot with mashed potatoes or crusty bread. Even better the next day!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Traditional Polish Stuffed Cabbage Rolls A comforting, old-fashioned Polish dish made with tender cabbage leaves stuffed with seasoned meat and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1918,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916\/revisions\/1918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}