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A terracotta orange ceramic bowl is filled with a hearty deconstructed cabbage roll skillet meal. Tender, sautéed green cabbage ribbons are tossed together with crumbled ground meat and diced red tomatoes. Small grains of cooked rice and ground pepper specks are mixed evenly throughout the dish. The hot, savory mixture fills the bowl nearly to the rim in a close-up, angled view.

Cabbage Roll Skillet Bowl

Wes Fryer
All the flavor of cabbage rolls without the rolling or the long bake. Ready in about 40 minutes.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American

Equipment

  • 1 dutch oven

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound ground turkey
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 2 cups chopped cabbage
  • 1 14 ounce can diced tomatoes with roasted garlic (Hunt's), undrained
  • 1 to 2 teaspoons paprika
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 cup jasmine rice
  • 1 1/4 cups beef broth
  • Killer Hogs AP Seasoning or just salt and pepper

Instructions
 

  • Cook the rice. Rinse the jasmine rice until the water runs mostly clear. Add it to a rice cooker with the beef broth and start the cooker. Let it sit covered for 10 minutes after it finishes, then fluff.
  • Brown the sausage. Cook the turkey sausage in a large skillet over medium heat, breaking it into crumbles, until browned and cooked through.
  • Sauté the onion. Add the chopped onion and cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
  • Add the cabbage and tomatoes. Stir in the cabbage, the diced tomatoes with their juice, paprika, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper.
  • Simmer. Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the cabbage is tender and the sauce has thickened slightly.
  • Serve. Spoon the skillet mixture over the jasmine rice.

Notes

This is a tasty and fast recipe I asked Claude to help me concoct and prepare. I had purchased a head of cabbage to cook cabbage rolls, but I wanted to eat sooner and cabbage rolls are a bit labor and time intensive.
A few notes and suggestions:
  • If the skillet looks dry while simmering, add a splash of beef broth.
  • For a tangier, more traditional cabbage roll flavor, finish with a splash of vinegar and a pinch of sugar.
  • Canned kidney or white beans, stirred in during the last 5 minutes, add extra protein and fiber.
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