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Easy Russian Chicken and Cabbage Rolls with Fresh Veggies (Golubtsi)

Classic Russian Golubtsi can be made right in your kitchen. It's a colorful dish which includes chicken, carrots, and bell peppers wrapped in cabbage and cooked with a sauce.
Total Time2 hours 20 minutes
Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Meals
Cuisine: Meat Dishes, Russian
Allergy: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Nut Free
Servings: 6
Calories: 312kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

Cabbage Rolls:

  • 2 lb chicken, ground
  • ¼ cup white rice, cooked
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 tsp tomato paste
  • 1 red bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 large head cabbage

For the sauce:

  • 2 carrots, grated
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 Tbsp tomato paste
  • salt, to taste
  • pepper, to taste
  • 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

  • In a mixing bowl, add ground chicken thighs.
    2 lb chicken,
  • Grate 1 onion into the bowl with chicken. Add 1 tsp sea salt, 1 tsp black pepper, 2 tsp tomato paste, and boiled rice to the bowl. Mix well together.
    ¼ cup white rice,, 1 onion,, salt,, pepper,, 2 tsp tomato paste
  • In a pot filled with water, boil a head of cabbage for 1 hour (make sure to carve the core out before boiling). The cabbage will be soft.
    1 large head cabbage
  • Carefully take each leaf from the cabbage. (If a leaf is too big, you can cut it in half.) Also, cut the harder part off.
  • In the center of each leaf add 1 Tablespoon of the meat mixture. Fold the sides and then roll the long way. Like an egg roll. Stack in a Dutch oven-pot or a regular pot. If you don’t have enough cabbage leaves, you could just make meat into meatballs and add to the pot.

For the sauce:

  • Boil water in a kettle.
  • Chop up 1 onion, grate 2 carrots, and chop 1 red bell pepper.
    2 carrots,, 1 onion,, 1 red bell pepper,
  • In a pan, heat up 2 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil.
    2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • First sauté the onions for 2 minutes.
    1 onion,
  • Add to the onions chopped carrots, then sauté for another 2 minutes.
    2 carrots,
  • Add to the onions and carrots the red bell pepper and 2 Tablespoons of tomato paste. Sauté for another 3-4 minutes.
    2 Tbsp tomato paste
  • Pour over the cabbage rolls and add boiled water from the kettle, just enough to cover everything. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Bring to a boil, then turn heat down to the lowest and cook for 1 hour. Serve hot!

Nutrition

Calories: 312kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 54mg | Sodium: 163mg | Potassium: 734mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 4436IU | Vitamin C: 108mg | Calcium: 113mg | Iron: 2mg