Microwave Stuffed Cabbage Rolls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 cabbage leaves
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 c. cooked rice
1 tsp. instant minced onion
1 egg
1/2 tsp. poultry seasoning
1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
1 1/2 tsp. light brown sugar
2 Tbsp. lemon juice or vinegar
2 Tbsp. water

Preparation

In a large saucepan on the stove, bring 6 cups of water and 1 teaspoon of salt to boiling.
Add cabbage leaves and simmer about 2 or 3 minutes or just long enough to make leaves pliable.
Drain leaves on paper towels.
Put beef into a 1 1/2-quart glass baking dish.
Cover with waxed paper.
Cook in microwave oven 4 minutes at High or until meat is no longer pink.
Stir occasionally.
Add rice, onion, egg and poultry seasoning to beef and mix.
Divide meat mixture into 8 even portions.
Cut the core out of the cabbage leaf.
Place one portion of meat in center of each cabbage leaf.
Fold 2 sides of leaf over meat and roll up leaves from the end.
Arrange cabbage rolls, seam side down, in a 2-quart glass baking dish.
Combine tomato sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice and water in a small bowl.
Pour over cabbage rolls.
Cover with waxed paper.
Cook in microwave oven 10 minutes at High or until heated.
Rearrange once during the cooking period. Remove from oven.
Cover with plastic wrap and allow to stand 10 minutes before serving.