Chicken 'n' Rice Filled Cabbage Rolls

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 12 large whole green cabbage leaves
• 1/4 medium onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup water
• 3 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
• 3 cups finely chopped cooked chicken
• 1 cup cooked rice
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper

Recipe

• 1 bring 6 cups water to a boil in dutch oven over high heat.
• 2 add cabbage leaves and reduce heat to low. simmer, covered, 10 to 12 minutes or until cabbage leaves are tender. drain, rinse under cold running water.
• 3 cook and stir onion and garlic in oil in large skillet over medium heat 6 to 8 minutes or until tender.
• 4 remove 1/2 cup onion mixture. add tomato sauce, water, brown sugar, lemon juice and allspice to onion mixture in skillet.
• 5 cook, uncovered 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 6 preheat oven to 350. spread 1/3 cup tomato sauce over bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish.
• 7 combine reserved onion mixture, chicken, rice, egg, salt and black pepper; mix well.
• 8 place about 1/3 cup mixture in center of each cabbage leaf. fold sides over filling; roll up.
• 9 arrange cabbage rolls, seam side down, on sauce in pan. spoon remaining sauce evenly over cabbage rolls.
• 10 cover dish with foil. bake 1 hour 15 minutes or until very tender.