Best Sarma Hot Dish Recipes

SARMA (STUFFED CABBAGE)

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For this satisfying dish, cabbage leaves are stuffed with a seasoned mixture of rice, ground beef, pork and ham. They are then laid on a bed of sauerkraut and simmered to completion. This is the best stuffed cabbage recipe I've ever tried.

Provided by Bea Gassman

Categories Main Dish Recipes Stuffed Main Dish Recipes Stuffed Cabbage

Time 3h15m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

1 large head cabbage
1 pound lean ground beef
½ pound ground pork
½ pound ground ham
1 cup uncooked long-grain white rice
1 onion, finely chopped
1 egg
½ teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
1 pound sauerkraut
1 cup tomato juice
water to cover

Steps:

Place cabbage in the freezer for a few days. The night before making the rolls, take it out to thaw.
In a large bowl, combine the beef, pork, ham, rice, onion, egg, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Mix well. Form meat mixture into oblong balls, using 1/2 cup of the mixture at a time. Then, wrap a cabbage leaf around each ball.
Spread the sauerkraut in the bottom of a large pot, then layer cabbage rolls on top, placing them seam-side down. Pour tomato juice over rolls, then add enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer for about 3 hours, adding more water as necessary.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 531.7 calories, Carbohydrate 43.8 g, Cholesterol 140.6 mg, Fat 22.7 g, Fiber 8.2 g, Protein 38.4 g, SaturatedFat 8.5 g, Sodium 1135.3 mg, Sugar 10.3 g

SARMA HOT DISH

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This tastes for all the world like sarmas (cabbage rolls) without the muss and fuss, a delicious alternative. If you love cabbage rolls, but don't like the bother of the individual rolls, give this a try. This has remained one of my highly requested recipes throughout the years.

Provided by Patte Thomas @Patte

Categories Beef

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

8 slice(s) Bacon
1 pound(s) Lean ground beef
1 large Onion chopped finely
5 cup(s) Tomato Juice (or 1 Lg can)
1 1/2 cup(s) Raw white rice
1 small Head of Cabbage (chop small)
1 large Sauerkraut Can
- Salt, Pepper, & Garlic Granules to taste

Steps:

Cut your cabbage into small pieces and set aside.
Cut bacon into small pieces (I slice down the middle of a piece and then chop it) and brown well.
Remove the pieces of bacon and then brown your diced onion in the bacon grease (yes, use bacon fat).
Remove your onions and brown your ground beef (this is all the same pan). Season the ground beef with salt, pepper, and garlic granules.
Mix your meat, bacon pieces, and onions together.
While you're doing the browning, have your rice cooking in the tomato juice, also make sure to use the salt, pepper, and garlic granules, to taste, in the rice pot. Cook rice until "almost" done (15-17 minutes).
When your rice is done, add your meat mixture to the rice and mix together well.
Now the layering process, in the following order going from bottom to top ... 1. 1/2 of the Cabbage 2. 1/2 of the Sauerkraut 3. 1/2 of the Meat/rice mixture. Repeat the layering one more time.
Bake covered in a 350 degree oven for approximately 1-1/2 hours. If it seems dry, add some hot water around the edges BUT DO NOT STIR MIXTURE! (Usually it is not dry.)
Note: I have doubled this in a large roasting pan for bigger crowds, or made two hot dishes(normal recipe amount fits into a 2.5-3 qt size hot dish). Also, depending on the cabbage size, I've not used the entire thing, just eyeball it while layering. You want nice coverage, but not so much that it is all you have, as the sauerkraut goes on top of that.