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Japanese Rolled Cabbage

Japanese Cabbage Roll Recipe

Cabbage roll or (ロールキャベツ) is a popular dish made by wrapping ground meat and diced onions in cabbage and simmering in a seasoned soup.
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Total Time 50 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients Method Video

Ingredients
  

Necessary Ingredients
  • 6 leaves of cabbage
  • 1 onion
  • 400 g minced hamburger (~1 lb)
  • 1 egg
  • 300 mL water
  • 50 mL dashi
  • 0.5 tsp chicken bouillon
  • 0.25 tsp salt
  • pepper (as you like)
Optional
  • 1 bay leaf

Method
 

Cabbage Preparation
  1. Remove 6 leaves from a cabbage head
  2. Shave the core of the cabbage leaves and cut off the root
    Remove cabbage leaf root
  3. Save the cabbage cores for later
  4. Boil the cabbage leaves until they become soft (alternatively you can microwave for 2 minutes or until they become soft)
  5. Let the cabbage cool
Cabbage Roll Meat Preparation
  1. Dice an onion and the cabbage cores that were removed earlier
  2. Add the diced onion and cabbage cores into a mixing bowl
  3. Add the minced meat and an egg into the same mixing bowl and mix by hand
  4. Spoon an equal amount of the meat mixture onto a cabbage leaf and wrap
    Rolling the cabbage
  5. Add the water, dashi, chicken bouillon and salt into a pan (Optional: add the bay leaf into the pan)
  6. Simmer over medium heat until water is boiling
  7. Cover with a lid and simmer for 15 minutes on low heat
  8. Add some pepper if desired to the broth if desired
  9. Serve and enjoy

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