Microwave cabbage for cabbage rolls, lasagna and other dishes using its leaves

Microwave cabbage for cabbage rolls, lasagna and other dishes using its leaves

Category: Vegetable and fruit dishes

Ingredients
White cabbage	1.5-2 kg

Cooking method

• The topic arose spontaneously. It turns out that not everyone knows that you can easily prepare cabbage leaves for later use in dishes.
• For easy disassembly of a head of cabbage, I take a head of cabbage, cut a stump out of it and put the swing with the cut part down in the microwave for 10 minutes at full power (I have a microwave power of 1200). After that, the cabbage is easily disassembled into leaves. The head of cabbage gets very hot at the same time, so take care of the handles. If the leaves are not yet soft enough (there are very tight heads of cabbage), then the removed leaves can be processed in the microwave for a few more minutes. They say you need to immediately put the head of cabbage under cold water, I honestly have not tried that, but in the near future I will definitely do it and write the result of the experiment. And you share your impressions.

Time for preparing:

10 minutes

Cooking program:

Microwave

Note

So let's give it a try and share our impressions.
I also really like the fact that with this method you can use everything, even the smallest leaves and make very little darlings. the size of a dolma. And a little more about stuffed cabbage, then it is advisable to fry them until the cabbage gives a beautiful crispy look and put out quite a bit.
Idea taken from here 🔗

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Great idea!
And where is the opened "rose"?

[kil]

kil, thanks, I also boiled cabbage all my life. And I strongly dislike the process of cutting into leaves, rarely when it is possible to remove them completely whole. On Saturday I will conduct tests and may love to make stuffed cabbage rolls

[Irma]

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Rose ... well, like you can't insert other people's photos, it seems to me my darlings are prettier
Irma, try, in fact, it greatly simplifies the process, just do not burn yourself, you really need to try it right away under cold water (I just found out about water myself).
Good luck.

Great idea!
And where is the opened "rose"?

Irish can copy the pictures yourself ...

And here are the missing photos of the author of this recipe:

Cabbage for cabbage rolls - microwave processing.
It happens that the preparation of cabbage leaves for stuffed cabbage is frightening in its procedurality. And you can't remove the leaves from raw cabbage. Will break.
And in the recipes: Boil in boiling salted water, cut a stump, and beat off thick stems ... Passion!
Let me propose a completely non-tiring replacement for this procedure. Just microwave the cabbage. And then the cabbage will turn into such a heap of flexible and soft leaves, from which it is a pleasure to make stuffed cabbage.
Let's start by choosing a cabbage on the market. It is best to take cabbage not round, but flattened. It looks like a large tablet. These cabbage usually have very large and thin leaves. Round crunchy cabbage is more suitable for pickling. And of course, the leaves should be intact, and under the leaves there should not be a scattering of dark spots - traces of being eaten by pests.
So, cabbage, weighing about one and a half kilograms. Light, very dense, flattened shape.
Remove a couple of top leaves from it. They are not needed.

Place the cabbage in the microwave. We set the power to 900W. The timer is for 10-12 minutes (this is for a kaput weighing 1.5-2 kg).
As soon as the microwave signals readiness. Remove the cabbage and place it under cold running water. Most likely she is already ready. Squeeze it. It should become somewhat soft. If in doubt, microwave it for another 2-4 minutes. And again under a stream of cold water.
We put the cabbage stump down and begin to unfold the leaves, revealing the cabbage like a rose. They turn away very easily, because they have become soft and flexible. In the first photo you can see the end of this process. The cabbage has evolved into a large soft rose with a small ball of small leaves in the center.
Now turn the cabbage stump up. We take a knife and begin to cut the leaves at the stump, putting the cut aside.
There will be no marriage in the form of torn leaves. Because, in spite of their softness and thinness, the leaves are durable and do not break. Unlike loose boiled ones.
With a knife, cut off the protruding thick stems-veins from each leaf. They also cut perfectly easily.
And our leaves are ready.
Wrapping minced meat in such leaves is the most pleasant process. Stuffed cabbage rolls are neat, tight, dense.

[kil]

kil, thanks for the information you need

[kil]

kilThank you very much for the necessary information about cabbage, I love stuffed cabbage, but undressing cabbage nope .. And here it is so simple.

[kil]

kilhow it helped! I love cabbage rolls so much, but when I remember fussing with cabbage .... Thank you!

[kil]

kil,
Great information: bravo: Due to the ancient method of preparing cabbage for cabbage rolls, I refused to cook this wonderful dish. Thank you!!

I love cabbage rolls. Cabbage leaves were always picked by hand while still raw. It will be interesting to try to prepare in the microwave. THANK YOU.

I've been doing it for so long too. I will just hold it in the mic for 5 minutes, remove a few leaves, then again for 5 minutes, and so on until the end. It just seems to me that the upper ones will be overcooked, because you take off the hot upper ones, and inside are even cold ones. For any it is more convenient than in a saucepan, always took care of hands before.

I pour water into a glass pan to cover the bottom, and put the cabbage stump down (I cut out the stump first). I cut cabbage in several steps. I do everything in the microwave.

I pour water into a glass pan to cover the bottom, and put the cabbage stump down (I cut out the stump first). I cut cabbage in several steps.

And how does it turn out in time?
It seems to me that the process takes longer with water, because the water heats up, not the cabbage. And a couple is probably a lot at the same time. Here vegetables without water are exactly cooked in the microwave faster than with water. Try it too.

And my head of cabbage froze on the balcony, after thawing, the leaves separated very easily. I even made stuffed cabbage rolls for this occasion. The leaves were rather soft and I did not boil them further. But in vain! Even after stewing in a multicooker-pressure cooker, the leaves turned out to be harsh. But I liked the idea, especially since it is frosty now and it is easy to freeze cabbage on the balcony, but after disassembling it, steam it additionally.

So it is customary, in winter it means you can throw a head of cabbage on the street and then defrost it.

I read somewhere that it is necessary to put in a plastic bag in the microwave. Now I do it, it turns out faster. But also in parts, it's better.

Do not throw away a lot of gravel, and then suddenly a thaw ... With our weather dislocations, then ...

But also in parts, it's better.

parts of it like

So it is customary, in winter it means you can throw a head of cabbage on the street and then defrost it.

And in the spring to make stuffed cabbage

I read somewhere that it is necessary to put in a plastic bag in the microwave. Now I do it, it turns out faster. But also in parts, this is better.

No, I am trying not to use the film when cooking in the microwave ... about as they say .... chemistry even, why cook it. And what does it mean in parts, we put the whole swing at once.

And in the spring to make cabbage rolls

Super idea ... I'm making notes so as not to forget the swing in spring ...

In the spring you will have to dismantle the balcony anyway, that's when the head of cabbage and "pop up"

Good topic!

In the spring you will have to dismantle the balcony anyway, that's when the head of cabbage and "pop up"

Not a fig, I live in the country, it can only sprout

Rose ... well, like you can't insert other people's pictures

but for clarity, you can someone else's video At first, she puts it in there, and sometimes in the middle she already takes it apart into leaves



PySy I do not mean what would offend ... honestly

parts of it like

I put it on for a few minutes, which came off easily, sleep. And again in the micra. Something like that.
but now cabbage rolls are a daily dish, and not on rare days. Fast, tasty. By the way, I stopped frying them, it turns out no worse, and not greasy.

but for clarity, you can someone else's video At first, she puts it in there, and sometimes in the middle she already takes it apart into leaves



PySy I do not mean what would offend ... honestly

She looked, her cabbage was clearly not cooked.

She looked, her cabbage was clearly not cooked

Cooked in the oven along the way

Probably in sour cream ... brrr, my liver can't stand it.

Thanks for the microwave idea!

[nazik]

nazik, to health.

And in the spring to make cabbage rolls

That's right, and there is no need to spend expensive electricity. And vitamins are safe (probably). And in the spring they come in handy ...

Which mode to set (I only use a microwave to warm up) I have microwave modes, a convector and a grill probably do not need

I set the "Microwaves" mode. Apparently the cabbage is very dense, after 10 minutes of processing it removed 2 leaves. Then she turned it over and set it for another 4 minutes. When I took it off, the head of cabbage was hot and a few sheets still torn

[Albina]

Albina, put the strongest mode, and then you can swing under cold water so that your hands do not burn (this is already the girls suggested here), if not enough then add time, maybe little power or the swing is very strong and large. Good luck. Try it, you will definitely succeed. Good luck.

[Irina]

Irina, kil, thank you Already ate cabbage cabbage is so hot that even after 3 hours a warm

If the leaves are left to fry very well or put in the refrigerator and then cook, they can be stored in the refrigerator for a very long time.

I've been doing it for so long too. I just hold it in the mic for 5 minutes, remove a few leaves, then again for 5 minutes, and so on until the end. It just seems to me that the top ones will be overcooked, because you take off the hot top ones, and inside are even cold ones.

and I do it, it works great

I went into the topic by accident and wanted stuffed cabbage.

This is also how I prepare cabbage in the microwave, and not only for stuffed cabbage, but also if you just need to fry cabbage quickly, especially winter, oak))

And today in Spara I bought young cabbage for stuffed cabbage

I like to fry the young in pieces in an egg and breadcrumbs

The recipe was in the bookmarks for a long time and finally decided to try it, I liked it so much, thanks!
Now that's the only way I will do

For a long time the recipe was in the bookmarks and finally decided to try it, I liked it so much, thanks!
Now that's the only way I will do

To your health!