Instant Pot Grandma Lil’s Stuffed Cabbage

Name: Instant Pot Grandma Lil’s Stuffed Cabbage
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 1 min
Total time: 1 h 6 min
Cuisine: Israeli
Ingredients: 1 large head of cabbage (get one that will fit your Instant Pot), steamed with leaves peeled and remaining core chopped; 5 medium yellow onions; 2/3 of one grated for the meat mixture, the remaining 4 chopped into chunks for the sauce mixture; 2 lbs of ground beef (85% – 90% lean); 1 egg; 1/2 cup of either long grain white or brown rice, cooked according to instructions (optional, it’s really just a texture thing); A few pinches of black pepper; A few pinches of kosher salt; 1 tsp of crushed or minced garlic; Two 46 oz cans of tomato juice; 6 oz can of tomato paste; 3 fresh lemons, squeezed and juiced; 4 tbsp of white granulated sugar; 1 tbsp of Crisco (I don’t know exactly why my grandma added it, but she did, so we do too ?)

Instructions

Prep:5minCook:1h 1min

This is the very dish that awoken my curiosity (and love) for cooking. My Grandma Lil made THE best stuffed cabbage - but there was a catch. She never wrote her recipes down. So my mom & I decided to re-create it to the best of our knowledge and for the Instant Pot.

Updated at: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 05:11:01 GMT