Main Courses

Lazy Halupki

Ingredients

• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1/2 lb. ground pork, or another 1/2 lb. beef
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1 medium head cabbage, cored and chopped
• 3/4 cup uncooked long grain white rice
• 1 can (28 oz.) crushed tomatoes
• 1 can (10.75 oz.) tomato soup
• 1 cup water
• 1 Tbsp brown sugar

Directions

1. Brown the beef and pork with the onion in a skillet. Drain the fat, then stir in the garlic, salt, and pepper.
2. Mix the crushed tomatoes, tomato soup, water, and brown sugar in a bowl.
3. In the crock pot, layer half the cabbage, all the meat, the rice, then the rest of the cabbage.
4. Pour the tomato mixture over the top.
5. Cook on low 6-8 hours, until the cabbage is tender and the rice is cooked. Stir before serving.

Notes

• All the flavor of stuffed cabbage without rolling the leaves.
• Use regular long grain rice, not instant, or it turns to mush.