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Aladdin's Eatery Cabbage Rolls Recipe
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Aladdin's Eatery Cabbage Rolls Recipe

Make our Aladdin's Eatery Cabbage Rolls Recipe at home. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Cabbage Rolls will taste just like Aladdin's Eatery.
Prep Time45 minutes
Active Time1 hour 20 minutes
Total Time2 hours 5 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Keyword: Aladdin's Eatery, Beef, Rice

Ingredients

  • Water enough to 1/2 fill a large pot
  • 2 tablespoons Salt
  • 1 large head Green Cabbage at room temperature
  • 1 medium Onion finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons Vegetable Oil
  • 1 1/2 pounds ground Lamb or Beef
  • 1 cup short-grain Rice washed and drained
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground Allspice
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground Black Pepper to taste
  • 1 1/4 cups Water divided
  • 4 cloves Garlic chopped
  • 1/4 cup freshly squeezed Lemon Juice

Instructions

  • Fill a large pot 1/2 full of water.
  • Add 2 tablespoons Salt.
  • Place pot over medium high heat and bring to a boil.
  • Separate leaves from head of cabbage carefully.
  • Drop leaves, one at a time, into boiling water until all leaves are in. Cook until limp, about 5 minutes.
  • Remove leaves to a paper towel-covered plate to drain and cool.
  • When cooled, cut leaves in half. Remove and discard center ribs. Set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, add onion, oil, lamb or beef, rice, allspice, 1 teaspoon salt, pepper and 1 cup water. Mix well. Set aside.
  • In a small bowl, add 1/4 cup water, garlic and lemon juice. Set aside.
  • Place 1 tablespoon prepared rice mixture in the center of a lettuce leaf. Roll leaf up around filling, tucking in sides to contain filling.
  • Place roll, flap side down, in a Dutch oven.
  • Continue with more leaves and filling, placing each roll in the Dutch oven. Pack rolls in tight to make a single layer.
  • When layer is full, sprinkle with garlic/lemon juice mixture.
  • Add new rolls to a second layer and sprinkle again when full.
  • Continue, if needed, with additional layers until all rolls are filled and packed in.
  • Sprinkle remaining garlic/lemon juice mixture over top.
  • Invert a heavy heat proof plate over the rolls.
  • Cover pan.
  • Place on stove top over medium heat and bring to simmer. Cook 40 to 60 minutes.
  • Remove rolls from pot and place on a serving plate.
  • Serve hot with Aladdin’s Eatery Hummus, Aladdin’s Eatery Baba Ghannouj and/or other Dipping Sauces (See Boxes Below for Links to these Recipes).

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