Frozen cabbage rolls are a very convenient, hearty and tasty dish. They are simply irreplaceable in case of unexpected guests on the doorstep or when there is no more time for cooking. And if you know how to cook frozen cabbage rolls, then literally in half an hour lunch or dinner will be ready. Quick and easy.

Frozen cabbage rolls in a pan

Cooking frozen cabbage rolls in a pan can begin immediately after the convenience foods are taken out of the refrigerator. But if there is a fear that cabbage rolls may break, they can be thawed a little.


Ingredients:

  • semi-finished products - 1 kg;
  • carrots - 2 pcs.;
  • tomato paste - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • flour - 2 tbsp. l

Step by step recipe:

  1. Put prepared cabbage rolls in a pan with a thick bottom.
  2. Grate the carrots and distribute them over the entire surface of the semi-finished products.
  3. Pour so much water into the pan so that they are completely covered with liquid, salt, pepper and put on fire.
  4. After the water boils, you need to make a minimum fire and cook for another 1 hour.
  5. During this time, gravy is being prepared. In a frying pan until golden brown, flour is fried, poured with water and stewed until thickened.
  6. At the end of cooking, pouring gravy, chopped greens fall asleep and everything boils for another 5-10 minutes.

Lunch is ready. Cabbage rolls are laid out on a dish, decorated and you can start a meal.

Cooking in a slow cooker

Frozen cabbage rolls in a slow cooker rescued more than one housewife, because the unit does almost everything itself. You just need to lay the products and choose the right mode.

Ingredients:

  • semi-finished products - 0.8 kg;
  • carrot - 1 pc.;
  • celery (stem) - 80 g;
  • cream - 200 ml;
  • tomato sauce - 100 g;
  • cheese - 120 g.

Cooking method:

  1. Mix cream and tomato sauce, salt and pepper to taste.
  2. Grate cheese and carrots, chop celery.
  3. Lay out: celery and carrots, pour with vegetable oil. Put cabbage on top, pour in cream sauce and sprinkle with cheese. If desired, the layers can be repeated.
  4. Extinguish in the Multi-cook mode for 60 minutes at a temperature of 90 ° C.

Done. When serving, the dish is sprinkled with chopped village, with ketchup and mayonnaise.

Semi-finished products in a pan

Only eggs are cooked faster in a pan. Half an hour, and you can sit down at the table.
Ingredients:

  • semi-finished products - 0.85 kg;
  • onions - 80 g;
  • garlic - 2 cloves;
  • tomatoes - 200 g;
  • tomato paste - 2 tbsp. l

Step-by-step instruction:

  1. Prepare vegetables: peel and chop the onion with garlic, cut the tomatoes into slices.
  2. Vegetables are fried in a pan, where 2 minutes later tomato paste is poured.
  3. After a couple of minutes, a small amount of water is poured into the same place. Everything is thoroughly mixed, salted and stewed for 3-5 minutes.
  4. Stuffed cabbage and stewed vegetables are laid out in a deep pan with a thick bottom and poured with tomato sauce.
  5. Everything is stewed under the lid for 20 minutes.

The dish is decorated with greens. Sour cream sauce with dill and garlic is suitable.

Oven baked cabbage rolls

This is a full dinner or lunch.

Ingredients:

  • semi-finished products - 1 kg;
  • carrots - 1 pc.;
  • onion - 1 pc.;
  • garlic - 2 cloves;
  • sour cream - 1 glass;
  • ketchup - 4 tbsp. l .;
  • Bay leaf;
  • Tomatoes - 200 g.

Cooking method:

  1. Grate carrots, finely chop onion and garlic. Fry in a pan for 4-5 minutes.
  2. Mix sour cream, ketchup and tomatoes. Add to the pan to the vegetables, salt and pepper. Pour in some water.
  3. Stuffed cabbage in the form, pour the sauce and toss the bay leaf.
  4. Preheat the oven to 190 ° C, put the mold on for 30 minutes.

For baking, special clay dishes are also suitable. And the fried mushrooms added to the sauce will make the taste of the dish much brighter.

In sour cream sauce

If you change the standard tomato sauce to sour cream analogue, the dish will sparkle with new colors. And if there are stuffed cabbage prepared in advance in the freezer, then a minimum of time and effort will be required.


Ingredients:

  • semi-finished products - 0.8 kg;
  • flour - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • cream - 200 ml;
  • sour cream - 400 ml;
  • broth - 600 ml.

Recipe:

  1. Fry the flour for a minute, pour in the cream, mix everything thoroughly until smooth, add sour cream.
  2. Salt, pepper and boil for another 2-3 minutes.
  3. Put the semi-finished products in a pan, half fill in the broth and add the sour cream sauce.
  4. Stew cabbage rolls for 45 minutes over low heat.

The dish is served hot on the table, laid out on plates, doused with cream sauce and garnished with herbs.

Recipe for a double boiler

Steamed foods are not digested; they retain nutrients and vitamins. This is a diet dish that has a soft, delicate texture and great taste.

Ingredients:

  • semi-finished products - 1 kg;
  • broth - 0.25 l;
  • onion - 1 pc.;
  • carrot - 1 pc.;
  • tomato paste - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • ginger - 10 g;
  • garlic - 2 cloves;
  • flour - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • butter - 80 g;
  • caraway seeds - 5 g;

Cooking method:

  1. Stuffed cabbage is first thawed.
  2. Semi-finished products are laid in a double boiler. The cooking process takes approximately 35-40 minutes.
  3. In the meantime, prepare the sauce. Cut the ginger root into thin slices, grate the carrots, chop the onion and garlic.
  4. Fry garlic, caraway seeds and ginger in butter.
  5. Add tomato paste. To languish for 5 minutes.
  6. Separately, fry the flour, pour in the broth, simmer before the sauce thickens.
  7. Thoroughly mix the thickened sauce with sautéed vegetables and simmer for another 10 minutes.

If the sauce has cooled, it can be heated using a microwave. Although some prefer to serve it cold.

In order to cook stuffed cabbage semi-finished products do not require special skills, it does not take much time. At the same time, both pre-cooked products and frozen cabbage rolls from the supermarket are suitable. All you need is to unfreeze, cook according to any of the above recipes and your home lunch or holiday dinner is ready.

Bon Appetit!