Preparation Steps

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Remove the core from the cabbage. Place the whole cabbage in a large pot of boiling salted water for 5-10 minutes, or until the outer leaves are softened. Carefully drain and let cool slightly. Gently peel off the softened leaves one by one.
  1 head green cabbage
• In a large bowl, combine ground beef, cooked rice, chopped onion, minced garlic, 0.5 cup tomato sauce, milk, egg, 1 teaspoon salt, and 0.5 teaspoon pepper. Mix well.
  1 head green cabbage
• Cut out the thick vein from the bottom of each cabbage leaf. Place a portion of the meat mixture onto the center of each leaf and fold the sides in, then roll up tightly.
• In a large baking dish, spread the prepared sauce evenly.
  1 head green cabbage
• Arrange the rolled cabbage rolls seam-side down over the sauce in the baking dish.
• Pour any remaining sauce over the cabbage rolls. Cover the dish with foil.
• Bake for 1 hour, or until heated through and tender. Serve hot.