Cabbage rolls, or galumpkis, are one of my very favorite dishes from childhood. I make them several times a year, although I’ll admit to sometimes taking a shortcut and making it as a casserole for ease!
For this recipe you’ll need: cabbage, ground beef, parsley, onion, cauliflower, egg, salt and pepper. Sauce: tomato sauce, cloves, Stevia or Xylitol, and sour cream.
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The problem with cabbage rolls is that they are starchy and high in carbs which will definitely throw your right out of ketosis and right out of that lovely fat burning stage. I’ve made low carb ones but they are almost always just meat filling and I like the rice mixed with the meat because it makes it lighter. Luckily I have an answer – using cauliflower instead of rice.
These are relatively easy to put together. You’ll remove the core from the cabbage and then steam it with the core side down, until the leaves are very tender, flexible, and easy to pull off. Once they cool a little you’ll put a spoonful of filling on the edge and roll them up tightly, tucking in the sides as you roll. Now just put them seam side down in the baking dish and you are good to go.
You can put the cabbage rolls together one day and cook them the next, you can cook them and freeze them, you can hold them for several days in the refrigerator?? they will still be there waiting for you and as delicious as ever when you are ready to eat them. A programmable Slow Cooker will allow you to have even more freedom when it comes to how and when they cook.
If you like them a little spicy a pinch of chipotle is a wonderful thing.
Please give these a try and let me know your thoughts. I basically just adapted my mom’s recipe.
Table of Contents
Cabbage Rolls without the Carbs
Ingredients
- 1 head of cabbage about 1 pound
- 1/2 pound of ground beef
- 1/4 cup parsley
- 1/4 cup onion
- 2 cups of raw cauliflower chopped fine
- 1 egg
- salt and pepper
Sauce
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- Pinch of ground cloves
- Stevia or xylitol to taste
- 1/4 cup sour cream.
Instructions
- Core the cabbage and pull off the first layer of outer leaves.
- Place in a large pot with about 2 inches of boiling water.
- Let cabbage steam until the leaves pull off easily and are very pliable without being mushy..
- Let cool.
- Process cauliflower in food processor until it is finely chopped, about the size of rice.
- Set aside.
- Cook the ground beef with the onion.
- Drain well.
- Add salt and pepper to tast.
- Mix the parsley, beef, and raw cauliflower in a bowl.
- Beat the egg and mix in well. This will help the filling stick together.
- Lay a cabbage leaf flat on the counter.
- Slash the bottom vein if it doesn’t seem pliable.
- Add a tablespoon of the meat mixture to the cabbage and roll up.
- Repeat with all of the cabbage leaves that are big enough.
Sauce
- Whisk the tomato, cloves, sweetener, and sour cream together until smooth.
- Add a little water to thin it down if needed.
To Cook
- Add about 1/4 cup to the bottom of a slow cooker.
- Lay the rolls in the slow cooker.
- Cover with the remaining sauce.
- Cook on low for 6 hours or cover or cook in the oven at 350F for an hour.
Notes
Nutrition
If you liked low carb cabbage rolls you may also like:
Click on the picture or the name of the recipe to go straight to it, Low Carb Chocolate Pound Cake, Raspberry Almond Crumble Tea Cakes, Low Carb Cheese Danish Muffins.
Would a head of Kissel Sour Cabbage work for this? I have one sitting in my fridge that I would like to use for something Keto related if possible. ????
I use pork mince instead of beef and a spoon of tomato pasta instead of tomato sauce. After wrapping them, I fry a bit to brown the cabbage on. Put in a bit of water with stock and boil it about 30 min. After that I add mix of tomato pasta, stevia, salt, peppers, saur cream. Boil for 10min. Add 2 baileys leaves for 4-5min.