How to quickly prepare cabbage for stuffed cabbage rolls: it will take only 7 minutes
Cooking cabbage rolls is associated with certain difficulties, especially when it comes to cabbage.
Therefore, you want to deal with this ingredient as quickly and carefully as possible.
Culinary expert of HERE NEWS, cook and fourth-class baker Yulia Arkhipova is ready to share with you her experience in quickly separating cabbage leaves from the head.
A simple trick from a chef
You probably know that there are two main ways to prepare cabbage leaves for stuffed cabbage rolls.
One of them involves dipping the head of cabbage into boiling water and gradually picking off the leaves. The second involves freezing the head of cabbage.
Both methods are neither fast nor accurate.
However, if you have a microwave oven at home, you won’t have any problems with cabbage for stuffed cabbage rolls.
The sequence of actions is as follows:
- select a head of cabbage weighing about 1 kilogram;
- wash it, remove the top leaves and the stalk;
- place in a baking bag or regular plastic bag, just remember to make a few holes in it with a toothpick or fork;
- set your microwave to maximum power and place the bag of cabbage in it;
- Heat the head of cabbage for 7 minutes (the power should be at least 1000 W).
After these simple manipulations, you will easily separate the leaves.
Earlier we wrote how to make a cucumber salad without mayonnaise.
