Polish Grandmothers Fed a Family of Six All Winter on Cabbage and Potatoes — Here's How

Polish Grandmothers Fed a Family of Six All Winter on Cabbage and Potatoes — Here's How If you love stuffed cabbage rolls, classic comfort food, and real grandma recipes, this video shows you how to make perfect golabki the old Polish way. A woman who grew up in Krakow during the communist years and moved to Chicago in 1989 shares her mother's cabbage rolls recipe, plus the 10 mistakes that turn cabbage rolls mushy, bland, or burned. What you will learn in this video: 10. Why you should only half cook the rice so it never turns to glue 9. Cook the onion slowly in butter or bacon fat for a filling full of flavor 8. Roll them snug, not tight, so the leaves never split 7. Seam side down and packed close so they never unroll 6. Use torn outer cabbage leaves to line the pot and stop scorching 5. Low and slow for an hour and a half for tender cabbage rolls 4. More rice or kasza, less meat, lighter, cheaper, and more tender 3. Don't drown them in sauce, halfway up the top layer is perfect 2. Why cabbage rolls taste better the next day, fried in butter until crisp 1. The freezer trick that softens cabbage leaves without boiling This is old fashioned Polish food at its best: easy dinner recipes, budget friendly ground beef recipes, and cabbage recipes that feed the whole family. Perfect for Americans over 60, home cooks on a fixed income, and anyone who misses grandma's kitchen. Did your family make cabbage rolls? Tell me below what your grandma called them. #cabbagerolls #golabki #comfortfood