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Hatch Chile Pepper Stuffed Cabbage Recipe

Servings 4 (up to 6 servings of 2-3)

Ingredients

  • 1 head green cabbage Boiled, leaves removed.
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 whole onion, chopped
  • 3 tbsp minced garlic
  • 2 Hatch Chile Peppers, seeded and diced
  • 1 pound ground turkey
  • 1 15 oz can diced tomatoes
  • 1 24 oz can tomato sauce
  • 1.5 cups cooked rice
  • 1 tbsp garlic powder
  • 1 tbsp Hatch Pepper Seasoning
  • 1 tbsp Hatch Chile powder

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

  2. Heat olive oil in pan. Add Hatch Chile peppers and onion into pan. Saute for 4-5 minutes, until onions are translucent.

  3. Add ground turkey to same pan; break up as much as possible.

  4. Add minced garlic and mix. Keep on stove, stirring as necessary, until meat is thoroughly cooked.

  5. Pour diced tomatoes, and juices, into meat mixture. Stir. Let cook 1-3 more minutes.

  6. While meat mixture is cooking, add powdered garlic, cooked rice, salt and pepper to the tomato sauce. Cover the bottom of an oiled 9 x 13 pan with the sauce.

  7. Add 1/2 cup of tomato sauce to the meat mixture. Stir thoroughly.

  8. Remove meat pan from stove. (You may need to let the meat mixture cool in order to be able to handle.)Take one cabbage leaf, place meat mixture inside and roll up to seal ends and side as best as possible. Place rolled cabbage into pan.

  9. Fill pan with cabbage rolls. Top with remaining meat mixture and a little more of the tomato sauce, depending on your preference.

  10. Cover pan with foil and bake for 75-90 minutes. Serve.