Unstuffed Cabbage Skillet

Ingredients

• 1 lb Ground Beef
• ½ head cabbage, chopped
• 1 cup sauerkraut, drained
• ¾ cup rice
• 1 onion + 3 cloves garlic
• 2 tbsp sweet paprika
• 1 can crushed tomatoes
• 2½ cups stock
• Sour cream and dill, to serve

Method

1. Brown the Ground Beef with the onion; add the garlic, then the paprika OFF the heat (the eternal Hungarian rule).
2. Stir in the rice, cabbage, sauerkraut, tomatoes, and stock — everything a cabbage roll contains, liberated from origami.
3. Simmer covered on low 25 minutes, until the rice is tender and the cabbage silky.
4. Rest 5 minutes; the skillet tightens into a spoonable, layered comfort.
5. Serve with sour cream and dill. Grandmothers roll; weeknights unroll. The flavor doesn't check the paperwork.