Cabbage Rolls / Polish Gołąbki - Easy to Follow, Step by Step Recipe 

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Also a Polish girl here. At 81 I still like to cook for myself, been a widow for 33 years. I now make these deconstructed, still baked in my navy blue speckled roaster, but layered like a lasagna in two layers of cabbage, meat mix and sauce. Brings back old memories. My mom made them often, she lived to 100, been gone 10 years.

I take care of a 91 year old Polish man and his wife. He's been wanting Gołabki for a while now. After watching your video today, I made your recipe, (the only one I found that wasn't smothered in tomatoes). I'd just like to say, I got two thumbs up from this finicky ol couple. Thank you very much for this recipe Jenny! You've helped me put a smile on their faces. Priceless!

I'm Czech and I remember when I used to help my mom making cabbage rolls. Our stuffing was usually hamburger with onions and rice and then stewed tomatoes poured over the them all and we used the pressure cooker to cook them. So good.. thanks for the memories Jenny 😊

Thank you. I made these today and modified your recipe slightly. I substituted a green bell pepper for the mushrooms, used sour cabbage, basmati rice, two cups of onions, three large garlic cloves, one cup of rice, canned tomato sauce and paste, and topped off with concentrated chicken broth - BAM!! I’m of Rumanian/Ukrainian heritage and was raised on this type of food - this was by far the best I’ve ever had. My baba/Bunica and my mom would have been proud of me❤️

I'm Iraqi and my mom makes it all the time with few differences. More spices, more vegetables, no mushrooms and less meat. She made them today. It's so amazing to learn how very different cultures share very similar foods. It is fascinating.

OMG so glad I came across this. And what I love most is Jenny's kitchen looks like a normal kitchen, not some over-the-top celebrity kitchen. I can't wait.

Polish girl here ❤ I haven't made this since my dad passed away. A few ingredients are different but you did start a fire in me. I'm going to make them again. My favorite.....polish food .

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Since I was widowed I haven’t been inspired to cook for one person. So thank you for your videos. Now I have been motivated to cook, freeze and invite the neighbours in. Thank you.

Our family stuffs our cabbage rolls with ground beef, cut up Kielbasa, and rice! We pour in tomato sauce in a big oven and cook on low all day!! Going through these comments has been so nice, I enjoy seeing the mix of traditions and love shared through food! ♡

I just LOVE watching you cook! You are so down to earth, calm and easy to watch. Some cooking videos have my head spinning and thinking there is no way I can cook that but not with you!! I have made several of your recipes more than once & the family LOVES them! Thank you for showing us how you cook your recipes!!

The best part I liked in this video is you remembered the way your father taught you cooking tips and you shared those with us. It was great watching your video, Ma'am.

I think this lady is just about the nicest, sweetest person on RU-vid.

With two Polish grandmothers I grew up with all the great Polish dishes. Makes my mouth water!

I'm not Polish, but the priest who married my wife and I was :) (didn't understand a word he said during our ceremony, but he was an awesome man) Always wanted to make this meal. Thank you for taking the time and sharing your recipe. You have the gift for making a good cooking video thank you and I hope you are enjoying your retirement.

My family is Croatian, and they would boil the rolls in a large pot, using a water that has tomato sauce added to it. They would also add sour kraut to the pot, as well as some smoked ribs, or small smoked sausages for extra flavour. The soup stock from the pot of boiled cabbage rolls was delicious. We would serve them in a shallow bowl with boiled potatoes. Delicious!!

My grandma made the best she was polish and a professional cook for a living even had her own cattering bussiness . I might have been a little kid but she paid me for the work I did like carrying baskets of dishes setting up the tables and chairs Rollin out the paper on the tables setting up the plates and dishes then there was cleanup scrapping off the dishes and washing them . It's because of her I was never afraid of hard work. She was the BEST.

Wow! My grandfather came from Czechoslovakia. As a chef, cabbage was something he cooked often. Thanks so much for doing this video. We will definitely try this!❤️

Hello Jenny ! I'm not polish at all! 😉 Scottish, Norwegian & English! I've always enjoyed stuffed cabbage rolls other wonderful cooks have made! I've never attemted to make them myself! I've seen recipes for stuffed cabbage in different cookbooks but it's never inspired me to try making the recipe! Sounded rather difficult as I recall! Your video has shown it's not so complicated after all! Actually much easier than I had anticipated! I'm now quite inspired at giving this delightful recipe a try! Thank you for making this video! I quite enjoyed watching it over a cup of Earl Grey! Great hobbie to do during your retirement years although you look much too young for retirement already! 🙂 God Bless! Thank You Jenny for the inspiration! 💕

What a wonderful presentation! I haven’t had a cabbage roll since my mother passed away in 2012. I miss my mom for so many reasons, her traditional Polish meals are only a memory now. You have given me the incentive to try to make cabbage rolls. Thanks.

I thought this was a joke, but it’s really Jenny Jones .. Your a NATURAL I Pray your doing well with good health

I'm half German and even though I grew up in a Polish community (Wyandotte, MI) this is the way I make it: Hamburger, Ground Pork, Onions, Bread Crumbs, Rice and Paprika (not sure why I capitalized all of the foods lol) in the rolls. Cover with diced tomatoes, kraut, kielbasa and make a liquid out of tomato paste and water. One of my favorite foods.

We covered the rolls in cans of tomato soup We also used a large Dutch oven, cut the extra cabbage and put on top with cut up potatoes, cover and bake for 1 to 2 hours. Lots of gravy from the tomato soup, absolutely delicious over the potatoes, can serve sour cream on the side if you want....gosh this is good, ours was juicy with tomato gravy flavored from the cabbage rolls and meat

In Serbia actually generally in Balkan countries we call that "sarma" except we use sauerkraut or pickled cabbage 🥬 and add rice in stuffing and paprika, cover with water and cook all night on low fire, perfect winter meal

My mom used to pack them in a pot and simmer for about an hour or so with plenty of liquid, which after was used as a sauce. And serve it with mash potatoes and Lithuanian cream fraiche. Delicious. P. S. The leftover cabbage can be used for soup with that cabbage water.

I believe you can put your own twist on cabbage rolls. I learn something new when watching other videos on making cab-rolls. Sour cream is the bomb on these too! Jenny is a familiar face from my past, so it was so nice to see her again!!! Thanks Jenny💕

I made this dish for the first time this weekend. I had never worked with cabbage before. It was a huge success. This was such a great video for a novice such as myself. Thank you.

Many years ago, contemplating joining a Capuchin friary in mountainous western Maryland, i was invited to spend a weekend with the friars. These friars lived in minimalist conditions. In chapel, they knelt upon the floor. I slept in a small cell. These guys dud a lot of charity work. They were always on the go. The food they ate was hearty. A Polish American headed up the kitchen. That Saturday's supper was stuffed cabbages. My first time. I was hooked. Decided I wasn't cut out for that life, but still, over 50 years later, love stuffed cabbages and all that Eastern European food.

I am Polish and this recipe is a bit different than I do at home, but it's very nice that someone tries Polish recipes

What I really appreciate is how you get right to the recipe and you are methodical and clear, excellent presentation!!

Oh this brings back memories! My friend’s Mom used to make this for us! So so good! Thank you

When I was a little girl, my Hungarian Mom made these in much the same way. Back then, I didn’t like cabbage, so I would eat the filling and she would finish off my cabbage. Sweet memories!

What a beautiful Polish Lady! I'm Irish from Chicago, my Uncle was Polish, thus, my cousins are - Always a special place in my heart - for Polish.

My nana used to make a deconstructed version of Gołąbki, it was a lot of rice with shredded cabbage, onions, and ground beef mixed in. Easy to make a lot of it for a huge family. She left tomatoes out totally, which really let the cabbage flavor take over the whole dish. It was the best on a cold day.

I love the way Jenny cooks. Her recipes are always so delicious and easy to follow

You beat out Gordon Ramsey, much more pleasant to watch without all the cussing...lol, great recipe to, I'm going to make these !!

In Jordan we stuff the cabbage leaves but we stuffed it with rice , lamb meat either grounded or cut to small pieces , they. also use salt , black pepper , Some people use pine nuts cooked lightly with butter and they add it to the rice after they rinsed it with medium hot water for about 20 minutes and they washed it . So the stuffing is rice , Meet cooked lightly , black pepper , salt , Butter, Pine nuts and they mixed it and they stuffed it in medium size rolls The cabbage they separate the leaves and they peal the end of the vine to make it easy to roll , When it come to the heart of the cabbage , They cut the inside and they stuff it After they put the rolls in the pot They add some water for the cooking and the cover the pot , When it is done they take the rolls out they put the rolls on the plates and they squeezed fresh lemon over the rolls and it is served warm . It is very tasty dish . This is the very old fashion way of doing it ,we had it for generations , They call it Cabbage leaves Malfoof . Our national dish called Mansaf started 859 B.C Before Christ. Thank you for sharing , There are some similarities , We the people in the Mediterranean , We keep an eye on each other when it come to food , Italians in the south , Greeks Turkey , Syria ,Lebanon , Jordan , Every one has his own style for cooking the same dish , I really enjoyed Watching Thank you , Have a wonderful life , I have some very nice Polish friends in Orange county in California , One of them she teach French , Very happy spirited lady .

I made this before and I'm making this again tonight. Amazing recipe. I stuck to your dad's version with cheap fatty mince and it was divine!!!!

Thanks Jenny 🙏 I love this recipe you have shared with us all! Your Polish cabbage leaves look so good that I simply have to make them, and I hope I'll get to impress a new Polish friend with them too 😊

I made these today. I made a few changes. I added diced carrots and celery to the sauté mix with the onions and garlic, and I substituted 650g ground turkey for the beef. After one hour and ten minutes I took them out of the oven, removed the foil and loose cabbage leaves, then I brushed them with a mixture of 1/4 cup ketchup, 2 TBSP brown sugar, and I TBSP red wine vinegar, then baked them open for another 20 minutes. They turned out FANTASTIC, and they are only 130 calories each! I had three for dinner with a little sour cream, and I had no room for dessert!

My Mom past away 6 years ago, she made cabbage rolls at Christmas or special occasions and she spent hours making them. Since her passing I wanted to make them but wasn’t sure if I had the time or counter space, lol. Your recipe was easy and I learned a lot about the cabbage . Thank you for your recipes and your humour. You make cooking enjoyable and I miss your recipes but the ones you left us are amazing. Take care and enjoy your retirement Jenny.

These cabbage rolls are positively DELICIOUS, I added some green peppers to my stuffing.

my first ever cabbage rolls! I so proud of me! they're amazing!

You’re very great at doing these videos because not only do you have a very soothing , “understandable “voice , but you also explain things without rushing through , and are very thorough with the recipe and the step by step instructions. You should definitely consider being a RU-vid personality - and do more videos in your spare time. You can have fun doing so , and make some extra cash in the side to enjoy your retirement more.

Dear Jenny, Thank you so much for teaching the few of us who are socially awkward in the kitchen and needed a little step up to get us going. I'm sure the many others who are very proficient behind the cauldron enjoyed learning your methods and madness to compliment their own. Don't ever apologize for not being able to continue to grace the masses with your gifts. It is better to have had one small leaf of cabbage by Jenny then never to have had any at all. :)

When in was around 14 years we made this at school. I made it ones more when i was around 25 years. Im 60 years now... and i want to make this ones again. It's a great meal. Great tips what u can use instead of water. Thnx for this video! Greetings from the Netherlands. Enyoi ur weeknd. ❣️🧚‍♀️

I like cabbage rolls and have eaten them with some rice in the mix, not muchy rice, just well cooked. Also, I've enjoyed at a friend's home a delicious full head of cabbage stuffed with meat, some other ingredients and spices. It's a complicated process which she learned from her grandma. Thanks for sharing your recipe, you're a pleasant communicator and can cook.

I can’t believe it’s Jenny Jones. And she’s Polish! Making my Polish grandmother’s favorite dish. What a small world 🌍.

I grew up in a Polish house (and just about fell off my chair when I heard you use the term "dupa" - which I STILL use today) and a lot of these recipes are in my childhood. I've created a few on my own based upon what I could remember but after seeing all of these videos, I am going to get cooking! My only change, being a foodie and all about healthful eating, is using full-fat ingredients. Never is low-fat anything a good idea. I'll spare you my soapbox but the body will be profusely thankful for giving it full fat! Thanks for your videos and I can't wait to share them with my Dad! He'll be so happy to eat like this again!

Great recipe! Growing up -my best friends’s Mom was from Poland & stay at home homemaker. Most excellent cook! She brought food to my mouth that was never found in my household as my Mom was a working Mom. I tried your recipe with hopes I could find what my mouth remembered from my childhood. And it did! They turned out beautiful! Hubby loved having sour cream on his & you’re right, these kinds of dishes are best a day later. Jenny, you can cook! Thank you for sharing!

Cabbage lasagna is really great too . Just make it the same way you would your favorite beef and tomato based lasagna with Cabbage for noodles. 😋

You are literally adorable. I’m making stuffed cabbage for the first time and just wanted to check out how to roll the cabbage, but ended up staying for the whole video.

Love love cabbage rolls of every type, everyone should give danish cabbage rolls a try. Simmered in chicken broth then topped with a cream sauce on the plate! So good too!

I love this recipe. Your demonstration is so helpful. I refer to it over and over again. You are right about frying them the next day too. They are delicious that way!

Making this recipe tonight. I’ve made these twice before, very good. First time I pan fried the rolls, second time I used a can of tomato soup as a liquid. Both ways amazing.

In Poland, we add cooked rice to the ground meat :)

Ms. Jones!!!? It didn’t hit me until 3 minutes in. I can’t believe how good you look! 🥰 so happy you are making food on RU-vid for us to enjoy!! I’m making this w wild rice as my meat tho. LOL but anyways. You are the best! Continue your passion!

Jenny, you are awesome. I love watching your cooking videos and even more so when they are Polish dishes. My grand-parents came from Poland. My Golabki have a different filling and I use canned diced tomatoes sometimes mixed with sauce or even tomato soup, as I do them on stove top. I will try your version in the oven. I loved the tip of using sauerkraut on top when baking. TY

All these recipes I’m finding on social media shows anyone can be a chef with easy recipes like this. Love it 🥰

You sure do know how to put a video together; just the facts, no extraneous talking; modulated voice and enthusiasm. You'd do well at teaching others how to put together videos which hold audience attention. Well done!!!! And I am going to make these cabbage rolls; healthy and yummy!!

I'm from South Africa and I remember my granny making this. A lot of tomatoes for gravy. Basmati rice and boiled potatoes. Beetroot salad. It was one of my favorite meals... I'm gonna try this. My 10yo son loves cabbage and mince. Thank you for a easy and friendly demo.

Thank you for keeping these heritage recipes alive , trying this afternoon with my family 👍

I dated a polish guy many years ago and to this day I still absolutely love Polish food! ❤️

This was great!! I asked my Ukrainian mother to show me how to make cabbage rolls a long time ago. She was so fast, I couldn’t keep up and never tried to make them. This video reassured me that it’s actually pretty easy so I’m going to give it a try. Thanks Jenny!! 👍🏻

This is close to my family recipe. I’m looking forward to trying this. My Polish Grandma liked to put Campbell’s Tomato Soup with a little water over her stuffed cabbage. It was tasty.

HI Jenny! I made your Cabbage Rolls, and they are very good! I had some leftover to freeze. Thank you for sharing these.

This looks and sounds delicious! When I do mushrooms I always add a generous sprig of marjoram - it goes so well with mushroom.

I'm watching this in 2020 amidst the Corona virus crisis🥵

This is a favourite of mine. As a child we rarely had it, so it was always a nice break from our menu. Jenny really does know how to talk through instructions. She is delightful and easy to follow- not to mention sweet and pleasant. Truly delightful. I am thankful for what I got out of this video and look forward to watching and learning from more of Jenny's videos. Namaste 🌺

I have just now wstched this video. I absolutely loved the way you explained everything so precisely... ❤ My mother used to make this (my father was from Poland), she used to cook it on the stove. I will try your recipe and I like the idea of cooking it in the oven.😊 Thanks for the recipe..😁

Beautiful, smart, and can cook! I’m in love!

I have mine in the oven now. If they taste half as good as they smell, we are in business. Only change I made was that I used sweet Vidalia onions. They seem to add more sweetness to the cabbage.

OMG. Thank you for the recipe. And thank you for your way of saying "You bet your sweet Dopa". My grandma was Ukrainian and that was one of the very few words I understood she was saying when she would say it. "And let me tell you", we kids knew someone was about to get the spoon. Lol You brought back so many memories watching you prepare this as I would watch and often help my grandma make this. So again, I thank you dearly from my heart for this video.

You are so wonderful! Beautifully you have cooked the cabbage roll .. I will try for sure

Made this for dinner tonight. Amazing. Thanks, Ms. Jones, for the easy to follow and delicious recipe. I substituted cauliflower rice, but it was still an amazing dish!! I also made your cabbage soup recipe with the left-over cabbage!!!

I love cabbage rolls. Back in the 70's a priest was on a show and he made them without tomato. He put the meat in a mixer and added the onion garlic a bit of nutmeg and some scalded milk and beat the heck out of it. Almost a paste. After rolling it as you the liquid was melted butter and mollasses. He sprinkled the top with a little sweet paprika and baked it as you do. It sounds terrible but I could not believe how delicious they are. I have made them so many times I got tired of rolling so now I chop the cabbage into maybe 1/2 inch cuts. Steam to soften. place half in the bottom of 9x13 pan. layer the meat on top and cover with the rest of the cabbage. I pour the liquid over all and then bake.

My polish grandma used to make “gołąbki” cabbage rolls.. in a huge pot! Her pierogi’s (dumplings) were handmade and they were huge and soft .. we ate these with lots of sour cream!

My mom was Italian, and she used to make this. I was too young to know how she did it, but this is it. OMG, IT LOOKS SO GOOD !!! Cant wait to try my hand at it! Thanks Jenny your the best.😅😅

I thank you for bringing this cabbage roll recipe which I’ve been looking for. My neighbor who was Polish and passed away quite a while ago. He used to make his cabbage roll recipe for my self and my wife and I have lost the recipe quite a while ago so again, I like to thank you so much for bringing this cabbage roll recipe to us. Thank you again.

I wish you were my ciocia! I grew up in a predominantly Polish area. My neighbors were directly from Poland. This brings back so many memories. It really reminds me of my childhood. Thank you! Now, in addition to the cabbage rolls, I will need pierogi, kielbasi, pagach and naleśniki ziemniaczane, to name a few. Jenny, thank you so much. I will certainly remember to look back here for a reminder of the traditional"ish" recipe.

It’s December 2019 and I’m binging all of here videos🤩 I love that Jenny is so relatable. She doesn’t make cooking intimidating!!

My macedonian mother in law makes delicious cabbage rolls (shes sadly now no longer cooking up a storm as shes in a nursing home . Real authentic cooking at its best !

I like how you demonstrated the recipe. I do mine differently because I'm ukrainian

To be honest! I love cabbage rolls... always have, but I realized how sincere, caring and loving you are and how patiently you explained everything. I completely melted down and lost every once of stress I had in my being. Thank you so very much! I'm a fan. Many blessings!

I have never made cabbage rolls, but you make it seem so easy and simple that I’m saving this recipe to make it soon. Thank you!

I am on a very restrictive diet and I made these tonight. They're currently in the oven and I can't wait to have them tomorrow!

I made these and my family loved them! ❤

jenny, i dont have a staff either, im just a very old grandma with finally being able to not be working 3 jobs to care for my kids. im learning. from you. the most charismatic personality on youtube. and i love the pink ovgloves

My bobchee taught me how to make these when I was young thank you for posting this video. My grandmother taught me everything good I learned in my life. She cooked everthing from scratch. Her bread was so wonderful!

This was one of my favorite dish from the Polish culture. You've made my mouth run water 🤤🤤🤤🤤

I'm going to make this for my grandpa, we had it growing up. He's 93 now

When I was a little kid around 6, I learned from my Polish grandmother how to make these, that was 62 years ago and the only thing she did different from yours was use cooked barley instead of rice,and lots of Hungarian Magyar sweet Paprika! OHHHH man! When I make them for people they ask for the recipe and get frustrated because I cook like her and she never used a measuring cup just her hands! hahaahahh. Love your video! BTW I bake mine in a cast iron Dutch oven.

I've watched MANY youtube videos and this one has such a nice quality to it; its very well produced. It moves along quickly without a lot of "jibber-jabber", so it holds the viewer's interest throughout the entire 13 minutes. Its informative and inspirational. The cabbage rolls like terrific and I'm excited to make them this fall. Thanks so much.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! WHAT A GOOD RECIPE!!! I MADE IT AND MY HUSBAND ( HE IS POLISH) LIKED IT A LOT AND MY FAMILY ALSO SEEMED IT SUPER DELICIOUS!!!! GOOD JOB 👏👏👏👏

These are absolutely delicious!! Thanks Jenny for your fantastic recipe 🙂

Yummy! I’ve never topped them like that before! And fried (I like your dad’s version, with butter)& full fat sour cream (sorry, but fat=flavor) sounds good too! I top with a mixture of ketsup, & a little brown sugar, & some nutmeg...I think! It’s been years! But thinning it with water to make more of a glaze sounds like a good idea too. Thanks so much!

My aunt always used to cover the cabbage rolls with tomato juice. Haven't had these in a long time. Can't wait to make them. Thanks.

This was by far the best cabbage rolls I've ever had.

Jenny, I adore your cooking! Thank you so much for not loading up with ads (though I wouldn’t have complained with one or two). You are worth it!