Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls with Tsp Sugar

Serves 6 in about 23 minutes. The pressure cooker brings ground beef ground and tbsp tomato paste together.

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef or ground turkey (93% lean), or use sausage or half sausage for added flavor.
• 1 large yellow onion, chopped
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 large cloves garlic, pressed or minced
• 2 tsp paprika
• 1 ½ tsp coarse salt (or 1 tsp table salt) more to taste
• 1 tsp pepper
• ¼ tsp oregano
• 1 small-med head of green cabbage, chopped in 2" pieces
• 3 ½ cups beef broth,* low sodium (or chicken, if using gr. turkey)
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
• 1 cup long grain white rice, rinsed, uncooked
• 1 (14 oz) can diced tomatoes, with juice
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 tsp sugar

Method

1. Get all of your veggies chopped, and all other ingredients ready to go. Then turn on the pressure cooker's Sauté setting.
2. If using ground beef, add it to the pot and start browning it. Then add the onions.If using ground turkey, add some olive oil to the pot and add the onions first. Then add the ground turkey when the onions just start to turn translucent.
3. Stir in the bay leaves and garlic. Sauté, while stirring often, for a instant.
4. Tip in the paprika, salt, pepper, oregano, cabbage, broth*, balsamic vinegar, and Worcestershire. Mix well and let heat up for a few minutes.
5. Tip in the rice and stir well.
6. Tip in the can of diced tomatoes, tomato paste, and sugar over the cabbage mixture, but don't stir.
7. Put the lid on the pot and lock in place.
8. Set the steam release knob to the Sealing position.
9. Cancel the Sauté function and then press the Pressure Cook/Manual button or dial. Use the + or - button or dial to choose 4 minutes.
10. When the cooking cycle is finished, let the pot sit undisturbed for 5 minutes (5 instant natural release). Then do a controlled Quick Release to manually release the remaining pressure. This will take a few minutes as the pot is full.
11. To do a controlled Quick Release, use a spoon handle to gently push the steam release knob towards the Venting position, but don't turn the knob fully over. The reason is that with a full pot there is a risk of sauce spewing out of the knob with the steam.
12. When the pin in the lid drops down, open the lid carefully and give the contents a stir.
13. Taste and adjust salt, if you want it.
14. Plate with some soft dinner rolls.

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