Slow Cooker Cabbage Rolls

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• Ingredients listed are how our family made this.  Original recipe can be found at allrecipe.com
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• Ingredients
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• 12 leaves cabbage (two large heads)**
• 1 cup cooked white rice
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 pound extra-lean ground beef
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/4 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Directions

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Boil cabbage leaves 2 minutes; drain.
2. In large bowl, combine 1 cup cooked rice, egg, garlic powder, milk, ground beef, salt, and pepper. Place about 1/4 cup of meat mixture in center of each cabbage leaf, and roll up, tucking in ends. Place rolls in slow cooker.
3. In a small bowl, mix together tomato sauce, brown sugar, lemon juice, and Worcestershire sauce. Pour over cabbage rolls.
4. Cover, and cook on Low 8 to 9 hours.

**steaming the entire head of cabbage will make the leaves easier to work with and pull apart

**for a make ahead, prepare rolls and seal in vacuum seal bag; put sauce mix in a separate bag and store both bags in freezer.