Welcome to Week #3 of the Hunt’s Tomato Cook-off!
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Chef Dad’s Recipe: Cabbage Rolls
Serves: 8
2 tablespoons Hunt’s Herbs and Spices Tomato Paste
Splash dry red wine
1 pound ground beef
1 pound ground turkey or veal
1 large egg
1 1/2 cups steamed white rice
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 large heads cabbage
Preparation:
- Heat a skillet over Medium heat and add 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Sauté the onion and garlic until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste, a splash of wine, and 1/2 cup of tomato sauce, mix to incorporate and then remove from heat.
- Combine the ground meats in a large mixing bowl. Add the egg, rice, and the onion mixture. Toss the filling together with your hands to combine, season with salt and pepper.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Remove the large, damaged outer leaves from the cabbages and set aside. Cut out the cores of the cabbages with a sharp knife and carefully remove the rest of the leaves, keeping them whole and as undamaged as possible. Blanch the cabbage leaves in the pot of boiling water until pliable, about 5 minutes.
- Run the leaves under cool water then cut out the center vein from the leaves so they will be easier to roll up. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Take the reserved big outer leaves and lay them on the bottom of a casserole pan, let part of the leaves hang out the sides of the pan. This will prevent the cabbage rolls from burning on the bottom when baked. Use all the good leaves to make the cabbage rolls. Put about 1/2 cup of the meat filling in the center of the cabbage and starting at what was the stem-end, fold the sides in and roll up the cabbage to enclose the filling.
- Place the cabbage rolls side by side in rows, seam-side down, in a casserole pan. Pour the remaining 2/12 cups tomato sauce over the cabbage rolls.
- Fold the hanging leaves over the top to enclose and keep the moisture in. Drizzle the top with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Bake until cooked, about 1 hour.
Katherine’s Recipe: Easy Butter Chicken
Fans of Indian food everywhere love butter chicken: it’s one of those iconic dishes that define a cuisine. And believe it or not, it’s actually not all that difficult to recreate an authentic version of this well-loved dish at home. Most household have at least a few cans of Hunt’s tomato products in their pantry so creating a versatile menu by incorporating international dishes is actually quite simple.
My children love butter chicken – always have. And actually, butter chicken is a great dish to use when introducing kids to foods with new tastes. When prepared correctly, it’s not as fiery as many dishes that you might order in an Indian restaurant. In this recipe, Hunt’s Tomato Paste offers a flexible flavour base that can be tweaked and adjusted to suit your (and your family’s) tastes. When preparing this dish at home you can dial the heat up or down to make the meal as mild or as spicy as you like.
I love to make this dish because it is a real kid-pleaser: guaranteed there’ll be no fighting or coercion at the dinner table when I serve up this meal. I also like to make it because it’s easy and relatively quick, especially if you prepare the chicken and marinade the night before, then leave it to marinate overnight in the fridge. Once you’re ready to go, the sauce heats up in less than half an hour, and that’s just about as long as it takes to make a nice batch of basmati rice to go along with it. Or, if you’re not strapped for time and want to prepare a full Indian meal, you can chop the chicken and put it in the fridge to marinate for a few hours while you whip up some naan bread dough and make a batch of aloo gobi or dal to go along with it.
However, since my daughters’ love of Indian food is limited to butter chicken and naan, I usually just serve it as a main over rice and offer up a salad for some veggies. That makes it a quick, exotic and delicious dinner option. It is also simple to double or triple the recipe and freeze it for an easy and delicious go-to meal in a pinch. Just pull out of your freezer, defrost in your fridge over night and reheat gently. Some people believe it tastes even better!
Words to the wise: this is not a terribly spicy recipe, but if you want to make it even less hot, then cut back on the cayenne pepper, or cut it out completely. Garam masala (an Indian spice blend) is easily available in most grocery stores – look in the ethnic foods section – but don’t leave it out as it gives the dish its signature flavour.
Easy Butter Chicken
Ingredients:
Marinade:
4 tsp olive oil
1 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp dried ginger
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp paprika
3-5 oz chicken cut in chunks (I find boneless, skinless thighs work best)
Sauce:
1 tbsp butter
1/2 tsp dried ginger
1/2 tsp garam masala
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
200 ml cream
1/2 cup water
3/4 cup Hunt’s Tomato Paste
1 1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 cup milk (optional)
PAM cooking spray
Preparation:
1. To make the marinade, mix the marinade ingredients. Add chicken chunks and marinate in refrigerator at least 2-4 hours, or overnight.
2. To make the sauce, melt butter in a medium saucepan, then add spices and fry lightly at low temperature. Add cream, water, tomato paste and sugar. Simmer on med-low heat 30 minutes until sauce begins to thicken.
3. Spray a separate skillet with PAM cooking spray and fry chicken at high heat until just cooked through.
4. When sauce reaches desired consistency, add thicke
ned sauce to the chicken pieces and extra milk (if desired).
5. Serve over basmati rice or with naan bread (or both!).
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Love the cabbage rolls!
Kath, quick question about the butter chicken. 3-5oz of chicken, about how many chicken thighs do you use when you make this? I used 9, so I’m just wondering if I should doubled the sauce recipe?
Both recipes sound great, I’m trying Kath’s tonight & I’m going to make Gav’s cabbage rolls over the weekend. Both look just wonderful!!
LOVE the cabbage rolls, reminds me of my Mom’s homemade ones. Thinking this might be my project tomorrow for supper prep for the upcoming week!
I asked everyone around me and Katherine’s butter chicken is the one we choose! Guess what everyone wants for dinner? Butter Chicken! Now, I am about to cook…the recipe looks simple and yummy! I have all the ingredients on hand! So here I go…I will just have to send out hubby to get some Naan bread from Fortino’s. I have to say, I do a mean butter chicken from a friends mom recipe but I am going to give this one a try! Looks good! Have a nice weekend everyone!
This one’s super tough. I’d love both of these recipes but I’ll have to go with the cabbage rolls. They look great Gav!!!
You had me at naan (i.e. a vote for Kath!!!)
Katherine’s Recipe: Easy Butter Chicken!!!!!!
easy – Butter Chicken, because I can’t stand cabbage rolls!
I think Gav did it best.
Hmm.. I love Gavs recipe,,the cabbage rolls! Yum! I havent had cabbage rolls in forever!
Butter Chicken would be it for me!
Neither. But if I had to choose one it would be cabbage rolls as i can’t stand butter chicken.
My choice is Chef Dad’s Cabbage Rolls. I really enjoy a good Cabbage Roll, so this is my choice. Also it is a super tasting and easy recipe. I made them and loved them. Look out extended family we are having them at the next potluck supper.
I honestly wouldn’t want to try either since I don’t like cabagge rolls and and I’m vegetarian so I don’t eat chicken 🙂
Maybe if I switch up to a veggie chick’n substitute I could try the butter chicken so that is my vote
Gav’s cabbage rolls look sooo good!!
I love the butter chicken recipe!
Katherine’s Butter Chicken
I like both but will go with the Easy Butter Chicken since I don’t have a good recipe for that.
Can I vote for both? They are both great!
I vote for Katherine’s Recipe: Easy Butter Chicken
Katherine’s Butter Chicken is my choice. Looks yummy!
This is a tough choice for me. I’d eat both of these dishes, but I know my family would only go for the cabbage rolls. So I guess Gav wins this time.
Hands down for the butter chicken – I have been searching for a good recipe for quite some time.
Gav’s cabbage rolls look soooooo good!
The easy butter chicken is the one I would try.
I’m a big fan of the cabbage rolls, love that you can freeze them too for later!
Butter Chicken for me, please!
Oh a very hard one this week. Both look absolutely delicious and I know my family would eat both, but if I have to choose it would be the butter chicken.
Gonna try it tonight.
Butter chicken! Yummy!
Love the chicken. Love the cabbage rolls. I would make both. My guess would have to be though that my kids would like the chicken better. Thanks for sharing!
butter chicken. will be trying this soon!
cabbage rolls for me
I am going with the butter chicken as well. I am not a big fan of cabbage so don’t feel bad cabbage rolls.
Hard to choose as they both look so good, but I think my kids would enjoy the butter chicken more, so it gets my vote.
Butter Chicken is the winner for me. Going to try this recipe this weekend.
Butter Chicken! All the Way!
Gav’s cabbage rolls win for me. They look healthy and delicious! Thanks.
Cabbage Rolls by far! always a sure bet out of the freezer and the kids love them.
Healthy & freezes well? Cabbage rolls for sure!
sorry, butter chicken wins this time! i think it’s because my ukrainian neighbours make cabbage rolls made of gold and i will nevereverever match that! 🙂