Ok…we have a huge nice cabbage from our winter CSA. Aside from stuffed cabbage, and Cole slaw…any idea of something we can make with this thing?? Oh…and we already have half of a previous cabbage in our freezer!
Help!
Is there such a thing as cabbage bread…you know like zucchini bread but with cabbage shredded?
Soup? I love the Vitamix tortilla soup recipe that uses shredded cabbage in the base, and I don’t even like cabbage. See https://vitamix.com/Find-Recipes/Search?searchStr=Cabbage for that recipe and a few others. Also, my husband grew up with kraut burgers (or bierock - not sure of spelling). Cabbage and ground beef wrapped in pastry. I’m sure Google can find a decent recipe for that.
I make a soup with it also. Start by sauteing chopped pepperoni ( I like the Margarita brand that comes in a whole stick) with chopped onions and garlic in some olive oil. Add chicken broth and some large diced yukon gold potatoes. I like to add some thyme and bay leaf. When the potatoes are almost tender add about a half a head of cabbage chopped and cook just until the cabbage is tender. It is really good! You can also add some kale or spinach with the cabbage.
I make various kinds of quiche that I bake in a non-stick pan lined with shredded cabbage instead of crust. It kind of gets incorporated into the custard by the time it’s done cooking, but it also assists the non-stick surface, which is never quite non-stick when I’m baking eggs. Anyway, good for a diet. More cabbage is required than you might think to cover a pan so you can’t see the bottom.
Colcannon is an irish dish made with potatoes and cabbage that goes great as a side dish with corned beef though it would be good with lots of other meats too.
We stir fry cabbage a lot. Just fry it up (bacon grease is good) add your favorite protein, throw in a spicy sauce and you have a quick one dish meal.
I’m also very fond of a slightly sweet and sour Italian recipe.from the Time Life Italian cookbook
Cavoli Agrodolce
3 Tb olive oil
1/2 cup thinly sliced onion
1.5 lb. cabbage cut into 1/4" strips (ca. 8 cups)
3 large tomatoes chopped (canned is fine)
2 Tb. wine vinegar
2 tsp. salt
freshly ground pepper
1 Tb. sugar
Heat oil in a big enough Dutch Oven to hold all the cabbage. Sautes onion at med. heat 2-3 min. When transparent not brown add everthing but sugar. Simmer uncovered for 20 minutes or until cabbage is tender (or they way you like it, I don’t think I cook it nearly this long any more.) Stir in sugar and cook another minute or two.
And I know it’s soup, but I do like borscht which usually has a lot of cabbage in it and so hearty it’s more of stew.
We love this Cabbage with Peas curry from Madhur Jaffrey. Goes well even with non-Indian dishes. very easy and delicious - I used to take it to potluck lunch parties at work, also potlucks with hubby’s lab, and it would disappear. http://www.myspeakerscorner.com/forum/spawn.php?qv=1&fn=2&tid=41348
Stuffed cabbage! many different ways to do this, vegetarian or not, from all sorts of ethnic traditions. Growing up in the Pittsburgh area, an extended-family party ALWAYS included “galumpkes” (various spellings). Stuffing was ground beef and rice, cooked in a tomato sauce (but NOT sweet-and-sour like many of the recipes out there)
had a delicious cabbage + ramen noodles + toasted almonds salad (maybe with sesame seeds too) in a sweet-ish vinegar dressing once at one of our lunchtime work potlucks, but can’t find the recipe right now. Lots of versions on the web.
(On edit - just noticed that you said “beside stuffed cabbage”. Oops!)
The cabbage and kielbasa stir fry looks easy and delicious! Also the garlic rubbed roasted cabbage steaks. I’ll also vote for stir fried cabbage with some bacon, vinegar and a tad of brown sugar at the end - I can eat bowls full!
OK, it’s soup but really different and really good (and healthy)
Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup
3 carrots diced
2 stalks of celery diced
1 onion diced
1/4 to 1/2 head of cabbage (depending on how big your cabbage is and how much cabbage you like)
1 Tbsp. Olive oil
1 Tsp. garlic
1 can diced tomatoes
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1 and 1/2 quarts of water
1 cup of chicken broth
Heat oil in soup pot
Cook carrots, celery, garlic and onion over med-high heat til soft
Add remaining ingredients
Simmer for 1 and 1/2 hours.
I do cabbage “steaks” too. Drizzle olive oil on a cookie sheet. Slice cabbage into thin wedges and place in pan. Drizzle a little olive on on the top side of the cabbage…add any other seasonings/spices that you like.
Roast in over until you see the cabbage browning up (about 20 minutes or so). You don’t have to flip the cabbage over during cooking. We like to serve it with some balsamic vinegar for sprinkling on the cabbage.