Braised Cabbage
Cabbage is one of the foods that made a regular appearance in our CSA boxes. And while I’m a big fan of homeamde coleslaw, Hubby is not. So we had to find another way to prepare our weekly head of cabbage.
This recipe came from just trial and error, playing around until we found something that we liked. And it’s no wonder we liked it, it’s cabbage braised in bacon drippings. This recipes makes quite a bit of braised cabbage, but it reheats nicely, so we just eat the leftovers until they are gone.
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Braised Cabbage
You can use any kind of cabbage you have on hand
Yield: Serves 4-6
Ingredients:
4 slices bacon
1 head cabbage, chopped
1 Tbsp cider vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
In a large dutch oven, cook the bacon until crispy. Remove bacon and set aside.
Add cabbage to pan, toss to coat with bacon dripping. Cover and cook 15-20 minutes until cooked through, but still slightly crispy.
Meanwhile, crumble the bacon.
Add bacon and vinegar to the pan and stir to combine.
Season with salt and pepper.
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Oops! ingredients list omits shrimp and corn. Sounds intriguing tho and I’ll experiment.
I enjoy reading your recipes and have tried quite a few to great success.
Altho I no longer live there (thanks endless winter!) I grew up in MA so I enjoy your short bio. Great site.
Thanks!
beantownbaker — December 10th, 2013 @ 4:57 pm
Thanks for pointing this out! You’re right the shrimp and corn aren’t in the recipe. I’ll update it now.
The winters are ruthless in MA for sure!
Thanks for responding, Wicked Awesome. And thanks for indicating the amount of shrimp to be used.
But the amount of corn is still missing in the ingredients list although its included in the directions … so I’ll improvise. Thanks for a great recipe.
Sorry to be such a pain in the patootie.
beantownbaker — December 11th, 2013 @ 7:46 am
Sorry for all the confusion! I didn’t use corn when I made this recipe. The original recipe called for 1 cup of frozen corn.