In the realm of Southern comfort food, "Country Cabbage" stands as a shining star, a testament to the ingenuity and resourcefulness of generations past. This humble dish, with its medley of fresh cabbage, hearty ham, smoky bacon, and a symphony of aromatic spices, has been gracing dinner tables for ages, earning a cherished place in the hearts of food lovers everywhere. Our culinary journey takes us through three distinct variations of this classic recipe, each offering a unique twist on the traditional flavor profile. The "Classic Country Cabbage" recipe stays true to its roots, relying on simple, wholesome ingredients to create a comforting and satisfying dish. The "Kicked-Up Country Cabbage" adds a touch of heat with the addition of red pepper flakes and cayenne pepper, catering to those who crave a bit of spice. Finally, the "Loaded Country Cabbage" takes decadence to new heights with the inclusion of tender potatoes, sweet corn, and a creamy sauce, resulting in a hearty and utterly irresistible casserole.
Here are our top 11 tried and tested recipes!
COUNTRY CABBAGE SOUP
My mother-in-law, who is a wonderful cook, has shared many terrific recipes with me, including this one. Beef and tomatoes go nicely with cabbage, onion and celery. - Vicky Catullo, Youngstown, Ohio
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Lunch
Time 50m
Yield 12-14 servings (3-1/4 quarts).
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a large saucepan, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Add the tomatoes, cabbage, onions and celery; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 25 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in salt and pepper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 144 calories, Fat 6g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 32mg cholesterol, Sodium 172mg sodium, Carbohydrate 10g carbohydrate (6g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 13g protein.
HEARTY COUNTRY HAM AND CABBAGE SOUP
This is a quick and easy comfort food, a meal in a bowl, that is ideal for cold winter evenings.
Provided by pjspring
Time 1h5m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pan. Add onion and fry until soft, about 5 minutes. Add country ham and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Add chicken stock and potatoes; make sure potatoes are completely covered by the stock. Throw in thyme sprigs and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are soft, about 20 minutes. Remove and discard thyme sprigs. Add cabbage and mix well; the liquid no longer needs to cover the cabbage-potato mix. Bring back to a boil.
- Cover and reduce heat; simmer until the thickest parts of the cabbage are softened, 5 to 10 more minutes. Taste, then season with salt and pepper if needed.
- Mix water and cornstarch in a small bowl and add slowly to the soup. Mix well and cook until soup is about the consistency of heavy cream or desired thickness; it should not be too thick. Cook for 2 to 3 more minutes before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 383.3 calories, Carbohydrate 47.6 g, Cholesterol 40.4 mg, Fat 13 g, Fiber 12.1 g, Protein 24.5 g, SaturatedFat 3.1 g, Sodium 2265.4 mg, Sugar 6.8 g
COUNTRY PORK RIBS & CABBAGE
Country Pork Ribs & Cabbage
Provided by Robert Priddy
Categories Ribs
Time 2h
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- 1. Heat your oven to 325° F.
- 2. Place the cabbage, onion, and potatoes in the bottom of a Dutch oven.
- 3. Heat a couple of tablespoons of oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
- 4. Add seasoned pork ribs and cook until browned on each side. Remove pork and place over cabbage. Pour off fat.
- 5. Combine vinegar and brown sugar in a small bowl.
- 6. Add to frying pan, stirring to remove browned pork bits from bottom of pan.
- 7. Pour over ribs and veggies.
- 8. Cover & bake for 2 hours or until the internal temperature reaches 155° F.
COUNTRY BEAN, BEEF AND CABBAGE SOUP
This is similar to a stuffed cabbage soup, with beans substituting for the rice. I am on the South Beach Diet and this soup can be eaten on Phase I of the plan. It's very tasty and easy to prepare. Even if you are not watching your carb/sugar intake, it's a healthy good for you soup. This recipe originated from The Good Carb Cookbook.
Provided by TheDancingCook
Categories Beans
Time 50m
Yield 6 cups, 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Spray inside of a large size dutch oven pot with non stick cooking spray; add ground beef.
- Cook beef over medium heat until it's crumbly and no longer pink.
- Add beef broth, tomatoes, onion, thyme, pepper and bay leaf.
- Bring to a boil over high heat; cover and simmer for about 15 minutes.
- Add cabbage and beans, turn heat up to high and bring to a boil.
- Cover and simmer on low heat for 20 minutes.
- Remove bay leaf and serve.
COUNTRY CABBAGE
Make and share this Country Cabbage recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Mysterygirl
Categories Vegetable
Time 30m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Fry bacon until crisp.
- Remove from skillet, set aside.
- In the same pan, add onions, celery and green pepper, cooking until tender, but not brown.
- Add cabbage, sugar, salt, pepper and tomatos.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium low.
- Cover and cook 5-8 minutes.
- Top with crumbled bacon and serve.
TEXAS COUNTRY CABBAGE
This boiled cabbage recipe has been in our family for decades and can be enjoyed by all cabbage lovers. We sometimes serve this delicious dish by itself, but usually with butter beans (large lima) and county fried potatoes.
Provided by BillyJ
Categories Beans
Time 1h
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Fry bacon until crispy and break into small pieces (set aside).
- Rinse whole head of cabbage.
- Removing loose leaves, break into smaller pieces and save.
- Cut 1 inch thick slice off bottom of head.
- This allows cabbage to sit upright in pan.
- Break slice into smaller pieces and save.
- Cut a round circle large enough and deep enough in top of cabbage head to place your whole onion.
- Be careful while cutting the hole.
- TIP: Using onion as guide, cut circle with depth of pearing knife, cris-cross cuts inside circle at same depth, then dig out hole area with spoon.
- Save cabbage you remove.
- Using a heavy guage, deep pot, add water then place cabbage head in center, place whole peeled onion in hole in top of cabbage.
- Add all cabbage (saved above) around the head, in bottom of pan.
- Add 1/4 stick of butter on top of onion.
- combine all other seasonings (except parsley) and sprinkle on top of and around head of cabbage.
- Cover and cook on low-med heat for approximately 45 minutes.
- Add Butter as described below.
- NOTE:.
- Add remainder of butter on top of onion in 15 minute and 1/4 stick increments during cooking.
- Also, spoon stock over top of cabbage when adding butter.
- At 30 minutes, cut onion in quarters but leave in place.
- During the last 15 minutes sprinkle bacon and parsley over cabbage and onion.
- When done, onion and cabbage will have opened and fallen into a tender, delicious heap.
- Turn off heat, leave covered for 5 minutes then serve and enjoy boiled cabbage East Texas style.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 362, Fat 30.6, SaturatedFat 17.1, Cholesterol 71.9, Sodium 965.9, Carbohydrate 19.9, Fiber 7.1, Sugar 9, Protein 6.1
COUNTRY CABBAGE SOUP RECIPE - (4.5/5)
Provided by Deak
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large soup pot, brown the ground beef, garlic and onion; drain. Add the tomatoes, cabbage, celery, broth, bouillon granules salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Simmer, uncovered, until the vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Adjust the seasonings to taste. Notes: The original recipe came from a little cookbook that my friend, Nancy, found in the supermarket checkout. The basic idea sounded good and easy, but I found that it needed a few tweaks. Even after making a few changes, I think it would lend itself to more perking up. It's very good, and my husband liked it a lot, but it's a bit on the bland side. I suspect that at least one ingredient was left out of the printed recipe because there was no liquid called for other than the tiny bit in the canned tomatoes. I added some broth, the garlic, bouillon and sweetener. The celery took the longest to cook so I think I might cook it along with the ground beef and onion to speed up the cooking time. The nice thing about this soup is how quick it is to throw together. Although I marked this soup as suitable for induction, I recommend sticking with a small serving because of the tomatoes.
ASIAN STIR-FRIED CABBAGE & COUNTRY SMOKED SAUSAGE
A simple and delicious way to dress up green cabbage with an Asian twist. I hope you enjoy. Cooking with Love and Passion. sw :)
Provided by Sherri Williams
Categories Vegetables
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 1. Add peanut oil to a large medium high heated skillet, fry sausage golden brown for 2 minutes on both sides.
- 2. Add onion, green pepper, garlic, ginger and red pepper flakes to the skillet. Stir fry until onion is translucent.
- 3. Add cabbage to skillet. Stir-fry for about 10 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and cook for an additional minute or so.
BIALA KAPUSTA Z ZASMAZKA (WHITE CABBAGE COUNTRY STYLE)
Steps:
- Place cabbage in the pot with bay leaf and allspice seeds, pour vegetable broth and boil. Meanwhile fry the bacon in the skillet until golden brown and fairly crunchy. Take out the bacon from the skillet and put to the cabbage but leave the bacon fat in the skillet. Now fry the onion on the remaining fat, add a bit of sugar and salt for taste. When onion is soft mix thoroughly 2 tbs of flour with cold water and add to the onion. Stir carefully and add some hot water from the cabbage. Continue adding and stirring until the mixture is fairly smooth then add everything back to the cabbage. Add salt, pepper, cumin and continue cooking until cabbage is soft.
COUNTRY CABBAGE ROLLS
These cabbage rolls are a great deal of work to put together. Having said that, once or twice a year, especially for Xmas, I invest the time to make these. Once they're cooked, I've got at least 3 meals worth and they are even tastier the next day. DH's family seem to pride themselves on their cabbage rolls however my cabbage rolls get requested more often. I got this recipe from Canadian Living's Best One-Dish Meals.
Provided by Cher Jewhurst
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 4h
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- In large pot of boiling salted water, blanch cabbage, one at a time, for 5 to 8 minutes or until leaves are softened. Remove and chill in cold water. Remove a few outer leaves and set aside.
- Working from the core end, carefully remove 12 leaves from each cabbage, returning cabbage to boiling water for 2 to 3 minutes when leaves become difficult to remove. Drain on towels. Pare off course veins; set leaves aside.
- Meanwhile, in saucepan, bring stock to boil; stir in rice. Cover and cook over low heat for 15 to 20 minutes or until tender and stock is absorbed. Transfer to large bowl.
- Meanwhile, in large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat for about 5 minutes or until crisp; drain off fat. Add butter to skillet, cook onions, garlic, red pepper, marjoram and thyme, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until onions are softened. Add to rice along with beef, parsley, salt, pepper and egg; mix well.
- Spoon about 1/4 cup (50mL) rice mixture onto each leaf just above stem. Fold end and sides over filling; roll up.
- Line 24-cup (6L) roasting pan or Dutch oven with one-third of the sauerkraut; sprinkle with one-third of the sugar. Top with half of the rolls, seam side down. Cover with another third of the sauerkraut and another third of the sugar. Repeat with remaining rolls, sauerkraut and sugar.
- Pour tomato juice over top. Arrange a few reserved leaves over top to prevent scorching. Cover and bake in 350 oven (180C)for 1 1/2 hours. Uncover and bake for 30 minutes longer or until rolls are tender. Discard top leaves.
- Serve with a dollop of sour cream.
COUNTRY CABBAGE SOUP
Make and share this Country Cabbage Soup recipe from Food.com.
Provided by daisygrl64
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 55m
Yield 10-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- in a large saucepan or Dutch oven cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink, drain.
- add tomatoes, cabbage, onions, and celery, bring to a boil.
- reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered for 25 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
- add salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 277.4, Fat 14.1, SaturatedFat 5.4, Cholesterol 61.7, Sodium 475, Carbohydrate 19.4, Fiber 4.6, Sugar 12.5, Protein 20.2
Tips:
- For the best flavor, use fresh, crisp cabbage. Avoid wilted or bruised leaves.
- Use a sharp knife to thinly slice the cabbage. This will help it cook evenly.
- If you don't have bacon, you can use diced ham or sausage instead.
- Feel free to add other vegetables to the dish, such as diced carrots, celery, or onions.
- Season the cabbage to taste with salt and pepper. You can also add other seasonings, such as garlic powder, onion powder, or paprika.
- Cook the cabbage over medium heat until it is tender but still slightly crunchy. This should take about 10-15 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent the cabbage from sticking to the pan.
Conclusion:
Country cabbage is a delicious and easy-to-make side dish that is perfect for any occasion. It is a great way to use up leftover cabbage, and it is also a budget-friendly meal. Serve country cabbage with roasted chicken, pork chops, or fish. It is also a great addition to a potluck or buffet.
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