POLISH LAZANKI - CABBAGE, ONION AND NOODLES

Steps:

• 1. Melt one stick of butter in pan. Slice onion into thin strips and add to pan.
• 2. Carmelize onions; keep covered and on low to low/medium heat, stirring every 5-7 minutes until onions are carmelized and a rich brown color..this will take at least 40 minutes. These were mine after 25 minutes.
• 3. These were mine after 45 minutes.
• 4. I let them go for another 5 minutes. Perfect.
• 5. Transfer onions to metal bowl; cover and set aside.
• 6. Roughly chop mushrooms.
• 7. Add the broth to pan; keep on low-medium heat.
• 8. Stir in mushrooms. Cover and let saute until all liquid in the pan has been absorbed (about 15-20 min). Stir every so often. They should look like this when ready.
• 9. Transfer mushrooms to onion bowl.
• 10. Wash and roughly peel / chop cabbage into large pieces. Add to pot with water to cover cabbage. Cover pot and bring to a low boil. Boil until cabbage is tender; about 10 minutes.
• 11. Drain cabbage VERY well. In strainer, use utensils to push down on cabbage. Mix it. Push down again. Get as much liquid out of the cabbage as you can.
• 12. Place cabbage on cutting board and roughly chop it.
• 13. Melt 1 stick of butter in pan on low-medium heat. Add cabbage, salt and pepper. Stir, cover and saute for about 10 minutes, stirring every so often.
• 14. Cabbage is done when parts of it start to brown, like this.
• 15. Mix cabbage into onion bowl. Taste; add salt and pepper if necessary. Set aside.
• 16. Boil noodles. Drain.
• 17. Into your pan, add the noodles and mixture from bowl. Mix well. Warm it on low-medium heat for 5 minutes, covered.
• 18. This dish is very good as is. At this point, add your optional meat, or enjoy it without!