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Extreme Cabbage – Simple Side Dish

March 13, 2017 by Robin 7 Comments

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Extreme Cabbage.  A simple side dish recipe full of delicious smokey flavor. Goes great with your favorite pork recipe and mashed potatoes. If you’re not a big fan of cabbage, this recipe will change your mind.

 A simple side dish recipe full of delicious smokey flavor. When I was younger, we had dinner at one of my mom’s friends houses. I remember my mom giving us the “eat everything you are served” lecture before we arrived. Mom believed that when someone takes the time to cook for you, you should be gracious enough to eat it. Normally this philosophy isn’t a problem, but on this particular day I wasn’t sure that I could hold to my moms steadfast rule. Our host was serving cooked cabbage, one of the only vegetables that I absolutely hated.

In the past, if I was served a vegetable that I didn’t like I would find a way to mask the flavor, usually with mashed potatoes. Unfortunately this time there wasn’t anything on the plate that could be used to hide the flavor.

Now being the good girl that I always was (at least I thought so), I took a deep breath and reluctantly took a bite of what I thought was going to be the end of me. Surprisingly I’m here to tell you about how amazing it was and to this day it is one of mine and my families favorite side dishes. 

Ingredients Needed
1/2 pound bacon
1 large onion, thinly sliced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 sm head cabbage, thinly sliced
salt & pepper
Tools Needed
knife
cutting board
dutch oven
rubber spatula

pot holder

Simple Extreme Cabbage Recipe

A simple side dish recipe full of delicious smokey flavor.

Cut bacon into small pieces, fry over medium heat, stirring often, until crispy. Leave bacon and grease in the pan.

You can cook this in a large skillet, but I like to use a cast iron dutch oven. A dutch oven is deep enough to hold all of the cabbage before it gets cooked down. 

In my book, any recipe that calls for bacon, makes it extreme. Extreme texture, extreme flavor and extremely yummy!!

A simple side dish recipe full of delicious smokey flavor.

While the bacon is cooking, thinly slice an onion and a head of cabbage. 

A simple side dish recipe full of delicious smokey flavor.

Add the onion, cabbage and garlic to the pan of bacon. Cooking over medium heat, fry the cabbage in the bacon grease until the cabbage is tender. Season with salt and pepper before serving.

5.0 from 2 reviews
Extreme Cabbage - Simple Side Dish
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
10 mins
Total time
15 mins
 
A simple side dish recipe full of delicious smokey flavor. Goes great with your favorite pork recipe and mashed potatoes. If you're not a big fan of cabbage, this recipe will change your mind.
Author: Robin | Fluster Buster
Recipe type: Side Dish
Yields: 6 Servings
Ingredients
  • ½ pound bacon
  • 1 large onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 sm head cabbage, thinly sliced
  • salt & pepper
Instructions
  1. Cut bacon into small pieces, fry over medium heat, stirring often, until crispy. Leave bacon and grease in the pan.
  2. While the bacon is cooking, thinly slice an onion and a head of cabbage.
  3. Add the onion, cabbage and garlic to the pan of bacon. Cooking over medium heat, fry the cabbage in the bacon grease until the cabbage is tender. Season with salt and pepper before serving.
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If you are trying to introduce your kids to cabbage, this is a great recipe to start with. Like me, my kids didn’t like cabbage until they had it served this way. After being served this dish over the years, they no longer turn up their noses when they see cabbage, in fact, they even like sauerkraut, which is something that I still can’t get on board with.  

Is there a vegetable that you absolutely won’t eat?

A simple side dish recipe full of delicious smokey flavor.

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Comments

  1. Heather says

    March 27, 2017 at 11:27 pm

    We LOVE cabbage. I think we’ll definitely have to try it with bacon next time! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Robin says

      March 28, 2017 at 11:35 am

      When you have it with bacon it will quickly become a favorite, I guarantee!

      Reply
  2. Sammi Ricke says

    March 29, 2017 at 8:54 am

    What’s not to love? Bacon. Cabbage. YUMMO! I can’t wait to try this dish. 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  3. Miz Helen says

    April 1, 2017 at 1:55 pm

    I can almost taste this awesome cabbage dish, we will love it! Hope you are having a great weekend and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
    Miz Helen

    Reply
  4. Lina says

    April 16, 2017 at 10:38 am

    Thanks for sharing at the Sew It Cook It Craft It Link Party! 🙂

    Reply
  5. kunstkitchen says

    December 10, 2018 at 10:16 am

    Nice side dish with cabbage. Thanks Robin.

    Reply
    • Robin says

      December 10, 2018 at 10:47 am

      It’s really simple and tastes amazing!

      Reply

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