Braised Cabbage

Monday, March 11, 2013

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.

Side Dish

5 comments »

7 Responses to “Steak Fajitas with Chimichurri and Drunken Peppers”

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Keiara Wells — September 21, 2009 at 1:24 pm

This sounds DIVINE! Around my house Mondays are known as ‘Mexican Monday’ and I already have some yummy burritos planned for tonight but I know what I’ll be serving next Monday! Thanks for sharing 🙂 xox
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laurasrecipecollection — September 21, 2009 at 2:43 pm

Those look delicious! We do fajitas a lot but we always do them EXACTLY the same. It’ll be nice to have a new and different recipe to try!
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Julie — September 21, 2009 at 4:44 pm

Yum…I was thinking of making fajitas tonight anyway…and I think I’ve got leftover chimichurri. It’s all coming together now…thanks!
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nutmegnanny — September 21, 2009 at 8:16 pm

Yum! I love my Food Network magazine too. I look forward to getting it and totally agree about the 2 month increments…it should be once a month. Now onto the recipe. It looks great:) I love fajitas but never have made them at home. I will have to give it a try.
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Joelen — September 22, 2009 at 2:57 am

The contrast of colors looks fantastic! I love the idea of chimichurri with fajitas!
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stephchows — September 22, 2009 at 2:15 pm

so beer is the secret! yum!! Sounds delicious 🙂
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Colleen — September 23, 2009 at 3:52 pm

We love fajitas in my house and the chimichurri sauce looks great!