Southern cabbage, a staple in Southern cuisine, is a hearty and flavorful dish that brings comfort to the dinner table. Its origins can be traced back to the early African American communities in the Southern United States, where it was commonly prepared using fresh cabbage, smoked meats, and aromatic spices. Over time, this dish evolved into a diverse collection of recipes, each reflecting the unique culinary traditions of different regions within the South. Whether you prefer a tangy vinegar-based cabbage or a rich, slow-cooked version simmered in savory broth, there is a Southern cabbage recipe out there to satisfy every palate.
Here are our top 18 tried and tested recipes!
SOUTHERN FRIED CABBAGE WITH SAUSAGE
This is a family favorite cabbage recipe. The cabbage is cooked down with tomatoes, seasonings and smoked sausage for a hearty and delicious meal-in-itself. Serve with cornbread.
Provided by MSippigirl
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 40m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Chop/slice the sausage, cabbage, and onion.
- In a large non-stick skillet, pre-cook the sliced sausage about 3 minutes to render some of the fat out. Remove sausage from skillet and drain on paper towels if needed. Set aside. Wipe the skillet clean.
- In the same skillet, melt the butter. Add cabbage and onion and cook and stir on medium-high for about 5 minutes, until cabbage starts to wilt.
- Add remaining ingredients, and the sausage.
- Cover the skillet and cook for about 10 minutes.
- Uncover, and finish cooking until cabbage is desired tenderness and most of liquid has been reduced.
SOUTHERN FRIED CABBAGE
This dish was always a favorite at Mammaw's house. Cabbage is fried with onion and bacon in this simple quick side dish. Terrific with cornbread.
Provided by JNADX3
Categories Side Dish Vegetables
Time 15m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Place the bacon and vegetable oil into a large pot over medium heat. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until bacon is crisp. Add cabbage, onion, and sugar to the pot; cook and stir continuously for 5 minutes, until tender.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 189.4 calories, Carbohydrate 13.6 g, Cholesterol 5 mg, Fat 14.2 g, Fiber 5.3 g, Protein 4.4 g, SaturatedFat 2.6 g, Sodium 527.8 mg, Sugar 7.2 g
SOUTHERN FRIED CABBAGE WITH SMOKED SAUSAGE
A whole head of cabbage is cooked with brown sugar, Creole seasoning, and cider vinegar in the same pot as the kielbasa until it strikes the perfect balance between crisp and tender.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Meat & Poultry Pork Recipes
Time 50m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Melt 1 tablespoon butter and oil in a large pot or 1 1/2-quart braiser over medium heat. Add sausages and cook, flipping once, until golden brown, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
- Add remaining 1 tablespoon butter to pot, along with onion, brown sugar, and Creole seasoning. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is translucent, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in half of cabbage and vinegar; season with salt. As mixture begins to reduce in volume, add remaining cabbage; season with salt. Cover and cook, stirring a few times, until cabbage is softened and wilted but still has a slight crunch, about 25 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Nestle sausages into cabbage and cook just until warmed through, about 2 minutes. Cut sausages into 1/2-inch-thick pieces; serve with cabbage and mustard, if desired.
SOUTHERN FRIED CABBAGE WITH BACON, MUSHROOMS, AND ONIONS
Fattening? Oh yeah. Worth it? Oh yeah!
Provided by Wanda
Categories Side Dish Vegetables Onion
Time 45m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on paper towels; crumble when cooled. Drain all but 3 tablespoons of bacon drippings from skillet.
- Cook and stir cabbage, onion, and mushrooms in the remaining bacon drippings until tender and lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Fold bacon into cabbage mixture. Season with salt and black pepper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 122.7 calories, Carbohydrate 9.6 g, Cholesterol 16.4 mg, Fat 6.4 g, Fiber 3.6 g, Protein 8 g, SaturatedFat 2.1 g, Sodium 368.4 mg, Sugar 5 g
SOUTHERN SMOTHERED CABBAGE
Looking for the perfect match for your black-eyed peas this New Year? Look no further. It's a New Orleans tradition, after all.
Provided by Soup Loving Nicole
Categories Side Dish Vegetables
Time 50m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Fry bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until crispy, about 5 minutes. Remove bacon from skillet and drain on a plate lined with paper towels; reserve bacon grease in the skillet. Crumble bacon into a bowl when cool and set aside.
- Add onion, celery, and red bell pepper to the bacon grease in the skillet. Cook over medium heat until softened, about 3 minutes. Add cayenne, parsley, mustard, and black pepper and cook 2 minutes. Add cabbage; cover and cook 10 minutes. Uncover, increase heat to high, and cook, stirring often, until cabbage is wilted and tender, about 10 additional minutes.
- Add apple cider vinegar and reserved crumbled bacon to the skillet and toss to coat. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 112.4 calories, Carbohydrate 13.9 g, Cholesterol 10.1 mg, Fat 4.3 g, Fiber 5.6 g, Protein 6.4 g, SaturatedFat 1.3 g, Sodium 254 mg, Sugar 7.3 g
SOUTHERN FRIED SMOTHERED CABBAGE
I created this recipe because raising a family isn't cheap and cabbage is. To make this a one-dish meal, substitute the bacon with a pound of coined Polish sausage or kielbasa.
Provided by Linda T.
Categories Side Dish Vegetables
Time 40m
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Heat a large, lidded cast iron pot over medium-high heat. Add bacon and fry until browned but not crispy, about 5 minutes. Quickly add cabbage pieces and water, in that order. Cover the pot with the lid and allow cabbage to steam, about 1 minute. Season with cayenne pepper and salt and boil for 15 minutes.
- Remove lid and reduce heat to a high simmer. Cook until all liquid has evaporated and cabbage is browning in the bottom of the pot and wilted but not soggy, about 10 minutes more. Scrape the bottom of the pot regularly and turn cabbage to prevent sticking.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 216.9 calories, Carbohydrate 26.9 g, Cholesterol 20.4 mg, Fat 8.3 g, Fiber 11.5 g, Protein 13.2 g, SaturatedFat 2.7 g, Sodium 594 mg, Sugar 14.6 g
SOUTHERN-STYLE CABBAGE
This is how I got my children to like cabbage. It is a simple recipe. It came from an old magazine clipping, do not remember which one. We usually have cornbread on the side with rice and sausage.
Provided by momstar
Categories Greens
Time 45m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a 5-quart dutch oven or 12-inch skillet over medium heat, cook bacon until browned.
- Add cabbage, onion, salt; stir to coat cabbage evenly with bacon fat.
- Add water and reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until cabbage is tender and lightly browned.
SMOTHERED CABBAGE AND ONIONS (SOUTHERN STYLE MEATLESS)
Make and share this Smothered Cabbage and Onions (Southern Style Meatless) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Tunisia I.E.Al-Sala
Categories Vegetable
Time 40m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Dice onions, and all other ingredients chop into medium size pieces.
- Place in a medium to large size pot and cover 1/4 the way with water. Add all seasonings and cook on medium for about 30 minutes makings sure to stir every 15 miutes. Make sure you cook until tender.
SOUTHERN STIR-FRIED CABBAGE
For folks who like cabbage, and are adventurous enough to try something different, this is just what you need.
Provided by Kristy
Categories Side Dish Vegetables
Time 35m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet, and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on a paper towel-lined plate.
- In the same skillet, stir cabbage in the bacon drippings until coated. Place lid on skillet and cook over medium heat until cabbage is tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in sugar and season with salt and pepper. Cook uncovered, stirring constantly until cabbage is crisp and brown on the edges. Serve cabbage with bacon crumbled on top.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 310.3 calories, Carbohydrate 20.6 g, Cholesterol 33.3 mg, Fat 22.4 g, Fiber 7.4 g, Protein 9.5 g, SaturatedFat 7.4 g, Sodium 500 mg, Sugar 12.6 g
SOUTHERN CABBAGE SALAD WITH SWEET ONION AND PEPPERS
Make and share this Southern Cabbage Salad With Sweet Onion and Peppers recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Rita1652
Categories Salad Dressings
Time 15m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Mix vegetables in a large bowl.
- Thoroughly combine lemon zest, lemon juice, vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper; whisk in oil.
- Fold into vegetables.
- Season to taste with salt.
- Store up to 12 hours in the refrigerator to marry flavors.
- Return to room temperature before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 204.6, Fat 18.2, SaturatedFat 2.5, Sodium 411.1, Carbohydrate 10.4, Fiber 3.2, Sugar 5.6, Protein 1.7
SOUTHERN FRIED CABBAGE
I can eat this entire dish myself!
Provided by Lonna Weidemann
Categories Vegetables
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- 1. Saute onion and bacon Cut bacon into small pieces set aside
- 2. Add bacon grease or 1 tbs of olive oil or veg oil to pan then add cabbage. Add salt, pepper, sugar, vinegar, bacon and onion. Cook on med low 10 minutes. Stir occasionaly. Serve immediately.
SOUTHERN BAKED CABBAGE
I like cabbage about any way you can fix it, and my father grows lots of it in his garden so I am alway looking for different ways to fix it.
Provided by Jacqueline in KY
Categories Vegetable
Time 50m
Yield 1 casserole, 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat over to 375 degrees.
- Grease a 2-quart casserole.
- Cook cabbage in boiling, salted water for 10 minutes.
- Drain and let cool; chop finely.
- In mixing bowl, blend eggs, 3 Tablespoons butter, cream, salt and pepper; stir in cabbage.
- Turn into casserole dish.
- Blend remaining butter with bread crumbs and sprinkle over cabbage.
- Bake 30 minutes.
DADDY'S DOGGIN' SOUTHERN CABBAGE
For a down home Alabama flavor, try this recipe! It will remind you of Grandma's old time cooking. It's sure to please!!!!
Provided by lynda clark
Categories Weeknight
Time 35m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Note: It may seem like a lot of seasoning for Cajun seasoning but it's not a salty or spicy seasoning. It is a blend of many types of seasoning. It tastes good by itself with any type of meat!
- Slice cabbage into desired size pieces.
- Fry cabbage in bacon grease until softened.
- Add chicken soup and Cajun seasoning.
- Cook until of desired consistency.
- Note: Really good when served with sticky rice.
SOUTHERN FRIED CABBAGE
This is my absolute favorite way to prepare and serve cabbage...only downfall to this recipe is that you can't really control the heat factor! Depending on the season and whether or not the peppers received rain or not determines how hot or mild your dish is, so I only chop 2 jalapenos for this recipe and seed most of them out so...
Provided by Cecilia Rowe
Categories Sides
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- 1. Fry your (6)bacon slices; while bacon frys, core your cabbage and chop onions and cabbage. Remove bacon from pan and sit aside on paper towel to drain.
- 2. add chopped onions to bacon drippings in skillet and saute'. Add your chopped cabbage and stir up well coating with onions and bacon drippings. Place lid on cabbage and reduce heat to simmer.
- 3. chop (2)jalapenos (you may use more or less and you have the option of seeding before chopping). Add your jalapenos to cabbage mixture in skillet, crumble your bacon that was set aside earlier and add to skillet then salt and pepper to taste (I use a lot of pepper at this point-everything is covered)stir together and recover with lid.
- 4. Your cabbage does not need any water added to skillet and it will cook down so don't be alarmed if your skillet looks super full. You only need to cook this until tender...you don't want to cook all the nutrients out. Don't forget to stir this well, you don't want any cabbage or onion pieces getting burned left on bottom.
- 5. Best served hot, but left overs the next day are delicious as well...just a bit warmer as they have sat together overnight! Enjoy, this is a wonderful side dish to just about any meal, but my favorite is meatloaf and brisket!
SOUTHERN FRIED CABBAGE
This is one of those Southern dishes we consider to be "Comfort Food"... Even those who usually dislike cooked cabbage will warm up to this dish.
Provided by Cathy Nunn
Categories Vegetables
Time 50m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- 1. In a skillet, fry the bacon pieces and chopped onion together until the bacon is cooked and the onion is starting to brown. Do not drain bacon drippings.
- 2. Add the cabbage and stir fry for several minutes, until the cabbage is coated with the drippings. Add 1/2 Cup of water and cover for a few minutes at medium heat. Uncover and stir frequently, replacing the cover each time. Reduce heat to med-low, cover and let cook about 20 to 30 more minutes, stirring occasionally until the cabbage is tender.
- 3. Season with salt and pepper to your taste. Serve hot.
PEGGI'S SOUTHERN FRIED CABBAGE
Now I'm from the south. My hubby is a transplant from the north. When we met in Arkansas some 27 years ago, I was boilin' cabbage with bacon in it. This northern guy had to tell me how to fix it. Seems some other southerner had told him. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
Provided by Peggi Anne Tebben
Categories Vegetables
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- 1. Place all ingredients in 10 3/4" cast iron skillet in the order given. Do not mix up at this time.
- 2. Start out on high heat for a minute or two, until cabbage starts to "give it up",then reduce heat to low & cover skillet.
- 3. Give it about 5 minutes before you start to stir it in skillet. Then, for the next 10 min, about, stir occasionally so it won't burn. Leave lid on to cook. Don't over stir it or it will just mush & not brown.
- 4. Cook until it is starting to get translucent & tender-crisp & brown somewhat, as in picture above.
- 5. Serve with anything. We had it with hamburger steaks & sauted onions today.
SOUTHERN STYLE CABBAGE
A tasty cabbage recipe that is quick, easy, and even my vegetable hating son likes. I do not recall who originally gave me this recipe.
Provided by Shannanigans
Categories Greens
Time 30m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Brown bacon in a dutch oven or large pan until crisp.
- Remove bacon and set aside to drain and cool.
- Place sliced onion in pan and top with cabbage and crumbled bacon.
- Cover and cook over medium to medium high heat until done to your likeing.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 218.3, Fat 17.2, SaturatedFat 5.7, Cholesterol 25.7, Sodium 342.8, Carbohydrate 10.7, Fiber 4.1, Sugar 5.6, Protein 6.5
SOUTHERN CABBAGE FOR THE PRESSURE COOKER
A good pot of cabbage can be served stand-alone with some cornbread or as a side dish to your favorite meal. Preparing cabbage in a pressure cooker preserves most of the nutrients and produces a very sweet yet savory dish. This recipe is quick, flavorful and easy!
Provided by EyeSpy
Categories Side Dish Vegetables
Time 35m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Chop cabbage into 1- to 2-inch pieces.
- Cook bacon in an open 8-quart pressure cooker over medium heat until tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Do not crisp the bacon unless you just like it that way. Add butter and stir until melted.
- Place the chopped cabbage into the pot and pour in chicken broth. Add salt and black pepper to taste and toss the cabbage until coated.
- Secure the lid to your pressure cooker, place the regulator on top (depending on the type of pressure cooker you have), and turn the heat up to high. When the regulator begins to rock or the cooker reaches full pressure, lower the heat to maintain a gentle rocking motion (15 pounds per square inch). Cook for 3 minutes.
- Immediately remove the cooker from the heat and use the quick-release method recommended by your cooker's manufacturer to reduce the pressure. Transfer cabbage to a serving dish and serve hot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 135.8 calories, Carbohydrate 8.6 g, Cholesterol 22.4 mg, Fat 10.6 g, Fiber 3.7 g, Protein 3.2 g, SaturatedFat 5.3 g, Sodium 154.9 mg, Sugar 4.7 g
Tips:
- Choose the right cabbage: For Southern cabbage recipes, use a firm, heavy head of cabbage with tightly packed leaves. Green cabbage is the most common type used, but you can also use red or Savoy cabbage.
- Wash the cabbage thoroughly: Remove any wilted or damaged leaves and rinse the cabbage under cold water. Cut the cabbage into quarters or eighths, depending on the recipe.
- Cook the cabbage properly: Southern cabbage recipes typically involve cooking the cabbage until it is tender. You can boil, steam, or braise the cabbage, depending on the recipe. If you are boiling the cabbage, add a little salt to the water to help preserve the cabbage's color.
- Season the cabbage to taste: Southern cabbage recipes often call for salt, pepper, and other spices. You can also add other ingredients to the cabbage, such as bacon, onions, garlic, or tomatoes.
- Serve the cabbage hot or cold: Southern cabbage recipes can be served hot or cold. Hot cabbage is often served as a side dish with fried chicken or pork chops. Cold cabbage is often served as a salad or slaw.
Conclusion:
Southern cabbage recipes are a delicious and versatile way to enjoy this healthy vegetable. With its mild flavor and tender texture, cabbage can be cooked in a variety of ways and paired with a variety of ingredients. Whether you are looking for a simple side dish or a hearty main course, there is a Southern cabbage recipe that is sure to please everyone at your table.
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