Author Topic: Cooking cabbage (Read 2710 times)

Telesphorus · « **on:** November 17, 2011, 03:36:41 PM »

I have cooked it chopped and fried in a pan before, and it's not bad, but I was thinking I wanted to make some soup.

Does anyone have suggestions?

s2srea · « **Reply #1 on:** November 17, 2011, 04:27:30 PM »

Kimchi? lol

I like having stir fried cabbage with aged soy sauce. My in-law's neighbors made this for us once (They're chineese) and it was delicious. Pairs well with chicken, or tofu!

MaterDominici · « **Reply #2 on:** November 17, 2011, 04:31:49 PM »

allrecipes.com

I generally just steam it and sprinkle some lime/pepper seasoning on top.

It's great fried in a little bacon grease, but what isn't? : )

I tossed a bunch of cabbage in our last chicken noodle soup, but have never made any cabbage-centric soups before.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #3 on:** November 17, 2011, 04:34:53 PM »

I was thinking of frying some bacon and a hamburger, frying cabbage in the grease, then adding some water and some par boiled potatoes with some onion and garlice.

Do you think it will work?

s2srea · « **Reply #4 on:** November 17, 2011, 04:36:52 PM »

Sounds good. Upload a picture :farmer:

Elizabeth · « **Reply #5 on:** November 17, 2011, 06:16:23 PM »

Quote from: Telesphorus

I have cooked it chopped and fried in a pan before, and it's not bad, but I was thinking I wanted to make some soup.

Does anyone have suggestions?

Gah...run for Brussells Sprouts instead? IMO cabbage is only good raw in cole slaw.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #6 on:** November 17, 2011, 06:21:35 PM »

Quote from: Elizabeth

Quote from: Telesphorus
I have cooked it chopped and fried in a pan before, and it's not bad, but I was thinking I wanted to make some soup.

Does anyone have suggestions?

Gah...run for Brussells Sprouts instead? IMO cabbage is only good raw in cole slaw.

I like cabbage and turnips. I suppose sometimes broccoli and cauliflower are okay if they are grown in the right conditions.

Elizabeth · « **Reply #7 on:** November 17, 2011, 07:45:28 PM »

Mmm. My Mom always made Rutabaga for Thanksgiving with lots of butter, pepper and salt. Seems as if she boiled it for hours, after removing a tough skin.

My kids adore broccoli and so do I.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #8 on:** November 17, 2011, 08:56:52 PM »

Quote from: s2srea

Sounds good. Upload a picture :farmer:

Here it is before adding hot water from a tea kettle:

Telesphorus · « **Reply #9 on:** November 17, 2011, 09:00:06 PM »

When I was cooking I added some olive oil to the grease because I thought there might not be enough oil.

MaterDominici · « **Reply #10 on:** November 17, 2011, 11:12:02 PM »

You were turning this into a soup? I'd just eat it like that, it looks good. :ready-to-eat:

I'm not an experimental cook. I pretty much just read recipes and follow them. Although, I do read the online comments and might follow some of the recommendations. What you have there reminds me of this. It's not part of the recipe, but many add potatoes.

Telesphorus · « **Reply #11 on:** November 17, 2011, 11:38:48 PM »

Quote from: MaterDominici

You were turning this into a soup? I'd just eat it like that, it looks good. :ready-to-eat:

I'm not an experimental cook. I pretty much just read recipes and follow them. Although, I do read the online comments and might follow some of the recommendations. What you have there reminds me of this. It's not part of the recipe, but many add potatoes.

Yes I did add water and simmered it for about half an hour. It was quite good. There was hamburger and bacon dripping in it, the "stock" of the soup was brown.

wisconsheepgirl · « **Reply #12 on:** November 18, 2011, 12:28:01 AM »

Your picture of your dinner looks delicious Telesphorus!

Like the others have posted, I cook mine with bacon grease and salt, pepper alone. And do not have any sort of recipe for cabbage soup.

But, two things I've learned about cabbage I'll share. One is to put a bit of milk in the pan while cooking the cabbage and for some reason it cuts down on the smell that pervades the house. My husband detests the smell but loves to eat fried cabbage so this works well. Second, is when I want to make lasagna and do not have the noodles, I use cabbage, cutting them into slices, boil it first and then layer just like a lasagna. After you make this creation you may never bother with the noodles again. And you can't tell your missing noodles. I did a quick online search of a recipe that is easy to remember for you to review:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,198,154189-232198,00.html

Alex · « **Reply #13 on:** November 19, 2011, 04:40:18 AM »

Cabbage is known for giving you gas.

So here's a way to prepare it to reduce this risk.

How to Prevent Gas When Cooking Cabbage

s2srea · « **Reply #14 on:** November 19, 2011, 04:57:04 AM »

That looked good Tele!