Cabbage is a vegetable that’s available year round and it’s so easy to fry it up for a side for any meal! It’s really as easy as frying up cabbage and there are plenty of ways to make it more interesting! I like to start out by cooking some bacon, both to have the bacon in the fried cabbage and to use the bacon grease to fry the cabbage in, adding a ton of flavour! I also like to add a diced/sliced onion and if I have a red bell pepper on hand it makes an excellent addition. I like to finish fried cabbage off with a splash of vinegar or even some hot sauce! Fried cabbage is a super quick and easy side for any meal, especially for a corned beef dinner for St Patrick’s Day!
Fried Cabbage
Cabbage fried with bacon makes for an easy and tasty side dish.
ingredients
- 4 slices bacon, cut into 1 inch slices
- 1 onion, diced (or sliced)
- 1 red bell pepper, diced (optional)
- 1/2 head of cabbage, sliced thinly
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar (optional)
- salt and pepper to taste
directions
- Cook the bacon in a large pan over medium-high heat, about 3-5 minutes, and set aside, reserving 2 tablespoon of grease in the pan.
- Add the onion and bell pepper and saute in the bacon grease until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
- Add the bacon and cabbage saute until the cabbage is tender, about 10-15 minutes.
- Add the vinegar and season salt and pepper to taste.
Option: Add 2 chopped cloves garlic.
Option: Replace the cider vinegar with malt vinegar!
Option: Add a teaspoon sugar.
Option: Finish the fried cabbage off with a generous splash of hot sauce!
Sabrina says
ah, with bacon, good thinking, cabbage and bacon works well for me, thank you!
Bea says
Try it with worcestershire sauce instead of the vinegar I love it 🙂
kevin says
That sounds good!