Meat Sauce Over Steamed Cabbage Food

CABBAGE WITH MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook sausage, green pepper and onion until the sausage is browned; drain. Stir in the tomato juice, tomatoes, oregano, salt and pepper; simmer for 1 hour. Melt butter in a Dutch oven; saute cabbage over medium heat until tender, about 15 minutes. Transfer to a serving platter; top with the meat sauce.

GROUND BEEF AND CABBAGE

Steps:

• Combine cabbage, tomatoes with juice, onion, Italian seasoning, salt, and black pepper in a large pot over low heat. Bring cabbage mixture to a simmer and crumble ground beef into the pot. Cover and cook until cabbage is tender and ground beef is cooked through, about 45 minutes. Stir occasionally.

ASIAN-STYLE GROUND BEEF CABBAGE WRAPS

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook ground beef in the hot skillet, breaking up any large clumps, until browned and crumbly, about 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and onion and cook until vegetables soften, about 4 minutes.
• Add coconut aminos, Sriracha, ginger, garlic, and vinegar. Cook, stirring occasionally, until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in sesame oil. Season with salt and pepper.
• Evenly divide mixture among 8 cabbage leaves; sprinkle carrots and onions on top. Sprinkle green onions, cilantro, sesame seeds, and red pepper flakes on top. Roll each cabbage leaf over and around filling to form a packet.

CABBAGE WITH MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook sausage, green pepper and onion until the sausage is browned; drain.
• Stir in the tomato juice, tomatoes, oregano, salt and pepper; simmer for 1 hour.
• Melt butter in a Dutch oven; saute cabbage over medium heat until tender, about 15 minutes.
• Transfer to a serving platter and top with the meat sauce.

GRILLED CABBAGE STEAKS WITH CILANTRO-LIME SAUCE

Steps:

• Prepare a grill for medium heat. If using wooden skewers, soak them in water for 15 minutes.
• Combine 1 1/2 cups of the cilantro, 1 1/2 cups of the parsley, the garlic, jalapeño, lime juice, rice vinegar, honey and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a blender and blend on high until smooth. With the blender running, drizzle in the oil in a slow stream to make a very smooth sauce. Transfer to a serving bowl and season with more salt, if needed.
• Remove any loose leaves from the exterior of the cabbage and set it on its stem end. Cut a thin piece off one side of the cabbage to make it flat; then slice a thin piece off the other side of the cabbage. (Reserve the pieces for another use.) Slice the cabbage vertically to make 4 thick steaks, each about 3/4- to 1-inch thick.
• Lay the steaks on a baking sheet and stick a skewer horizontally through any that are not holding together. Brush both sides of the steaks with olive oil and sprinkle with the lime zest, ancho powder and 1 teaspoon salt.
• Grill the steaks, covered, moving them occasionally so they cook evenly, until charred and crisp-tender, 6 to 7 minutes per side. Transfer to a serving platter, brush the tops lightly with olive oil and remove any skewers you used.
• Coarsely chop the remaining 1/2 cup cilantro and 1/2 cup parsley. Drizzle about half of the sauce over the cabbage. Sprinkle with the herbs and red onion and serve the remaining sauce on the side.

GROUND BEEF AND CHOPPED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large heavy pot or a 6-quart Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in hot oil until translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Break ground beef into small chunks and add to the pot; cook and stir, continuing to break the beef into smaller pieces, until the beef is completely browned, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Season beef mixture with garlic powder, red pepper flakes, Italian seasoning, and a dash of salt. Stir cabbage, diced tomatoes, and tomato sauce with the beef mixture; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cook mixture at a simmer until cabbage is fork-tender, about 25 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

MEAT SAUCE OVER STEAMED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Brown the ground beef with salt and pepper to taste.
• Start the cabbage steaming. I actually put down a layer of cabbage, lightly salted it, put down another layer, lightly salted and the left the butter on top. I like to use unrefined sea salt in my cooking and of course, you can totally leave it out, if you need to. The butter, though, is part of what makes it so tasty!
• Back to the ground beef: Add sauce, thyme and brown sugar (adjust salt/pepper if needed).
• Stir the beef mixture regularly and allow it to simmer, adjusting temperature as needed. If your spaghetti sauce was thin, allow it to cook down. When it's done, it should have a consistency similar to that of Sloppy Joe's.
• The cabbage is done when it's soft but still somewhat crunchy.
• Spread cabbage out on the plate as if it were spaghetti and serve with sauce on top. The flavor is similar to sloppy joe's, just not as sweet and with more emphasis on tomato.