Southern Style Cabbage Food

SOUTHERN-STYLE CABBAGE

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.

SOUTHERN FRIED CABBAGE RECIPE

Steps:

• Remove the first outer layer of leaves from the cabbage and discard.
• Rinse the head of cabbage well under cold running water.
• Carefully slice the cabbage in half, then into quarters.
• Slice each quarter again, the long way, then cut each wedge into bite sized pieces.
• Place your skillet over Medium heat on your stove top.
• Add the butter.
• Add the bacon grease.
• Add the cabbage.
• Stir the cabbage as it cooks down to fully coat the pieces in the butter.
• Add the salt.
• Add the black pepper.
• Add the sugar.
• Continue to stir and cook, uncovered, until the cabbage is tender.
• Serve while warm, topped with bacon bits if you desire.
• Enjoy!

BLACK FOLKS SOUTHERN CABBAGE RECIPE

Steps:

• Cut out the cabbage's core and use a food processor or a knife to shred the cabbage leaves. (I remove the outer layer of cabbage leaves first and discard them before chopping.)
• Add the shredded cabbage and all the ingredients (onion, chicken apple cider vinegar, butter, Old Bay or Cajun seasoning, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper) into the Instant Pot stainless steel inner pot.
• Sink the chopped cabbage as much as you can into the liquid broth.
• Close the Instant Pot lid (make sure the valve is up - in the position for sealing) and pressure cook on high for 4 minutes.
• When the cooking time is finished, allow a natural pressure release for at least 4 minutes.
• To open the Instant Pot lid, move the valve to 'venting' and manually release any remaining pressure, if applicable.
• Serve Black folks Southern cabbage recipe warm and enjoy!

SOUTHERN FRIED CABBAGE

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.

SOUTHERN SMOTHERED CABBAGE

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.

SOUTHERN STYLE CABBAGE

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.