Texas Country Cabbage Food

SOUTHERN FRIED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Heat an iron skillet over medium heat.
• Add the chopped bacon pieces and cook until crispy. Remove the bacon once cooked and set aside to use as garnish later.
• Remove and discard any undesirable outer leaves from the cabbage.
• Cut the cabbage into strips or chop into smaller pieces if desired.
• Add the cabbage to the skillet and turn to coat with the bacon drippings.
• Season with salt and cracked black pepper.
• Cook until tender, turning occasionally.
• Use reserved bacon pieces as garnish or add back to the cooked cabbage, mix and serve.

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!

TEXAS COUNTRY CABBAGE

Steps:

• Fry bacon until crispy and break into small pieces (set aside).
• Rinse whole head of cabbage.
• Removing loose leaves, break into smaller pieces and save.
• Cut 1 inch thick slice off bottom of head.
• This allows cabbage to sit upright in pan.
• Break slice into smaller pieces and save.
• Cut a round circle large enough and deep enough in top of cabbage head to place your whole onion.
• Be careful while cutting the hole.
• TIP: Using onion as guide, cut circle with depth of pearing knife, cris-cross cuts inside circle at same depth, then dig out hole area with spoon.
• Save cabbage you remove.
• Using a heavy guage, deep pot, add water then place cabbage head in center, place whole peeled onion in hole in top of cabbage.
• Add all cabbage (saved above) around the head, in bottom of pan.
• Add 1/4 stick of butter on top of onion.
• combine all other seasonings (except parsley) and sprinkle on top of and around head of cabbage.
• Cover and cook on low-med heat for approximately 45 minutes.
• Add Butter as described below.
• NOTE:.
• Add remainder of butter on top of onion in 15 minute and 1/4 stick increments during cooking.
• Also, spoon stock over top of cabbage when adding butter.
• At 30 minutes, cut onion in quarters but leave in place.
• During the last 15 minutes sprinkle bacon and parsley over cabbage and onion.
• When done, onion and cabbage will have opened and fallen into a tender, delicious heap.
• Turn off heat, leave covered for 5 minutes then serve and enjoy boiled cabbage East Texas style.

FRIED CABBAGE TEXAS STYLE

Steps:

• Place the shredded cabbage into a large bowl, and sprinkle the sugar over it. This will remove the excess water from the cabbage. Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside, reserving grease in skillet.
• In a small bowl, mix together the cornbread mix and cayenne pepper. Stir into the cabbage until well blended. In the skillet the bacon was cooked in, saute onion and jalapeno in the hot bacon grease until tender. Stir in cabbage, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook until the cabbage wilts, about 15 minutes. Stir in crumbled bacon, and serve immediately.

COMFORT, TX. CREAMED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Cut cabbage in 1/4 in thickness.
• Put in saucepan. Slice and add onion.
• Sprinkle in salt and a little sugar.
• Add enough water to cover and bring to a boil; turn off heat and let stand on a burner (cabbage will continue to cook in the hot liquid).
• Melt the butter in a separate pan and combine with the flour and a small amount of cabbage liquid.
• Spoon the cabbage into the mixture; add a sprinkle of white pepper along with a little more sugar and salt.
• Stir in evaporated milk and serve.

COUNTRY CABBAGE

Steps:

• Fry bacon until crisp.
• Remove from skillet, set aside.
• In the same pan, add onions, celery and green pepper, cooking until tender, but not brown.
• Add cabbage, sugar, salt, pepper and tomatos.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium low.
• Cover and cook 5-8 minutes.
• Top with crumbled bacon and serve.