Bacon Braised Caggage
Tender cabbage greens with crispy pieces of bacon. This vegetable side dish is perfect with pork, chicken, corned beef, or fish.
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Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 head green cabbage
- 1/2 lbs. bacon
- 1 teaspoond dried Italian seasoning
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Dice or slice the cabbage.
- Cut bacon into bite-sized pieces.
- Heat a heavy skillet on medium-high on the stovetop or grill.
- Add bacon and cook until crispy.
- Remove bacon and set it aside; turn skillet heat to medium.
- Remove and discard all but 2 tablespoons of the bacon grease.
- Add the cabbage to the skillet and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the bacon back to the skillet with the cabbage and cook until the cabbage wilts.
- Add minced and Italian seasoning and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
Krazy Kitchen Mom Tips
- I recommend using a head of cabbage rather than presliced. The presliced is shredded thin and will wilt quickly in this recipe. The desired texture is larger chunks or ribbons of cabbage.
- I recommend cutting bacon with large kitchen shears. It makes cleaner cuts and equal-sized pieces.
- Buy bacon when it’s on sale and store it in the refrigerator. I like to separate the bacon in half and wrap the halves separately and store them in zip-top bags. Then I pull out the needed amount for the recipe.
- My favorite way to remove bacon grease is to ball 2 paper towels and clamp them with kitchen tongs. Then wipe the grease with the clamped paper towels until they soak up the amount you want to discard. Set the tongs in the sink and let the greased paper towels cool a bite before discarding the paper towel.