Yes, green cabbage isn’t just for your coleslaw lovers—it can be cooked any way your favorite vegetable can be cooked, or even delicious raw in salads.
What Is Green Cabbage?
It’s a green, leafy vegetable that grows into a big ball. It’s very nutritious, versatile, delicious and inexpensive. Green cabbage is famous for being cooked with corned beef for St. Patrick’s Day, but it can also be used for so many more dishes. Green cabbage is also different from red cabbage and Napa cabbage. Napa cabbage is a type of Chinese cabbage and looks oval in shape—with light green leaves—while green cabbage is found in a big ball, almost like Boston lettuce. Red cabbage is obviously different in color, but it’s also found in a smaller ball and is a bit more peppery in flavor.
How to Cook Green Cabbage
There are many ways you can cook green cabbage, including the following methods:
BraisedFriedRoastedIn Stir-FriesSlow CookerInstant PotAir FryerSautéedIn casseroles
How to Pick The Perfect Green Cabbage
Look for a cabbage that doesn’t have brown blemishes and the leaves are tightly layered together.
How to Wash and Cut Green Cabbage
Remove the outer leaves of the cabbage and discard them, then cut them into quarters and rinse under cold water. Remove each leaf and spin them in a vegetable spinner, or shake the water off in a colander.
A green cabbage-based side dish goes well with many main dishes like roasted chicken, grilled steak and burgers, broiled fish—the list goes on and on.
What Meat Can I Serve With Green Cabbage?
Pork chopsSmoked sausage or kielbasaPork sausage MeatloafChicken and chicken sausageCorned beef
Best Ways to Eat Raw Green Cabbage:
In saladsIn coleslawIn other types of slawIn soup or stewsFermented into sauerkraut
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