Easy Sauteed Cabbage Recipe - The Dinner Bite (2024)

Sauteed cabbage is a simple and quick cabbage recipe that only takes about 15 minutes to make. Shredded cabbage sautéed in olive oil, butter, garlic salt and pepper. This delicious side will make you change your mind about this vegetable forever. Serve it with honey garlic pork chops or any other protein for a complete meal. Allow me to share with you how I make this easy sautéed cabbage recipe.

I won’t say I am a big fan of cabbage,but you can always catch me making this sautéed cabbage every now and then. Ilove the fact that it is healthy, low carb and if paired with protein, it canmake a complete meal.

Three things you would find me making with cabbage are coleslaw, wraps and of course in today’s recipe, sautéed cabbage. There was a time I tried this cabbage recipe for a week with roasted chicken as meal prep. I shared it on my Instagram page, and I was surprised by how many people wanted the recipe. I said “surprised” because I didn’t think anyone would fancy cabbage that much out of all vegetables.

Apart from the ways of eating and using cabbage that I mentioned above, my other favourite way of cooking cabbage is this stove top method. Sautéed cabbage is easy to make, and it come together in 15 minutes. As much as I enjoyed this cabbage recipe, one other thing I find therapeutic about it is the cutting of the cabbage itself or should I say shredding the cabbage. Before I start rambling too much, today's post is a quick one to show you how to make sautéed cabbage, so let’s get right into it.

What you would need to make sauteed cabbage

This recipe is so simple, you'll need a handful of ingredients to make it too

Cabbage: I only prefer to use shredded white cabbage i.e. the green cabbage. I rarely use purple cabbage but feel free to do so if it’s what you have. Other alternative includes savoy cabbage, I love it for the colour and texture. Depending on how many people you are catering for, one small head cabbage would feed four people conveniently.

Butter and Olive oil: I love using the combination of the two, especially because the butter adds great flavour to the sautéed cabbage. I recommend you use a good quality butter. For the olive oil please stick with the light olive oil as the smell of extra virgin olive oil can overpower this simple dish.

Salt and pepper: I used ground black pepper, but you can also use rep pepper flakes if that is what you have

Sauteed cabbage variation

Otheringredients you could add to your sautéed cabbage include

Choppedonions, shredded carrots, garlic, leeks or bacon just to mention a few. You mayalso add spices and herbs of choice.

How To Make Sautéed Cabbage

Place a large skillet over medium heat, add olive oil and butter and heat until hot.

Add the cabbage and stir to combine. Cabbage does take time to wilt so you would need a bit of patience before you start seeing any changes. Alternatively, cook the cabbage in batches and adjust olive oil and butter to taste.

After about 5 minutes of stirring, season with salt and pepper and mix to combine. Leave the cabbage untouched for another 2 to 3 minutes and then stir. After about 10 minutes, the cabbage will start to become tender and brown.

Stop stirring and leave the cabbage for another 2 to 3 minutes to brown further but not burnt. Taste to see if it’s to your liking at this point, adjust pepper and salt to taste. Finally, stir to combine. Take it off the heat and serve warm

How To Serve Sauteed Cabbage

Sauteed cabbage can be served as a side to almost any meal, serve this sautéed cabbage with this instant pot coconut rice. In fact, this was served with honey garlic pork chops, if you don’t like pork, no worries you may like this honey garlic salmon. Serve it alongside your Sunday roast or even with meal prep, sautéed cabbage can be eaten with these stovetop chicken thighs or easy baked drumsticks for a complete meal.

How long to store cooked cabbage

Cooked cabbage can be stored forup to 5 days in the fridge under the right temperature. Frozen cabbage can be storedin the freezer for up to 3 months

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