The Best Southern Fried Cabbage Recipe

The Best Southern Fried Cabbage Recipe

This is one of my favorite recipes ever! Fried cabbage is easy to make, and only uses simple ingredients you may already have in your kitchen pantry. The Best Southern Fried Cabbage Recipe is made with bacon, bell pepper, a few of my favorite seasonings, brown sugar, and to top it all off, hot sauce. This is a recipe you could cook to your liking. Adjust the seasonings to suit your taste. This is The Best Southern Fried Cabbage Recipe I’ve ever had, and I’m sure you’ll love it as well. 

 

Soaked chopped cabbage

This recipes starts with soaking your chopped cabbage in a large bowl of salted water. Soaking your veggies in salt water removes most of the residue that’s normally on the surface of vegetables.

Next, you’ll cook a few pieces of bacon then add onions, and bell peppers, and cook until vegetables are tender. 

Add red pepper flakes, and ground black pepper. Give it a nice stir before adding your chopped cabbage. To give your cabbage an extra boost of flavor, add brown sugar. Yes, brown sugar. You’ll thank me later. 

Add the chicken broth to the pan. Cook, stirring occasionally for 25 minutes, or until the chicken broth evaporates.

Before removing pan from heat add hot sauce, and stir. Serve this smoky, and savory cabbage as a side dish or with this Crispy Mustard Fried Chicken Thighs. 

The Best Southern Fried Cabbage Recipe

  • bacon
  • 1 medium head of lettuce (roughly chopped)
  • 1 medium onion (diced)
  • 1 bell pepper (red or green)
  • ¼ tsp red pepper flakes
  • ½ tsp onion powder
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp creole seasoning
  • 1 tsp brown sugar
  • ⅓ cup chicken broth
  • ½ tsp hot sauce
  • salt & pepper to taste

  1. Peel the leaves off of cabbage making sure to remove stem. Place chopped cabbage in a large bowl of salted water until ready to use.

  2. Saute bacon, bell pepper, and onion.

  3. Add red pepper flakes, and black pepper. Cook for 5-7 minutes or until veggies are tender.

  4. Add chopped cabbage to the pan along with onion powder, garlic powder, creole seasoning, and chicken broth stirring frequently for about 25 minutes.

  5. Once chicken broth evaporates, keep frying cabbage for another 12-15 minutes.

  6. Add hot sauce and stir. Add salt if needed.

  7. Remove pan from heat. Serve.

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