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You’ll want to make this Southern Bacon-Fried Cabbage again and again! It’s hard to believe that such simple ingredients could result in such a flavorful and delicious side dish!
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Are you a fan of cabbage?! For the most part, I can take it or leave it; it’s just okay to me …. unless you’re talking about this Southern Bacon-Fried Cabbage. Goot Lort! I really believe that some of the most simple recipes are the best. Wouldn’t you agree? When it comes to this Southern Bacon-Fried Cabbage, I know it to be true!
We’re talking four ingredients – cabbage, onion, garlic, and bacon … along with a few seasonings. Somehow, it cooks into this mesmerizing dish that I cannot stop eating! I could totally understand chocolate cake, friends, but we’re talking about cabbage!! Cabbage!!
I don’t know what it is about Southern Bacon-Fried Cabbage, but as I said, I cannot stop eating it when it’s made! I find myself grabbing a spoon from the drawer to get a taste …. you know, you have to taste test when you’re cooking! Five minutes later, the same thing!
The great thing is my family digs this side dish just as much as I do, so there are never any leftovers! Which, I guess, depending on how you look at it, that’s a good thing! The only problem is that it means there is less for me … which maybe that’s why I have to “taste-test” it so much?! I have to make sure I get my fair portion!!
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Southern Bacon-Fried Cabbage
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Ingredients
- 6 slices bacon, chopped
- 1 cup onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 large head cabbage, cored and chopped
- 2 teaspoons seasoned salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- Cook the bacon in a jumbo cooker over medium-high heat until crisp. Remove the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the bacon grease and discard the rest.
- In the same jumbo cooker, return the 2 tablespoons bacon grease. Over medium-high heat, cook the onion until it is soft, about 4 minutes. Add the garlic and continue to cook for an additional 1 minute. Stir in the cabbage and continue to cook and stir for 4-5 minutes. Add the seasoned salt, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder. Mix well.
- Reduce heat to low, cover, and allow to simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 30 minutes.
- Just before serving, mix the bacon into the cooked cabbage. Serve immediately.
Notes
- For a more KETO-friendly meal, omit (or use less of) chopped onion.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Great recipe except for one problem. All southern cooks know that you never discard bacon grease.
In southern cooking it is like pure cold! All good cooks should have a jar of bacon grease in their fridge.
We northern cooks also never discard the bacon grease.
Exactly I gasped out loud when I saw discard the rest of the bacon grease!! I have my jar of bacon grease in the fridge and add to it or use from it when I need to !!!
I am never without bacon grease in my fridge. It’s a must in green beans and red potatoes.
This recipe was wonderful!
I just made fried cabbage yesterday. pkg
of bacon, large onion, 3 sliced apples, 4 heads of
cabbage, 1 cup white wine, and fresh ground
pepper. Moms polish receipe, except the wine
and apples was my idea. Not much left.
To this recipe I also add 1 beef Hillshire Farm type sausage sliced into rounds then quartered, browned with chopped onion – drain off fat. Add six small Yukon gold potatoes, sliced in half and par boiked. Lastly, a dash of dill weed. So so so good!!!
I made it with bacon and cabbage and didn’t add anything else to it. My daughter loves it.
My daughter and I love this Cabbage and bacon recipe.! I only put in the pepper, bacon, onion and cabbage. Then not so much salt. Delicious!
This recipe looks delicious I love cabbage and bacon
Looks delicious.
Sounds delish thanks. And I learned a new phrase, jumbo cooker.It’s just a deep skillet in NJ 🙂
Sounds so good I will be making it soon. II’ll toss in a couple chopped potatoes.
Bacon makes everything taste better!