Thursday, December 12, 2019

Sauteed Cabbage Alongside Bacon

Tender Sauteed Cabbage is made fifty-fifty improve alongside bacon.

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Today was an 'in the kitchen day' for me.  Yay!  I made certain to larn everything else that needed to live on done this weekend done yesterday together with then I could pass the afternoon today inwards the kitchen alongside no other worries hanging over me.  No guilt.  No pressure.  Just relaxed cookin' fun.

I honey it when I'm able to larn my schedule to cooperate similar that.  As much every bit I love to cook, I absolutely create not savour it when it's done nether fourth dimension pressure.  Especially when I'm working on novel recipes.

Which is what I was doing today.  Today I was test-driving some Thanksgiving dishes ... together with then Mark together with I had a mini early on Thanksgiving dinner tonight.  Those dishes postulate a few tweaks, together with then I don't convey them educate to percentage alongside yous today ... but I do convey ...

... this actually tasty Sauteed Cabbage alongside Bacon!

You know, cabbage is a vegetable that I tend to forget. 

Then I brand it, together with I nation to myself, "Self, why don't yous brand cabbage to a greater extent than often?  You actually should arrive to a greater extent than often."

Then I await around to brand certain no 1 sees me crazy-talking to myself.  Just kidding!  I don't actually speak to myself.  Well, non out loud anyway. 

But I seriously should brand cabbage to a greater extent than often ... 'cause I honey it.  Especially when it's paired alongside bacon.  Doesn't bacon brand everything better?  

And this sauteed cabbage is super easy.  All yous convey to create is shred (or thinly chop) a caput of light-green cabbage ...


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... together with sautee it inwards a large frying pan alongside some bacon, salt, together with pepper.  It's totally okay to heap your frying pan upward alongside cabbage {like this} ...

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... because it's going to totally create downward a lot.

When the cabbage is tender, laissez passer on it a picayune shot of butter together with serve it up.  So good!  Seriously, I am going to brand this to a greater extent than often.

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Sauteed Cabbage alongside Bacon
Source:  My Mom, who adapted from Cooking Light magazine
Ingredients
  • 1 head light-green cabbage, shredded
  • 5 slices turkey bacon (or regular bacon), chopped
  • 1/4 c. water
  • 1 1/2 tsp. salt (or to taste)
  • 1/2 tsp. ground dark pepper (or to taste)
  • 1 T. butter (optional)
Directions
  1. Saute chopped bacon inwards a large frying pan over medium-high rut (if using regular bacon, drain all but close 1 tablespoon of the drippings).
  2. Add shredded cabbage to the pan together with cut down rut to medium. Let cabbage create downward a bit, close 8-10 minutes, stirring frequently.
  3. Season alongside tabular array salt together with pepper. Add the 1/4 loving cup H2O to the pan, cover, together with permit cabbage move along to create an additional 8-10 minutes until tender. Remove from rut together with toss alongside butter until the butter is melted. Taste together with adjust seasonings, if needed.