Sauteed Cabbage with Onions (The Best Easy Southern Recipe)
This sautéed cabbage recipe is a simple side dish full of delicious flavor. This southern recipe can be made with or without crispy bacon - if you're not using bacon fat, you can swap the bacon grease for a little bit of olive oil.
Ingredients
- 2 tbspolive oil (or the grease from 3 slices thick cut smoked bacon)
- 1 largesweet onion (roughly chopped)
- 1 tspkosher salt (divided)
- ¼ tspred pepper flakes
- 1 smallgreen cabbage (roughly chopped)
- 1 tspchicken bouillon ((or 1/2 cup chicken stock - leave out water))
- ½ cupwater
- 1 tspbrown sugar
- 1 tspapple cider vinegar
- fresh cracked pepper
Directions
- 1
If using bacon, pan fry it over medium until crispy remove from the pan, leave drippings and set aside. If using olive oil, add it to a large pan with a tight fitting lid over medium heat.
- 2
Add the onion, 1/2 tsp kosher salt and red pepper flakes and cook down until beginning to brown.
- 3
Add chopped cabbage, water, chicken bouillon, brown sugar, another 1/2 tsp kosher salt and stir. Place the lid on and cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes or so.
- 4
Once the cabbage is tender, wilted and beginning to caramelize, add the apple cider vinegar and fresh cracked pepper.
- 5
Cook the cabbage mixture down for another minute or so then season with more salt and pepper to taste before serving.