It makes a great main dish accompaniment to a pan of buttered cornbread or a bowl of pinto beans…or both. It proves that food doesn’t have to be fancy or expensive to be good and family pleasing. Category? Honest eats, that satisfy the soul.
Ingredients you’ll need:
3 slices thick cut bacon, cut into 1″ pieces
3 Tbsp olive oil
12 oz fully cooked smoked turkey or kielbasa sausage, sliced
1 cup spring onions, thinly sliced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tsp seasoned salt, [more or less to your taste]
1/4 tsp fennel seed
2 cups 1″ cubed Yukon gold/red potatoes
1 head cabbage, cut into 1″ pieces [about 3 lb]
2/3 cup chicken stock
2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 Tbsp chopped parsley or cilantro
Directions:
In a large skillet or Dutch oven, cook the bacon until crisp, then remove from the pan using a slotted spoon. Add the sliced smoked sausages to the pan drippings. Cook over medium-high heat for 2-3 minutes until the sausage slices are beginning to brown. Add the chopped green onions. Continue to cook until the onions begin to soften, about 3 minutes.
Add the minced garlic, pepper flakes, seasoned salt and fennel seed. Cook for around 2 minutes. This is the point you decide if more oil is needed. If so, drizzle in 3 Tbsp of olive oil. Top with the cubed potatoes and chopped cabbage. Pour the chicken stock and cider vinegar over the cabbage. Season with black pepper to your taste.
- 3 slices thick cut bacon, cut into 1" pieces
- 3 Tbsp olive oil
- 12 oz fully cooked smoked turkey or kielbasa sausage, sliced
- 1 cup spring onions, thinly sliced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp seasoned salt, [more or less to your taste]
- ¼ tsp fennel seed
- 2 cups 1" cubed Yukon gold/red potatoes
- 1 head cabbage, cut into 1" pieces [about 3 lb]
- ⅔ cup chicken stock
- 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 Tbsp chopped parsley or cilantro
- In a large skillet or Dutch oven, cook the bacon until crisp, then remove from the pan using a slotted spoon.
- Add the sliced smoked sausages to the pan drippings. Cook over medium-high heat for 2-3 minutes until the sausage slices are beginning to brown.
- Add the chopped green onions. Continue to cook until the onions begin to soften, about 3 minutes.
- Add the minced garlic, pepper flakes, seasoned salt and fennel seed. Cook for around 2 minutes. Add more oil if needed.
- Top with the cubed potatoes and chopped cabbage. Pour the chicken stock and cider vinegar over the cabbage. Season with black pepper to your taste.
- Cover and cook over medium heat for 30 minutes or until the potatoes are fork tender and the cabbage is cooked through, stir occasionally.
- Uncover, and increase the heat to medium-high. Cook uncovered until the pan juices have evaporated and the cabbage is beginning to brown, about 10 minutes.
- Stir well and adjust the salt & black pepper to your taste.
- Serve with a sprinkle of parsley or cilantro and top with crumbled bacon.
This would also be wonderful with sauerkrat (sans the vinegar).
Mercedes
Yes, it does work great with sauerkraut as well.
What is it about fried cabbage!?! It is just sooo good! Can’t wait to try this recipe. It looks awesome!
Hi Val, I feel the same way, ♥ it! Thanks for stopping by ~ Melissa
Just got done eatting for the first time,added a little butter,my grandaughter 7yrs old has ketchup.she loves it,I love it,husban loves it. thank you for sharing:)
I made this one tonight. We loved it! It was really good. You have some awesome recipes!
Hi Connie! I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed this simple meal. Thanks so much for visiting. ☺
The ingredient list lists olive oil but the olive oil is never mentioned in the preparation. Is this as a substitute to the bacon drippings if desired?
I made this tonight and it was delicious! I didn’t cook bacon since I keep bacon grease in the fridge. Used 3 tbls. and added maybe a tbls of olive oil when I added the cabbage and potatoes. It was awesome! Definitely a keeper.
You are one of the few people who keep bacon drippings, perfect. So happy you loved this one we do, too. Thanks for letting me know!
Yes, sorry that wasn’t more clear. It’s really up to the cook’s discretion to decide if they need additional fat to cook the cabbage.
I make this and added the pepper flakes. This is really good. Also added Brussle sprouts. So good!!!!
I love that you added brussel sprouts, great idea! Thanks so much for taking the time to let me know. ~ Melissa
Going to use collard greens instead of cabbage.
Making this now it smells so good…..I never added potato b4. So this will be interesting
Like you I have made this with and without potatoes, you can’t go wrong. Enjoy!
I made it tonight! Killer! I wanted to add some chopped green pepper, but it was too old so I added one jalapeño chopped, used regular onion and 2 c. chicken stock. I added about 1 1/2 tsps. sugar at the end because it tasted a little bitter. The jalapeño and the red pepper flakes gave it quite a bit of heat which I liked. I used Trader Joe’s Chicken smoked sausage with apple and Braggs cider vinegar. We didn’t have any bacon so I substituted ham. The fennel seeds gave it a nice flavor too!
Sounds terrific glad you enjoyed this!
FANTASTIC………I used Savoy Cabbage ..if you do you need to increase the amount of caabage by 50% much sweeter no need for sugar…
This is the first review I have ever left on a website concerning a recipe. All I have to say is that this is so good that I won’t do it justice by trying to explain it in English. I had a frozen generic brand of smoked sausage, garden grown cabbage and everything else I snagged from the local grocer. I never follow recipes but I did this time. I have never had a concoction that was so simple and cheap. A little creamy horseradish or sour cream on the side and get ready to go on a long bike ride the next morning because you’ll probably eat all of it in one sitting. Thank you for this great post!!!!!!
Ben, what a wonderful comment thank you so much! I’m delighted you enjoyed this and I love the addition of horseradish cream on the side. Thanks for taking the time to let me know.
Made this tonight. Fantastic! I added a couple of chopped tart green apples, sliced carrots, and sweet potatoes. My husband and I are o full and happy right now!
Wonderful, I love your ideas yum!
This recipe is awesome! I made this for my girls last night and I barely had any to bring to work today! Great recipe and fan favorite!
I’m delighted you enjoyed this one, thanks David!