Around St. Patty’s Day, cabbage seems to be really cheap for some reason… 
One way I keep my budget low is to buy what’s cheapest when it’s cheapest. This week, we are eating cabbage.
I’ve been making this recipe in my crockpot for a long time. (I originally found it on southernfood.about.com but I can’t find the original source anymore.) It’s easy and delicious and perfect for busy days because you can just throw the ingredients in the crockpot and forget about them.
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| This is it before it’s cooked…I’ll add a picture of the finished product when it’s all done! |
This is the original recipe:
Crockpot Sausage and Cabbage
- 1 small head cabbage, coarsely shredded
- 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
- 1 1/2 to 2 pounds kielbasa
- 1 cup apple juice
- 1 TBS dijon mustard
- 1 TBS cider vinegar
- 1 to 2 TBS brown sugar
- 1 tsp caraway seed, optional (I never add this because I can’t stand caraway seeds)
- salt and pepper to taste
Preparation:
Layer the cabbage, onion, and sausage in a 5 or 6 qt. crockpot. Whisk together the juice, mustard, vinegar, brown sugar and caraway seed (if you’re using it). Pour over crockpot ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours. (My crockpot cooks it faster than that.)
My notes: I also add a couple diced carrots and potatoes to the crockpot. We like the extra veggies (and it gives picky eaters something other than cabbage to eat.) Also, I rarely have apple juice and have used water without issue…
Do you eat cabbage? Have any recipes to share?
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Ooooo…that looks really good:-)
We'll make eggrolls and freeze them! I buy the wrappers and then add cabbage, carrots, onion, sausage, soy sauce and whatever else I have. (Freeze on cookie sheet and then bag them up.) They are best fried, but we usually bake them. I'll have to try the crockpot recipe — looks yummy!
Eggrolls! What a great idea! Do you just dump or do you have a recipe you start from, Sara? I've never made eggrolls before. Might have to give it a shot. Thanks!
Sometimes I follow the recipe on the back of the eggroll wrapper package — and sometimes I just dump
Also…mu shu pork is delish!
I'm not a fan of cabbage, and neither is my hubby… but that crock pot recipe in interesting. I am saving the recipe and maybe I'll try it next year. How much of it ends up being cabbage once it's cooked?
The cabbage cooks way down. You can add more of the other ingredients to have a better combo, if you want. I think it's worth trying at least once! I usually go heavier on the cabbage than then sausage, but my family would prefer it the other way around.
Do you eat this as a single dish? What (if anything) do you eat with it? Is it soupy? Looks so delicious.
Anon- it is pretty good! I generally serve a salad and bread with it. Depending on how many (if any) potatoesI add to the mix, I might also make fried potatoes. I think any type of potatoes go very nicely with it. I sometimes just take the easy way out and cook them in the crockpot with everything else. It's not too soupy, but the cabbage does cook down and become a little watery.