Southern New Years Smothered Cabbage Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, green pepper, and garlic. Cook and stir until browned, about 5 minutes. Add pork, Creole seasoning, and salt. Cook until pork is browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Do not drain.
• Arrange cabbage over pork; cover with diced tomatoes. Add lid and reduce heat to medium. Cook, without stirring, until cabbage is wilted, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir and taste for seasoning.

Steps:

• In a large pot cook bacon, remove and drain, reserving the fat.
• Add onion to bacon fat and cook for about 3 minutes.
• Add cabbage and drained bacon and saute for 5-10 minutes.
• Salt and pepper to taste.

Steps:

• Fry bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until crispy, about 5 minutes. Remove bacon from skillet and drain on a plate lined with paper towels; reserve bacon grease in the skillet. Crumble bacon into a bowl when cool and set aside.
• Add onion, celery, and red bell pepper to the bacon grease in the skillet. Cook over medium heat until softened, about 3 minutes. Add cayenne, parsley, mustard, and black pepper and cook 2 minutes. Add cabbage; cover and cook 10 minutes. Uncover, increase heat to high, and cook, stirring often, until cabbage is wilted and tender, about 10 additional minutes.
• Add apple cider vinegar and reserved crumbled bacon to the skillet and toss to coat. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Dice onions, and all other ingredients chop into medium size pieces.
• Place in a medium to large size pot and cover 1/4 the way with water. Add all seasonings and cook on medium for about 30 minutes makings sure to stir every 15 miutes. Make sure you cook until tender.