Best Southern New Years Smothered Cabbage Recipes

MS. ANGELA'S SMOTHERED CABBAGE

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My best friend and I make this every year on New Year's Day, and it's so delicious! We always serve it with homemade cornbread, black eyed peas, Champagne, and ham. Happy New Year, everyone!

Provided by MadelynDub

Categories Side Dish Vegetables

Time 40m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 pound ground pork
1 tablespoon Creole seasoning (such as Tony Cachere's®)
salt to taste
1 head cabbage, cut into 2-inch squares
½ (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers (such as RO*TEL®), or more to taste

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 262.7 calories, Carbohydrate 15.6 g, Cholesterol 49 mg, Fat 15.7 g, Fiber 5.9 g, Protein 16.6 g, SaturatedFat 4.7 g, Sodium 431.4 mg, Sugar 7.6 g

SOUTHERN SMOTHERED CABBAGE

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Looking for the perfect match for your black-eyed peas this New Year? Look no further. It's a New Orleans tradition, after all.

Provided by Soup Loving Nicole

Categories Side Dish Vegetables

Time 50m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

6 slices bacon
1 small onion, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
½ red bell pepper, chopped
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon parsley flakes
1 teaspoon ground mustard
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
1 head green cabbage - cored, quartered, and cut into 1/2-inch strips
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 112.4 calories, Carbohydrate 13.9 g, Cholesterol 10.1 mg, Fat 4.3 g, Fiber 5.6 g, Protein 6.4 g, SaturatedFat 1.3 g, Sodium 254 mg, Sugar 7.3 g