Southern Fried Cabbage
Tender cabbage cooked with smoky turkey, savory seasonings, and a flavorful broth. It's packed with flavor, easy to make, and the perfect comforting side dish for Sunday dinner or your holiday table.
Ingredients
- 1 medium head of cabbage
- 1 smoked turkey wing or neck *see notes*
- 8 oz Turkey sausage
- 3 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 yellow onion diced
- 1/2 green bell pepper diced
- 1 stalk celery diced
- 3 tbsp minced garlic
- 1 carrot julienned or shredded
- 1/2 cup chicken broth or water
- 1/4 cup turkey wing stock *see notes*
- 1 tbsp white vinegar
- Hot sauce use to your discretion
- 1/2 tbsp Tony’s Creole seasoning
- 1 tsp Onion powder
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp Badia Complete seasoning
- 1/2 tsp granulated sugar
- Salt + Pepper to taste
- 3 sprigs of fresh thyme leaves
Instructions
- In a pot, add a smoked turkey neck or wing along with 6 cups of water and 1 1/2 teaspoons of crawfish boil seasoning. Bring to a boil and cook for 1 hour, or until the meat is tender.
- Prepare your veggies: thinly slice the cabbage and rinse thoroughly in a colander. Dice the onions, celery, and bell pepper, and use a peeler to shred the carrots in thin strips.
- In a large skillet or pot, add 1 tbsp of oil and 1 tbsp of butter. Cut the sausages into coins and and sear on both sides until browned. Remove from the pan.
- Next add the onions, bell pepper and celery and sauté until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Then add in minced garlic and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
- Sprinkle in the seasonings and bloom for about 30 seconds before adding in the cabbage and carrots. Mix well, hen lightly sprinkle the top with more Tony’s.
- Add in chicken broth. Cover and allow the cabbage to steam for 6 minutes.
- After 6 minutes, pour in the turkey stock, if desired, fresh thyme, shredded turkey meat, cooked sausage and 1 tbsp of butter. Cover and steam for an additional 6 minutes.
- Add 1 tablespoon of vinegar, then sprinkle in 1/2 tsp of sugar and salt to taste. Stir well, cover, and reduce the heat to low. Let it simmer for 15-20 minutes or until the cabbage is fork tender.
- Serve warm and enjoy!
Notes
If you want to use a smoked turkey wing or neck- boil in 6 cups of water, add 1 ½ tsp of crawfish boil seasoning and boil until the turkey is tender, about 40 minutes to 1 hour. Shred the turkey meat and set aside to add to the cabbage. Reserve some of the turkey stock to use when cooking the cabbage.
If you don’t have chicken broth you can make it by adding 1 tsp of Chicken bouillon to 1 1/2 cups of water