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Tasty quick recipe of sautéed pointed cabbage with fresh mushrooms and meatballs. You can stir-fry the pointed cabbage quickly if you like, or braise it slowly in a pan. I love cabbage but I rarely use pointed cabbage. For some strange reason because I really like it. This cabbage dish is pretty simple and straight foward! You can serve it as is, or add something like mashed potatoes or white rice to go with it.
Table of contents
What you need to make sautéed pointed cabbage
- Pointed cabbage – if you want you can replace this with either green cabbage, savoy cabbage, red cabbage or white cabbage
- garlic
- mushrooms – I used a couple of different mushrooms for this dish, but you can use wild mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms or whatever other favorite mushrooms you have. I love using chanterelle here but they’re not always in season
- onion
- ground beef
Braise or stir-fry
There are two ways to prepare this delicious pointed cabbage dish. You can slowly braise the cabbage in some broth or you can stir-fry it quickly. The cabbage stir fry is slightly quicker, but both dishes don’t require a lot of time. I used the braise method this time. After sautéeing the sliced cabbage in a large skillet with a little olive oil or ghee I add a bit of stock and let it simmer on low heat for about 20 minutes or until the cabbage is nice and soft.
The alternative is to stir-fry the pointed cabbage in a wok or frying pan. After a few minutes, check to see if the cabbage is soft enough. Although you can eat pointed cabbage raw, not everyone is a fan of that. So cook the cabbage until it has the bite you want.
With or without mushrooms
I am a fan of mushrooms and like to add a lot of them. This is optional. You can also eat the cabbage without the mushrooms. In that case, I would serve it as a side dish (with or without the meatballs) because you will miss some body for a main dish if you leave out the mushrooms.
I sautéed the cabbage on medium heat in ghee. Ghee always has a very specific flavor. If you are not a fan of ghee, you can also sautée it in olive oil or butter.
I added small meatballs to the dish (fried golden brown) which I loved but you can add chicken if you prefer to use that.
Variations
You can easily vary this dish by adding other spices. I always like adding Chinese 5-spice, but even a simple teaspoon of curry powder gives it a completely different flavor.
A little miso is also very nice or add a bit of soy sauce for a more Asian style flavor. Make it creamier by adding some sour cream.
Most important is to use fresh cabbage for this recipe. It’s a pretty simple recipe so also easy to make your own by adding various different flavorings.
Love cabbage? Try these recipes as well:
Sautéed pointed cabbage recipe with mushrooms
Ingredients
- 1 pointed cabbage cut into thin strips
- 3 tbsp ghee
- 100 ml stock or more if needed
- 300 g mixed mushrooms sliced
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 onion chopped
- 300 g minced meat rolled into small balls
- Fresh parsley to serve
- Salt and pepper to taste
How to make sautéed pointed cabbage
- Cut the cabbage into thin strips. Heat 1 tablespoon ghee in a large frying pan. Sauté the onion, garlic and mushrooms until soft and golden brown. Remove from the pan.
- Heat the rest of the ghee and sauté the cabbage. Add the stock and cover the pan and let the cabbage cook for about 20 minutes.
- Mix the ground meat with salt and pepper to taste and roll into little balls.
- Fry the meatballs until cooked and golden brown. When the cabbage is al dente, add the mushrooms and meatballs. Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve with fresh parsley.
Nutrition Information per portion:
Disclaimer:
The nutritional values above are calculated per portion. The details are based on standard nutritional tables and do not constitute a professional nutritional advice.
