Irish Heritage Cabbage

18 Reviews

Prep: 5 min
Cook: 20 min
Ready In: 25 min

“This is a delicious, authentic Irish cabbage side dish.” - by JOELSGIRL

Ingredients

2 slices Irish bacon, diced
1 medium head cabbage, cored and cut into wedges
2 tablespoons melted butter
2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
2 cups water
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup red wine vinegar

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Original recipe yields 4 servings

Directions

Preheat your oven's broiler.
Place cabbage into a large pot. Add water and bring to a boil. Simmer over low heat until tender, about 15 minutes. Meanwhile, cook bacon in a skillet over medium-high heat until crisp. Drain and set aside. Drain cabbage, and drizzle with melted butter. Sprinkle with bacon and nutmeg. Transfer to a baking dish.
Place under your oven's broiler until the top layer is lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Serve with salt, pepper and vinegar as desired.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (4 total)

Calories
139 cal
7%

Fat
8.4 g
13%

Carbs
14.2 g
5%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Reviews (18)

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DLAWLOR1

Mar. 17, 2004

"alright! this was VERY tasty! I am Irish (born there) so am missing cabbage and had to try this on today St. Patricks Day ;) I altered the recipe some by just shredding the cabbage and boiling it. I f..." See moreried oh maybe 6 slices of American bacon and totally trimmed the fat, added some slivers of yellow onion fried crisply and tossed these both on the drained cabbage. I added salt and pepper (NO vinegar) and some melted IRISH butter (Kerry gold) and then broiled as recommended. It was absolutely delicious! I served with roast chciken and yellow rice! Definitely will make agaiN!"

ChristinaBunny

Mar. 20, 2007

"The first time I ever liked Cabbage! I made this easy recipie for St. Pattys day with a couple small modifications: I added an eighth of a teaspoon of garlic to the melted butter and I used diced Tu..." See morerkey Ham instead of bacon. It was delicious! Everyone enjoyed it and I liked it so much that I am saving the recipie to incorporate into our regular diet and to modify for future dishes (going to see if the same recipie works well with brussle sprouts...could be fun!)"

Aspiring Chef Rita

Nov. 15, 2004

"I can't rate this one. I would never want to try this again and my guy thought it was excellent! We are both lovers of cabbage and we liked the ingredients in it - it rarely happens that we are so d..." See moreivided but it happened with this dish. Thanks submitter!"

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