Cabbage Recipes
38 recipes with cabbage, including Tonkatsu, Ribollita and Moroccan Couscous with Seven Vegetables. 15 are vegetarian and 6 take less than 30 minutes.
Baja Fish Tacos
The street food of Mexico's Baja California coast: strips of white fish in a light beer batter, fried crisp and piled into warm corn tortillas with shredded cabbage, a lime crema and fresh salsa.
Miso Ramen
Sapporo-style miso ramen — a rich chicken broth seasoned in the bowl with a miso, sesame and garlic base, with wok-fried minced pork, bean sprouts and cabbage, sweetcorn and a melting pat of butter on top.
Bulgarian Sauerkraut Soup
A Lenten Bulgarian winter soup of home-fermented sauerkraut fried in oil with paprika and simmered with rice, then soured to taste with the cabbage brine — sharp, warming and made straight from the barrel.
Kimchi Jjigae
Korea's everyday kimchi stew — well-fermented, sour kimchi simmered with pork belly, chilli flakes and tofu into a fiery, sour broth, eaten bubbling hot from the pot with a bowl of rice.
Shchi
Russia's oldest everyday soup — white cabbage simmered in a beef broth with potato, carrot and tomato, better the next day and always served with a spoon of soured cream and dill.
Bigos (Polish Hunter's Stew)
Poland's hunter's stew — sauerkraut and fresh cabbage slow-cooked for hours with pork, smoked sausage, bacon, dried mushrooms and prunes. A winter and Christmas dish that tastes better each time it is reheated.
Napa Cabbage Kimchi
Korea's essential side dish: napa cabbage salted until supple, rubbed leaf by leaf with a paste of Korean chilli flakes, garlic, ginger and fish sauce, then left to ferment into a sour, fizzy, deeply savoury pickle.
Moroccan Couscous with Seven Vegetables
Morocco's Friday couscous — fluffy steamed couscous heaped with lamb and seven vegetables simmered in a saffron, ginger and turmeric broth that is ladled over at the table. A whole family's meal from one pot.
Turkey with Sauerkraut
The Bulgarian festive turkey — roasted for hours on a deep bed of sauerkraut fried with onion and paprika, which catches the fat and juices and comes out as good as the meat; a fixture of the Christmas and New Year table.
Duck with Sauerkraut
A Bulgarian winter roast — duck pieces browned in their own fat, then baked on sauerkraut fried in that fat with onion and paprika, so the cabbage soaks up the richness while the skin on top crisps.
Buddha Bowl
A one-bowl meal built in sections — quinoa, spice-roasted sweet potato and chickpeas, raw red cabbage, carrot, spinach and avocado — pulled together by a lemon and garlic tahini dressing.
Lenten Sauerkraut Banitsa
A lenten filo pie layered with sauerkraut, onion, walnuts and paprika and brushed with oil instead of butter — baked for the meatless Christmas Eve table, when no dairy or egg is eaten.
Pozole Rojo
Mexico's festive red pozole — pork shoulder and hominy simmered in a broth coloured with guajillo and ancho chillies, served with a spread of shredded cabbage, radish, onion, oregano and lime for each bowl.
Ribollita
The Tuscan peasant soup of cannellini beans, cavolo nero and vegetables thickened with stale bread — made a day ahead and reboiled, which is what its name means, until it is thick enough to stand a spoon in.
Karaage (Japanese Fried Chicken)
Japan's favourite fried chicken, from bar menus and lunch boxes: thigh pieces marinated in soy, sake, ginger and garlic, coated in potato starch and fried twice so the crust is thin, craggy and very crisp.
Yakisoba
Japanese fried noodles from festival stalls: wheat noodles stir-fried with pork belly, cabbage and carrot in a sweet, tangy sauce of Worcestershire, oyster sauce and ketchup, finished with pickled ginger and seaweed flakes.
Sauerkraut Salad
The Bulgarian winter salad from the sauerkraut barrel — whole-leaf sauerkraut cut into fine ribbons and dressed with sunflower oil reddened with sweet and hot paprika; a fixture of the table from Christmas Eve until spring.
Sauerkraut with Rice
Sauerkraut and rice baked with onion, paprika and oil until the top catches and crisps — a lenten winter dish from the Bulgarian Christmas Eve table, tangy from the cabbage and soft underneath.
Vietnamese Chicken Salad
The Vietnamese poached chicken salad — shredded chicken, cabbage and carrot with handfuls of mint and coriander in a sweet-sour lime and fish sauce dressing, finished with crushed peanuts.
Bansko Kapama
The winter feast dish of Bansko in the Pirin mountains — pork, chicken and spiced sausage layered with sauerkraut and rice in a clay pot, sealed with a ring of dough and baked for hours until everything melds.
Vinegret
The Russian winter salad of cooked beetroot, potato and carrot with sauerkraut and dill pickles, dressed only with sunflower oil; the beetroot is coated in oil first so it doesn't bleed into the rest.
Chicken Chow Mein
Cantonese fried egg noodles, tossed in a smoking wok with chicken, cabbage and beansprouts and seasoned with oyster sauce and two soy sauces; the noodles are left to crisp in spots before they are turned.
Lenten Sarmi for Christmas Eve
Lenten sarmi for Christmas Eve (Badni vecher) — sauerkraut leaves rolled around rice, onion, paprika and dried mint, cooked for a table that must carry an odd number of meatless dishes. Slow simmering under a plate keeps the rolls tight.
Homemade Sauerkraut
Bulgarian kiselo zele — whole cabbage heads packed into a barrel or jar of salt brine each autumn and left to sour for about a month, for sarmi leaves and a tangy brine drunk all winter. Regularly circulating the brine keeps it clean.
Frequently asked questions
How many recipes with cabbage are on svcs.bg?
38: 28 cooking recipes and 10 salads.
What is the quickest recipe with cabbage?
Sauerkraut Salad, in about 10 minutes. Classic Coleslaw (15 min) and Cabbage Salad (20 min) are quick too.
Are there vegetarian recipes with cabbage?
Yes, 15 of the 38 are vegetarian, for example Bulgarian Sauerkraut Soup, Buddha Bowl and Lenten Sauerkraut Banitsa.
What goes with cabbage in these recipes?
Most often pork (11), rice (8) and chicken (5) (the number of recipes is in brackets).
How is a recipe with cabbage chosen?
From its ingredient list, not its name: a recipe is here when its ingredients include cabbage. Stocks, seasonings and lines like "water for the rice" don't count. The list updates itself with every new recipe.