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This is delicious!
https://smittenkitchen.com/2020/04/roast-chicken-with-schmaltzy-cabbage/ Also, cook it in milk/butter/salt/pepper. Really good! |
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Cabbage thoran: simple, fresh and delicious. My mom adds fresh peas and grated carrots for color.
https://maunikagowardhan.co.uk/cook-in-a-curry/keralan-cabbage-thoran/ |
I hate coleslaw too because I grew up in the 80s when it was terrible. Now I can't get over the connotation of cole slaw. I think I'd have to rename it too and go the vinaigrette route. |
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Ina Garten coleslaw
https://www.food.com/amp/recipe/barefoot-contessas-blue-cheese-cole-slaw-379103 |
My family is Eastern European (not Jewish though). This is a pretty standard Eastern European dish. My family's is stuffed cabbage cooked in tomato sauce. Were your ancestors from Eastern Europe? |
The ones we ate weren't like Italian meatballs. They didn't hold their shape, hence the need for the cabbage wrapping. Ours were mixed with rice and maybe other stuff. |
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Madhur Jaffrey:
https://food52.com/recipes/20448-madhur-jaffrey-s-stir-fried-cabbage-with-fennel-seeds?srsltid=AfmBOopYAVTqCp4TAJ79iNPEji1akMOhEaMrHarQU8WboH4fhD6Oj58F She also has an easy recipe in which you saute a few slices of smashed ginger in oil, then add sliced scallions, cabbage and carrot coins until softened and finish with rice wine vinegar (I think). Delicious, easy side. Alison Roman: Dilly bean stew with cabbage https://anewsletter.alisoneroman.com/p/dilly-bean-stew-with-cabbage-and-frizzled-onions Cabbage roasted with pork tenderloin and apples https://www.washingtonpost.com/recipes/bacon-roasted-pork-tenderloin-carawayd-cabbage-and-apples/ |
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My grandmother's rotkraut recipe:
Saute one diced yellow onion in butter in a dutch oven. When softened, but not browned, add one grated granny smith apple and 1/2 head sliced red cabbage. Cook until cabbage is softened, watching to make sure it doesn't burn- you may need to add water. Add salt, pepper, paprika and about 1/3 c. red wine vinegar. Serve with sausage. |
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For those wondering about “meatballs”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_roll My family is Russian Jewish and my grandmother made these with meat mixed with rice for the filling and a tomato based sauce. In Russian they’re called “golybtsi”. |
NP. Much prefer the thoran recipe above than the Jeffrey one. |
This is funny because I posted about salad above and I HATE Cole slaw. I can’t stomach the creamy dressing |
I love golubtsi. I am not Russian or Jewish but discovered them as a teen when exploring different cuisines. My Irish grandmother loved when I made them. I lived in Russia for a year and sadly they were not very common there (although we ate cabbage daily). The Parklawn Deli serves an excellent version. |
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I made coleslaw tonight. I usually don't use a recipe but decided to do serious eats classic cole slaw, which meant tossing with sugar and salt and letting it sit for 5 minutes to draw out the water, then rinse, drain, and dry with a salad spinner or towels. I have a cheap salad spinner but it never seems to remove water (it does spin like crazy but there is no sign of water drops leaving the basket) so I laid the chopped cabbage, onion, carrots on clean towels, so that part worked but now I have a bunch of towels to wash. The dressing is almost exactly what I would make anyway.
So, when I make it, usually the dressing gets very liquid because of water drawn from the cabbage (It also looks orange because I use more carrots that most people probably do). But. . . . I rinsed like crazy (like the rinse water had no salt taste at all) but the slaw was still noticeably salty, not inedible but more than I would like. My usual slaw I can sit and stuff myself with, but it really is too liquidy. So if anyone else has a suggestion . . . . My other favorite is deconstructed stuffed peppers, I use the same ingredients but cabbage is sliced thin with a knife. |
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This sheet pan dinner is great, especially with the mustard vinaigrette drizzled over everything.
https://www.budgetbytes.com/one-pan-roasted-kielbasa-cabbage-dinner/ |