Fried cabbage and sausage

[Don]

A friend of mine up at Nantahala turned me on to fried cabbage. 'Course Jimmy fries his on a blacked steel plate over an open fire. Never the less....

I started adding some kind of ground meat for protein. Today it's a pound of Jimmy Dean Hot and Jimmy Dean Sage sausage.

Brown and crumble sausage in a cast iron skillet. I did a half pound of each at a time and then put it in a bowl while I fried the cabbage.


I fry the cabbage in bacon drippin's. I used what's gone out of the container for a full head of cabbage.


Chop up the cabbage and fry.


When the cabbage is almost done, add the sausage.


Stir well and cook long enough for the sausage to warm back up.


I'm putting in containers to take to work.

 

[Geezer]

Try it with a can of corned beef instead of the sausage sometime.

 

[Bailey Boat]

Try it with a can of corned beef instead of the sausage sometime.

How about I try it any way I can get it??? Grandmother used to fry cabbage and mix in browned ground beef... God I miss her!!

 

[Don]

How about I try it any way I can get it??? Grandmother used to fry cabbage and mix in browned ground beef... God I miss her!!

I started off using browned ground beef. And I may go back to it.

 

[Hammer12b]

Damn, I'm hungry now! Thanks!

 

[kcult]

My wife makes a similar dish, except it's totally different.

Cut up the cabbage and place it in a 9x13 casserole dish. Drizzle bacon grease over it. Lay several strips of raw bacon on top. Cut up a whole (or half if you want) smoked sausage. My wife uses Hillshire. Salt and pepper. Cover with foil and bake.

I'll have to get the temps and times from her once she's back home, but I know part way through, it gets uncovered to brown the bacon a bit.

 

[Cowboy]

Try it with a can of corned beef instead of the sausage sometime.

This! My mom made it a couple times a month as a kid. I didn't appreciate my mom's cooking as much as I should have as a kid.

 

[Wahoo95]

I like that with smoked sausage or bacon. I also go without the meat and add a few dashes of Sriracha.

I also add some slivers of thinly sliced poblano pepper and red bell pepper for color.

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[MLS2]

Corned beef or sausage....a marriage made in heaven. Mac and cheese on the side.

 

[NCMedic]

That's one of our favorite things to make, if you want to go next level, throw some blue cheese in it

 

[Don]

throw some blue cheese in it

Oh yuck!

 

[powwowell]

@Don. Just how big is the container, that the bacon drippings were in? It looks like you used a BUNCH of it.

 

[Don]

@Don. Just how big is the container, that the bacon drippings were in? It looks like you used a BUNCH of it.

It's a 2 cup container. So I probably used 1 1/4 cups for a whole head of cabbage.

 

[CZfool68]

Oh yuck!

Blue cheese is given to us by GOD. And blue cheese on a steak or burger is divine.

 

[chiefjason]

We are back to cooking cabbage since we have some decent cast iron to fry it in. Just didn't taste right in stainless so we quit for a long time. Had it a couple times in the last month. Bacon grease and all. Made slaw out of half and cooked the rest the last time. Forgot how good it was.

 

[nchunt101]

One of my favorite meals. Fried cabbage can make you windy so make sure to have a comfortable couch.

 

[Sandman_NC]

One of my favorite meals. Fried cabbage can make you windy so make sure to have a comfortable couch.

Nothing like cabbage talking crap to ya....

lol