Buttered Cabbage (Irish Savoy Cabbage Recipe)
Easy butter cabbage recipe in the Irish tradition. Huge flavors emerge from the marriage of savoy cabbage and quality Irish butter. Enjoy as a side or fold into mashed potatoes to make Colcannon. An easy Savoy cabbage recipe with optional addition of bacon.
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Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 108kcal
Ingredients
- 1 lb Savoy cabbage cut*
- 3 tablespoon good quality butter Irish or other European** + one extra knob to toss in the end
- 3 cloves garlic minced***
- coarse salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoon water
- 3 strips thick cut bacon optional, for garnish
Instructions
- Clean the cabbage - remove outer leaves, cut into quarters, remove stalk and any tough ribs. Cut into rough shreds. If using bacon, slice into thin strips and cook until crispy in a pan over medium heat, then set aside to drain over a paper towel).
- In a deep pot for which you have a lid or Dutch oven over medium heat melt the butter and sauté the minced garlic until just fragrant. Add the cabbage and toss well so it gets coated with butter. Add the water, season with salt and pepper, stir and cover with lid. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Remove the lid, stir cabbage, replace lid and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Remove from the heat, stir in a knob of butter and serve. If you prepared crispy bacon bits sprinkle them on top as garnish or fold them into the buttered cabbage before you serve it.
Notes
*A large head will typically amount to 1 lb once the core and thickest ribs are removed from the cabbage. Otherwise use a medium head and about a quarter to a third from a second medium head (or simply adjust the other ingredients up a bit and cook everything you have).
**If using salted butter go easy on the salt when seasoning.
***Not all Irish recipes for buttered cabbage call for garlic. You can skip it, but it does add a lot of flavor so we recommend that you use it.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 108kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 242mg | Fiber: 3g
