Red cabbage with ham. Stewed red cabbage Blue cabbage stew recipes

Stewed cabbage is a very healthy dish, and stewed red cabbage is also a beautiful dish. Today I suggest you prepare Czech-style stewed red cabbage, with the addition of apple, cumin, honey and prunes. I cook this cabbage as a side dish for the main course, both meat and fish.

Czech stewed red cabbage tastes very tender and spicy, with a slight hint of smokedness, thanks to prunes. Honey can be replaced with sugar, which is what I did this time because my honey turned out to be too flowery. It is better to take apples of sour varieties.

Let's prepare the ingredients for this recipe according to the list.

Cut the onion in half, and then each half in half again and then cut into thin slices. Pour all the vegetable oil into a frying pan or saucepan, add the onion and fry it until golden brown for 5-6 minutes.

Finely chop the red cabbage and place it in a saucepan with the onions. Stir-fry the cabbage for 10 minutes until it has reduced in volume by half.

Grate the apples on a medium grater, after removing the seeds from them. Immediately squeeze out the lemon juice, this is necessary so that the apples do not darken.

Then add honey or sugar, at your discretion. We also salt the cabbage to taste.

Add cumin seeds, if you are not a fan of cumin, then you don’t have to add it, but it is cumin that gives the cabbage a unique Czech traditional aroma.

All we have to do is add prunes, this product is optional, you can completely do without it. I like to add prunes. You can put it whole or cut it into small pieces. That's it, we have all the ingredients in the saucepan, now we just wait patiently for them to cook and turn red. During the stewing process, you should keep an eye on the cabbage, periodically stir the contents of the saucepan and, if necessary, add a little boiling water and salt.

Czech stewed red cabbage is good both hot and cold. You can put it on bread as vegetable caviar, serve it with potatoes, and it will also go well with fish and meat.

Enjoy your meal!

Hello, dear readers of the site “Pro Vkusnyashki”!

Sometimes you want to cook something bright, tasty and light. If the day has come when you have been visited by such a spiritual impulse, this dish deserves one hundred percent attention.

For me personally, the culinary product evokes an association with the carnival, with its bright colors and fun. This splendor is complemented by the slightly sweet and slightly sour taste of the apple.

Some difficulties arose with the acquisition of the main ingredient, red cabbage. It is sold extremely rarely in small stores, so I advise you to immediately go to large department stores.

There will definitely not be any difficulties with everything else, including the preparation itself. The recipe is very simple, does not require great skills and experience, and I also tried to tell everything in great detail.

And now I propose to start culinary creativity and prepare our healthy and tasty masterpiece...

Nutritional value of the dish per 100 grams.

BJU: 1/2/8.

Kcal: 47.

GI: low.

AI: low.

Cooking time: 30-40 min.

Number of servings: 6 servings (1.5 kg).

Ingredients of the dish.

  • Red cabbage - 1 kg.
  • Sweet and sour apples - 400 g.
  • Onions - 70 g.
  • Apple cider vinegar - 20 ml (1 tbsp).
  • Water - 120 ml (1/2 tbsp).
  • Sugar - 20-30 g (1-2 tbsp).
  • Salt - 8 g (1 tsp).
  • Sunflower oil for frying - 20-30 ml (2-3 tbsp).
  • All-purpose spices - 2-3 g (1/4 tsp).

Recipe of dish.

Let's prepare the ingredients. Wash and peel the apples, remove the peels from the onions, and remove the top leaves from the cabbage.

Cut the onion into small cubes.

Fry the vegetable in a hot frying pan with oil for about 2-3 minutes, over medium heat, until golden brown.

Meanwhile, finely chop the cabbage.

Add the red vegetable to the frying pan with the onion, simmer the ingredients together over medium heat until the cabbage is soft, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.

Now you need to remove the core from the apples and cut their pulp into medium cubes.

Add fruit to the pan.

Next, pour water (1/2 tbsp) and apple cider vinegar (1 tbsp) into the dishes.

Simmer the cabbage for 20 minutes, first without a lid until the vinegar has evaporated (5-10 minutes), then with it to heat the contents of the dish more evenly.

As a result, you will get a very tasty dish that can be used both hot as a side dish and cold as an appetizer.

Bon appetit!

And ending with and. On the other hand, this is, in principle, an excellent side dish, whether for a fatty duck or a leaner chicken. With the third, if desired, stewed red cabbage easily turns into a completely independent dish: take a little more brisket, and a hearty dinner is ready, replace it with seeds or nuts, and you have a lean dish. The main thing in this instructive story is that no matter how you twist it or what you do with it, stewed red cabbage remains invariably tasty and healthy, which, by the way, is especially important in winter.

Braised red cabbage

Low

15 minutes + 1 hour

Ingredients

500 g red cabbage

30 g. brisket or bacon

1 small onion

2 cloves garlic

1 tsp cumin

1/2 tbsp. Sahara

a few sprigs of parsley

Heat a little lard or vegetable oil in a frying pan, add medium-sized chopped brisket and fry over medium heat until golden brown and the fat has rendered out. Add chopped onion and garlic, fry, stirring, until soft and translucent, then add a teaspoon of cumin. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, for another 1 minute, then add the thinly sliced ​​red cabbage. Sprinkle the cabbage with sugar, pour in vinegars - wine (this is responsible for the sourness) and balsamic (it will add a slight piquancy and noble aroma to our dish, but if you don’t have balsamic, replace it with regular wine).

Cover the pan with a lid, reduce the heat to low and cook for 1 hour, stirring the contents of the pan a couple of times during the simmering process. Before serving, mix finely chopped parsley and a pinch of smoked paprika into the stewed cabbage, if you have this not very well-known among us, but truly wonderful seasoning.

To make lean or vegetarian stewed red cabbage, use vegetable oil instead of lard and immediately start frying the onions and garlic in it, and at the very end add some pumpkin seeds or nuts, lightly fried in a dry frying pan.

Red cabbage is practically no different from its familiar white relative. Therefore, you can do the same thing with it: stew, boil, fry, with the only difference that it may take a little more time.

Harm and benefit

Red cabbage is incredibly rich in B, C, PP, H, A, K. In addition, it contains a huge amount of useful microelements - from magnesium and potassium to phytoncides. Despite the enormous benefits, you should not rely on this product. It contains a large dose of vitamin K, which helps increase blood thickness. If you are experiencing problems related to thick blood, you may want to avoid consuming this vegetable in excess.

Attention: The calorie content of stewed cabbage is 58 calories, but depending on the other components, it can increase several times.

Cooking recipes in German (Bavarian)

With red wine

Products:

  • 1 medium cabbage head;
  • 2 large spoons of lard;
  • 1 large or 2 medium onions;
  • 2-3 sweet and sour apples;
  • 250 ml water;
  • 1-2 tablespoons sugar;
  • 2 large spoons of vinegar;
  • bay leaf;
  • a pinch of cloves, salt;
  • 3-4 large spoons of red wine.

How to cook:

  1. Chop the cabbage into thin strips.
  2. Peel the apples if desired, then cut into small pieces.
  3. Cut the onion into half rings.
  4. Sprinkle apples and onions with sugar and sauté in lard for 5 minutes.
  5. Place cabbage in the same pan. Don't forget to add vinegar so that the cabbage doesn't lose its rich color. Fry for 10-15 minutes.
  6. Fill everything with water, then add spices. Simmer for 35-40 minutes.
  7. Add wine. Cook for another 5 minutes.

With onion


Products:

  • 1 kilogram of cabbage;
  • 1 piece of red or white onion;
  • a tablespoon of vegetable oil;
  • 1 teaspoon salt;
  • 2-3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar;
  • 2 teaspoons sugar.

How to cook:

  1. Wash the cabbage leaves and chop very finely.
  2. Fry the onion, cut into small pieces, in hot oil.
  3. Next, add cabbage. Mix thoroughly.
  4. Reduce heat and cover the pan with a lid. Simmer for about 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  5. Pour in vinegar, add sugar, salt. Leave on the stove for another 5 minutes.

With the addition of apples

With lime juice


Products:

  • head of cabbage;
  • 1 large red apple;
  • pearl onions;
  • 2 large spoons of lime juice;
  • 35 g butter;
  • 2 tbsp. spoons of brown sugar;
  • a pinch of dried basil;
  • a quarter teaspoon of sea salt (you can use regular table salt).

How to cook:

  1. Remove rotten cabbage leaves, then rinse the forks under running water. Chop the cabbage into thin slices.
  2. Peel the onion, rinse under cold water along with a knife so that your eyes don’t water while slicing. Cut the onion into half rings.
  3. Heat oil in a large, deep frying pan. Place onions, cabbage, and garlic in it. Fry for 2 minutes.
  4. Add lime juice and sugar, as well as 90-100 ml of hot water. Mix everything thoroughly, reduce heat and cover with a lid.
  5. Core the apple, then cut it into medium-sized slices. Add to cabbage.
  6. Add salt, stir and simmer for another 20-30 minutes.
  7. Add spices to the finished dish.

Spicy with garlic


Products:

  • 2 tablespoons olive sunflower;
  • 1 small onion head;
  • 2 medium apples;
  • a couple of tablespoons of water;
  • 3 large spoons of vinegar, sugar;
  • 2 tbsp. spoons of jam;
  • 3 cloves of garlic;
  • salt, ground black pepper (optional).

How to cook:

  1. Heat olive oil in a medium frying pan. Place finely shredded cabbage and chopped onion in this frying pan. Simmer until the food becomes soft.
  2. Core the apples, then cut them into plastic pieces and add to the cabbage. At the same time add water, 2 tbsp. spoons of jam, salt and chopped garlic. Cover with a lid and simmer for 30 minutes.
  3. Add vinegar, sugar. Cook for another 5-7 minutes.

With added beans

With carrots


Products:

  • 1 onion;
  • 3-4 tablespoons of beans;
  • 1 large carrot;
  • a quarter of cabbage fork;
  • 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil;
  • 2 cloves of garlic;
  • ground pepper;
  • basil;
  • salt.

How to cook:

  1. Prepare the beans in advance: a few hours before preparing the dish, cover with water and leave to soak. Before boiling, drain and rinse the beans.
  2. Peel the onion, cut it in your usual way, and fry it in olive oil.
  3. Chop the carrots on a coarse grater and combine with the onion.
  4. Chop the cabbage into thin small strips and add to the onions and carrots.
  5. 10 minutes before the end of cooking, add sour cream.
  6. 5 minutes before complete readiness, add boiled beans and spices.

With tomato paste


Products:

  • 1 head of cabbage;
  • 1 cup boiled beans;
  • 40 grams of butter;
  • 2 small onions;
  • 2 tablespoons of tomato paste;
  • salt, sugar - to taste.

How to cook:

  1. Boil the pre-soaked beans in water without salt.
  2. Divide the cabbage fork into 4 quadrangular parts, place in a saucepan, cover with water, add oil. Simmer until the cabbage softens.
  3. At the same time, fry the beans in oil.
  4. Cut the onion into small pieces, add to the cabbage along with beans, sugar, salt and tomato paste. Mix everything well and simmer until fully cooked.

With meat

With beef


Products:

  • 2-3 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
  • 2 thirds of a head of cabbage;
  • 1 small onion;
  • bell pepper;
  • tomato;
  • 150-200 grams of beef;
  • a small bunch of parsley, dill;
  • salt, favorite spices.

How to cook:

  1. To prepare cabbage for this recipe, you will need a cauldron.
  2. Rinse the meat, remove veins and cartilage, chop into small pieces. Fry and simmer a little.
    then add finely chopped onion to it.
  3. Cut the cabbage into thin, short ribbons. Add to the rest of the ingredients, add salt and seasonings. Simmer until the cabbage settles. Then add chopped bell pepper and tomato.
  4. Simmer the resulting mixture for 30 minutes. Finally, add your favorite spices to the dish.

With sour cream


Products:

  • 1 large red bell pepper;
  • 1 large onion;
  • 500 grams of beef meat;
  • 700 grams of cabbage leaves;
  • 1 tablespoon of tomato paste;
  • 1-2 tablespoons of thick sour cream;
  • 50 grams of cranberries;
  • ground black and red peppers, salt, cloves, bay leaf, salt.

How to cook:

  1. Rinse the meat, cut into large pieces, place in a deep bowl. Fill with water so that it barely covers the meat, place on the stove, and bring to a boil.
  2. Drain the water, add oil, fry the meat over low heat.
  3. Chop the onion into medium-sized pieces, grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Add them to the meat.
  4. Chop the cabbage finely, place in the same bowl, and stir.
  5. Peel the pepper from seeds and cut into thin strips. Simmer with the rest of the ingredients for one minute.
  6. Add pasta, sour cream, simmer for 10 minutes, stirring lightly.
  7. Sprinkle with cranberries, mix, remove from heat.
  8. Before serving, sprinkle with finely chopped herbs.

With Chiken

With onions


Products:

  • 400 grams of chicken;
  • 200 grams of apples;
  • 800 grams of cabbage;
  • 150 grams of onions;
  • 1-2 cloves of garlic;
  • a pinch of allspice, salt.

How to cook:

  1. Rinse the chicken, cut into pieces. Cut the apples into plastic pieces, chop the garlic with a knife. Place all ingredients in the multicooker bowl.
  2. Cut the cabbage into thin slices, add some salt, press it a little with your hands so that it releases juice. Place the cabbage in the slow cooker. Add pepper and bay leaf.
  3. Cook in the “stew” mode for about 40 minutes.

With vinegar


Products:

  • half a kilogram of cabbage;
  • 100 gr. chicken fillet;
  • 1 garlic clove;
  • 2 tbsp. vegetable oil;
  • 1 tbsp. balsamic vinegar;
  • 1 tbsp. l. wine vinegar;
  • 1 tsp. cumin, sugar;
  • 1 piece of onion;
  • a pinch of black pepper, salt.

How to cook:

  1. Chop the fillet into medium-sized cubes.
  2. Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan and fry the chicken fillet in it.
  3. Finely chop the garlic with a knife, chop the onion into squares.
  4. Add the onion and garlic to the saucepan and simmer together with the meat for 4-5 minutes.
  5. Grate the cabbage on a special grater and add to the chicken, onion and garlic. Add sugar, cumin, vinegar. Pepper and salt. Cover the saucepan with a lid and leave on the stove for 50-60 minutes, stirring occasionally.

With potatoes

With lemon juice


Products:

  • large head of cabbage;
  • 5-6 small potatoes;
  • large onion;
  • 1 medium sized carrot;
  • 2-3 tbsp. lemon juice;
  • 3-4 tbsp. vegetable oil;
  • 2 tbsp. tomato paste;
  • bay leaf, salt, pinch of pepper.

How to cook:

  1. Chop the onion as you like. Pass the carrots through a large grater.
  2. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan, add carrots and onions. Sauté the vegetables until they soften.
  3. Chop the cabbage into thin strips and add to the stir-fry of carrots and onions. When the cabbage softens, add a little water and cover with a lid. Simmer for 30 to 40 minutes.
  4. While stewing the cabbage, take care of the potatoes: peel them and cut them into small cubes. Add the potatoes to the cabbage along with a little water. Cook for 15-20 minutes.
  5. When the potatoes are fully cooked, add lemon juice, spices, and tomato paste. Cover with a lid and let simmer for 5 minutes.

With lard


Products:

  • 3 potatoes;
  • 1 onion;
  • carrot;
  • 100 grams of lard;
  • 300 grams of cabbage leaves;
  • 1 tbsp. l. favorite seasonings;
  • 1 glass of water.

How to cook:

  1. Cut the onion into small slices, carrots into thin slices.
  2. Cut the cabbage into thin strips.
  3. Chop the potatoes into small cubes.
  4. Melt a few pieces of lard in a saucepan, then add the onions and carrots. Sauté the vegetables until they have a nice golden crust. Place finely shredded cabbage and potatoes. Add water, simmer for 30-35 minutes.

Quick recipe


Products:

  • 1 cabbage head;
  • 4-5 pieces of bacon;
  • 100-120 gr. peanuts;
  • 1 sour apple;
  • 1 medium-sized onion;
  • vegetable oil;
  • seasonings to taste.

How to cook:

  1. Chop the cabbage leaves with a knife and fry in a hot frying pan, stirring occasionally.
  2. After half an hour, add finely chopped onion and an apple cut into small pieces.
  3. Season everything with salt and pepper. Add a little water and simmer for 20-30 minutes.
  4. In another pan, fry the bacon.
  5. Place the finished bacon on the cabbage, add seasonings and a handful of peanuts. Mix all ingredients and continue simmering for another 5 minutes.

How to serve the dish?

There are not many ways to serve stewed cabbage. You can sprinkle it with herbs, serve it already cooled or still hot, offer it both as a side dish and as an independent dish.

Advice: If desired, you can offer various sauces for cabbage if the recipe does not require their presence.

Conclusion

Stewed red cabbage is very easy to prepare.. Especially if you use the recipes we offer. Bon appetit!

Juicy and colorful stewed red cabbage will be an excellent side dish for any smoked meat dish or for meat products such as sausages, sausages, bacon, etc. Unfairly forgotten, red cabbage contains no less useful vitamins and minerals, so don’t be lazy to create a delicious dish from it using this recipe. It harmonizes especially brightly with fresh herbs: dill, parsley, green onions.

Ingredients

  • 0.5 kg red cabbage
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 30 ml vegetable oil
  • 0.5 tsp. salt
  • 9% vinegar on the tip of a spoon

Preparation

1. Remove the top protective leaves from a fork of red cabbage and rinse it in water, and then cut the fork in half. You only need half the vegetable. Chop it in any way convenient for you: coarsely or finely, using a special hatchet or a sharp knife. Try to act carefully, as cabbage produces blue juice, and it does not wash off from things.

2. Pour vegetable oil into a saucepan and place the cabbage slices into it. Place the container on the stove, turning on medium heat.

3. Salt the cabbage slices and add bay leaves. If you like spices, you can add a little ground black pepper. Simmer the cabbage for the first 2-3 minutes over medium heat until it releases its juice, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 10-15 minutes until soft.

4. The finished stewed cabbage will become less bright and more aromatic. 1 minute before cooking, sprinkle the contents of the saucepan with 9% vinegar and stir. This is done so that the cabbage does not lose its color.

5. Place it on a dish or serving plate, not forgetting to sprinkle with washed chopped herbs. This side dish contains virtually no ingredients and can be used for any meal.

Note to the hostess

1. A creatively thinking person will appreciate the following idea: you need to buy two different vegetables - white and red, and when they are already stewed in separate pans, you need to arrange them in a thoughtful order on spacious flat plates. Alternating multi-colored slides, pyramids or wide stripes of brownish-golden and purple look interesting. The first shade is always acquired by ordinary white cabbage after heat treatment in a roasting pan, and the second by red cabbage.

2. Once under the nails, reddish-blue cabbage juice immediately eats into both the nail plate and the rough skin underneath. The result is a terrible “mourning” border, which cannot be removed with a manicure stick without lengthy steaming of the fingers. This means that it is better to wear rubber gloves before cooking. If they are of high quality, that is, elastic, durable and thin, it is very convenient to chop food in them.

3. In this recipe, it is not recommended to replace light table vinegar with dark vinegar, such as balsamic or grape. Both of them will dim the brightness of an elegant dish. It will become brown and unsightly. This will not happen when using apple and raspberry.