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Caramelized Cabbage and Onions with Bacon
This dish combines thinly sliced cabbage and onions slowly caramelized with thick-cut bacon and seasoned with garlic, black pepper, salt, and optional nutmeg. The long cooking time develops sweet, tender cabbage with browned edges and smoky bacon bits, creating a richly flavored side or base component.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings:
6
servings
Calories:
86 kcal
Course:
Side Dish
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 4 lices Bacon thick-cut
- 1 large yellow onion sliced
- 1 medium-sized head cabbage thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg optional
- 1/2 tsp salt to taste, sea salt
Instructions
- Begin by slicing the cabbage into strips. Remove the tough white inner core. Chop it such that the shreds are all very close to the same size.
- Cook the bacon over medium-high heat in a large skillet until crispy. Set bacon on a plate and leave the drippings in the skillet.
- Add the cabbage and onion to the skillet, stir well, and cover.
- Cook with cover on. After about 5 minutes, cabbage will begin to wilt. Keep cooking, covered, stirring occasionally for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove the cover, sprinkle with sea salt and finish cooking the rest of the way, uncovered.
- Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until cabbage has wilted completely and has lost much of its water, about 40 minutes
- Add the garlic, black pepper, nutmeg and cooked bacon and continue cooking another 10 to 20 minutes, until cabbage turns slightly brown and has a similar consistency to caramelized onions.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1serving
Calories
86kcal
(4%)
Carbohydrates
9g
(3%)
Protein
5g
(10%)
Fat
5g
(8%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Cholesterol
10mg
(3%)
Sodium
302mg
(13%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
6g
(12%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 86
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 86kcal | 4% |
| Carbohydrates | 9g | 3% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 10mg | 3% |
| Sodium | 302mg | 13% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.