Top 10 Delicious Cabbage Recipes Every Homemaker Should Know

1. Stir-fried Cabbage with Tomatoes

Ingredients:

• 500g cabbage
• 1 bunch of spring onion
• 1/2 teaspoon white sugar
• 1/3 teaspoon MSG
• 2 tomatoes
• 1.5 teaspoons chicken stock powder

Instructions:

• Prepare the ingredients:
  • Thinly slice the cabbage, soak in salt water for 5-10 minutes to clean, then rinse with water and drain.
  • Wash the tomatoes, cut into small wedges.
  • Wash and finely chop the spring onion.
  • Peel and crush the garlic.
• Stir-fry the cabbage:
  • Heat a pan, add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, add the crushed garlic and stir-fry until fragrant. When the garlic is fragrant, add the tomatoes and stir-fry until cooked.
  • When the tomatoes start to soften, add all the cabbage and 50ml of water. Continue to season with sugar, MSG, and chicken stock powder to taste.
  • Stir all the ingredients over medium heat, then cover with a lid and simmer for about 5 minutes until the cabbage is cooked.

2. Cabbage Salad

Ingredients:

• 200g purple cabbage
• 100g green cabbage
• 1 carrot
• 4 persimmons
• 6 tablespoons mayonnaise sauce
• 2 tablespoons condensed milk
• 2 tablespoons chili sauce
• 2 tablespoons olive oil (or vegetable oil)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper

Instructions:

• Making salad dressing:
  • Mix 6 tablespoons of mayonnaise sauce, 2 tablespoons of chili sauce, 1 tablespoon of condensed milk, 1 teaspoon of salt, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon of pepper, 1 tablespoon of persimmon juice in a small bowl and mix well.
• Mixing salad:
  • Put purple cabbage, green cabbage, carrot, and onion in a large bowl.
  • Then, pour the prepared mayonnaise mixture over it, use chopsticks to mix well until the cabbage, carrot, and onion absorb all the sauce.
  • Finally, put the salad on a plate, decorate it to make it look nice and enjoy immediately.

Ingredients:

• 1 cabbage (about 300g)
• 200g pork shoulder
• 150g shrimp
• 100g spring onions
• 1 carrot
• 2 chili peppers
• 100g dried shallots

Instructions:

• Prepare ingredients:
  • Peel and finely chop shallots and dried shallots. Slice carrots thinly, shape into flowers.
  • Slice chili peppers. Wash and finely chop some spring onions, leave some for tying the cabbage rolls.
  • Wash and remove the roots of spring onions. Gently remove cabbage leaves, wash them thoroughly. Trim any thick stems, blanch in boiling water until soft.
  • Wash shrimp, peel and devein, remove heads and tails, and black threads from the back. Then chop shrimp finely.
  • Rinse pork shoulder, then mince finely.
  • Next, mix shrimp and pork together. Marinate with 1 teaspoon of minced garlic, 2 teaspoons of seasoning powder, 1 teaspoon of MSG, 1 teaspoon of cooking oil, 1 teaspoon of pepper for 15 minutes.
  • After 15 minutes, put the meat and shrimp into a mortar with half of the sliced chili peppers until the meat and shrimp stick together.
• Roll cabbage and cook soup:
  • Take an appropriate amount of meat and shrimp and place it in the middle of a cabbage leaf, roll it up like a spring roll. Tie the cabbage rolls with a spring onion to prevent them from unraveling. Repeat until all ingredients are used.
  • Place a pot on the stove, stir-fry the remaining chopped shallots with 2 teaspoons of cooking oil until fragrant. Pour 800ml of water into the pot, wait for the water to boil, then gently add the rolled cabbage with shrimp and pork into the pot.
  • Wait for the soup to boil again, then reduce the heat and simmer for about 8 - 10 minutes until the meat inside the cabbage rolls is cooked.
  • Once the cabbage rolls are cooked, turn off the heat, then add some spring onions and season to taste. Occasionally skim off any foam that forms on the surface of the soup while cooking.

Ingredients:

• 450g Fresh Shrimp
• 2 Teaspoons Cornstarch
• 1 Teaspoon Cooking Oil
• 3 Tablespoons Sweet and Sour Sauce (Thai)
• 5 Tablespoons Mayonnaise
• 3 Cups Cabbage
• 1 Cup Purple Cabbage

Instructions:

• Prepare ingredients:
  • Shred cabbage, wash and drain.
  • Peel shrimp, remove heads, tails, black threads, wash and marinate with cornstarch.
  • Heat oil in a pan and fry shrimp until cooked.
• Make salad:
  • When the shrimp is cooked, mix it in a bowl with Thai sweet and sour sauce, and mayonnaise.
  • When serving, distribute cabbage on plates, pour shrimp mixture on top, mix well, and enjoy. If desired, season with salt, pepper, and chopped spring onions.

Ingredients:

• 300g minced beef
• Half an onion
• Several shiitake mushrooms
• 10 cabbage leaves
• Spring onions

Instructions:

• Prepare ingredients:
  • Finely chop the onion and soak the shiitake mushrooms until soft, then finely slice.
  • Marinate the minced beef with chopped onion, shiitake mushrooms, and seasoning, marinate for about 15 minutes.
  • Trim the cabbage leaves, blanch briefly in boiling water until soft.
  • Separate the spring onions, blanch briefly in boiling water.
• Roll and fry the meat:
  • Spread a cabbage leaf on a plate, place the minced beef in the middle, roll up and tie with spring onion.
  • Arrange all the meat rolls in a steamer, steam for 20 minutes until cooked.
  • Heat a pan, add a little cooking oil, then gently fry each cabbage roll until lightly golden.

Ingredients:

• 500g chicken meat
• 400g cabbage
• 2 sweet potatoes
• ½ onion
• 30g minced garlic
• 30g minced ginger
• Seasonings: Korean chili paste, chili powder, sugar, curry powder, soy sauce, pepper, white wine, cooking oil, sesame oil

Instructions:

• Prepare ingredients:
  • Finely chop cabbage and onion. Peel sweet potatoes, thinly slice.
  • Clean and thinly slice chicken meat. Marinate chicken in a large bowl with: 2 tablespoons Korean chili paste, ½ tablespoon chili powder, minced ginger, minced garlic, ½ tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon white sugar, 1 teaspoon pepper, 2 teaspoons curry powder, 1 tablespoon white wine, and ½ tablespoon sesame oil for the sauce.
  • Marinate chicken with 2/3 of the sauce for about 1-2 hours.
• Stir-fry chicken with cabbage:
  • Heat cooking oil in a pan, add chicken and stir-fry until cooked and firm, then remove from the pan. Use the remaining oil in the pan to stir-fry cabbage, onion, and sweet potatoes, stir-fry briefly, then add the remaining sauce to stir-fry until absorbed.
  • When the vegetables are cooked, add the chicken back into the pan, sprinkle with some sesame seeds for aroma, then turn off the heat.

Ingredients:

• 300g cabbage
• 1 red bell pepper
• 1 green bell pepper
• 3 eggs
• 50g spring onions
• 10g sesame seeds
• Seasonings: pepper, salt, soy sauce, flour, cornstarch, cooking oil

Instructions:

• Prepare cabbage and bell peppers:
  • Thinly slice the cabbage into long, thin strips for quick frying. Rinse and drain.
  • Rinse and slice the red and green bell peppers into long, thin strips.
  • Rinse the spring onions, trim the roots, and finely chop.
• Make cabbage and egg mixture:
  • Beat 3 eggs and mix with cabbage, bell peppers, and chopped spring onions from step 1, along with the following seasonings: 1 teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon pepper, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon flour, and 1 tablespoon cornstarch. Mix well until the mixture is combined.
• Fry the cabbage mixture:
  • Heat cooking oil in a pan. Once the oil is hot, pour the mixture from step 2 evenly into the pan, sprinkle some sesame seeds on top for aroma, then cover with a lid and fry over low heat until one side is golden brown.
  • Flip the omelette to cook the other side, cover with a lid, and fry until golden brown. Then, remove from the pan and serve.