Steamed cabbage!

[Herbsman.]

I've always boiled kale, I don't know if you can steam it?

Of course you can't - when steamed, compounds in the kale react with the steam to form quite a deadly chemical. Oh, and sometimes it explodes.

 

[Melinda]

Shredded cabbage (or kale) fried with tiny bits of bacon is delicious.

Or fried with loads of garlic and pumpkin seeds, or sunflower seeds - Or halloumi!

I went with this, without the bacon. Still tastes bitter and bitty though. Like chewing paper.

Should I have boiled it first? Ive still got a 3/4 of a bag left.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I think I might be the biggest cabbage fan.

I hated it as a child but eat it pretty much every day now. White or red cabbage raw and grated is lovely. Steamed cabbage goes into almost every meal and if I need gravy I used steamed cabbage water as the base.

Yum.

 

[Stig]

I went with this, without the bacon. Still tastes bitter and bitty though. Like chewing paper.

Should I have boiled it first? Ive still got a 3/4 of a bag left.

No, I wouldn't have boiled it first, just fry it from raw normally. I would give it a rinse and shred it very thinly though?

 

[Melinda]

Thanks I will try again tmw! With more shredding!

It is an awful lot of effort, especially when Im not sure I even like the stuff!

 

[Stig]

I just get a load of leaves all together, roll them up and slice bits off the end of the roll as thin as possible with a really sharp knife, so you end up with wafer thin but very long shreds of cabbage.

 

[lynne8]

I like cabbage steamed and then put some butter and lemon pepper on it. The fried with sesame seeds and a lot of the other ideas on this thread sound reeeeally good too!

 

[etnea]

Mmmh I've recently re-discovered cabbage (always liked it, just kinda forgot it existed for a few years... )
Currently my favorite supper is as follows:
Ingredients
white cabbage/chinese cabbage
onion (optional)
sesame oil
salt
pepper
gyoza style dumplings (whatever flavour - I like pork ones with this)

Finely shred cabbage and steam for only a little while (definitely not to the "grey" stage - it should still be crunchy-ish). If you can be bothered with onion, chop finely.
Heat sesame oil in pan and fry onion on a low heat until transparent (if using. If not just proceed to next step). Add steamed cabbage and season. leave for a minute or two and then whack up heat. Add gyoza style dumplings (usually I steam them for a little bit first) and re-season as necessary.
It's lush

 

[DotCommunist]

There are only a few foods I would advocate a slow painful death for but cabbage is right at the top of the list!

If you had it forced on you as school dinner it don't count. Nobodies gonna hve affection for thrice boiled cabbage-like stodge unleavened by flavousome herbs

 

[gentlegreen]

Stir-fried cabbage and onion used to be the basis of my diet.

Add a little cooked rice / millet and you have a meal... maybe some baked beans ...

Not to forget the soy sauce, tahini and mango chutney ...