Bohemiancabbage Recipes

FRIED CABBAGE WITH BACON

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 5 minutes. Remove bacon and set aside. Add onion and garlic and cook in bacon grease until onion is soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in cabbage, paprika, sugar, salt, and pepper; mix to combine. Cook for about 10 minutes.
• Stir cooked bacon into the skillet with the cabbage mixture. Simmer over low heat until cabbage reaches the desired consistency, 20 to 30 minutes. Serve hot or warm.

INSTANT POT CABBAGE RECIPE

Steps:

• Cut end off cabbage and cut into cubes approx 1.5"x1.5" squares.
• Pour broth and put stick of butter into pot with cut cabbage on top.
• Close lid and steam valve and set to high pressure for 4 minutes followed by a 2 minute natural release.
• Then quickly release rest of pressure. Taste and season with salt and pepper as desired. Serve immediately for best results.

BOHEMIAN SWEET AND SOUR CABBAGE

Steps:

• Brown the onion in the shortening, only to a golden color. Do not brown.
• Add the water, vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper. Bring the liquid to a boil. (This liquid is just enough for this size cabbage.).
• Put cabbage in; sprinkle with caraway seed if you wish.
• Boil for 1/2 hour.
• Sprinkle with flour. Stir it up and boil just a few seconds for the flour to dissolve.
• Grandmother notes that you shouldn't "put cooked cabbage in the freezer -- just in box." (Box is the old-time short way of saying "icebox" -- we would say refrigerator!).

CZECH RED CABBAGE

Steps:

• In a pot, saute the onion in the vegetable oil until soft. Add the cabbage and salt, and cover. Steam over medium heat for 10 minutes.
• Remove the cover, and add the apples.
• In a small bowl, mix the vinegar and sugar, and pour over the cabbage. Sprinkle with the caraway seeds, mix and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, for about 30 minutes or until the cabbage is soft. Adjust the seasonings to taste.

BOILED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Remove any discolored leaves from the cabbage. Cut the head of cabbage in half and cut each half into 1 1/2" wedges leaving the root intact to hold the wedges together.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. If using bacon fat, or bacon, add to the boiling water for flavor.
• Add cabbage wedges and boil 8-12 minutes or just until tender.
• Drain well, drizzle with butter and season with salt & pepper to taste.

BOHEMIAN CABBAGE

Steps:

• Brown ground beef and drain.
• Place 1/2 of the cabbage in a 1 1/2 quart casserole dish and sprinkle generously with salt and half of the caraway seeds.
• Then layer half of the ground beef, half of green pepper, half of onions and the 1/2 cup of uncooked rice over the cabbage.
• Salt and pepper again.
• Repeat layers again starting with remaining cabbage, caraway seeds, ground beef, green pepper, onion, salt and pepper.
• Be sure to salt adequately because cabbage needs a lot of salt.
• Mix water and soup together and pour over all.
• Cover and bake at 325°F for 1 hour or until cabbage is tender.