Recipe: Lemon Garlic Sauteed Cabbage

From Inspired Taste

This easy, healthy recipe for sauteed cabbage is delicious. As the cabbage cooks in the pan, it wilts, turns tender, and becomes sweet. Cabbage may sound like a boring side, but this is one of our favorite side dishes to make. White cabbage is our favorite for this, but other cabbage varieties will work. Keep in mind, though, that Napa cabbage will release more moisture and won’t brown as nicely in the pan.

Ingredients

• 2 pounds white cabbage, core removed and shredded (10 cups)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
• Pinch crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt or more to taste
• Half of a lemon, cut into wedges

Directions

1. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the cabbage, garlic, red pepper flakes, and the salt. It might seem like too much cabbage for the pan, but as it cooks, the cabbage will wilt down.
2. Cook, stirring occasionally until the cabbage is tender and some of the cabbage begins to turn a light brown; 10 to 15 minutes.
3. Squeeze the juice from 2 lemon wedges over the cabbage. Taste then adjust with more salt, pepper, and lemon juice as needed.

Tips

• To shred the cabbage, quarter the cabbage through the core, and then cut out the core. Cut each quarter crosswise in half and finely shred. Rinse and spin or pat very dry.
• This cabbage recipe is excellent with onions, add them to the pan at the same time as the cabbage.