Warm Cabbage Salad with Bacon and Goat Cheese #SundaySupper

This week's Sunday Supper recipe is brought to you by ingenuity and adaptation and hosted by Sue of Palatable Pastime.

I'm a member of a group where people post recipes from a particular cookbook weekly. When I saw the original posted, I felt compelled to go right to the kitchen and stir-fry up a bunch of cabbage. And I don't even own a wok.

It made me feel the way I used to while watching Paula Deen's show (well, one of the many). Whatever she was making, more than likely I had all of the ingredients and I'd stuff, flour, roll and fry to my heart's content. This time around, I'm frying, but with far less consequence of a heart attack. Even though there IS a little bit of bacon.

This is a "kitchen sink" version of the original recipe, which is merely a side and not a salad. The origins of this recipe were very peasant in nature: Chinese immigrants in America wanted to recreate dishes from home and had to make due with American ingredients.


In my personal opinion, put anything over greens or toss it with vinegar and it becomes a salad. By tossing the finished stir-fried cabbage with a little vinegar, what do you get? Instant salad!

What's your favorite way to eat cabbage? Do you even like cabbage?

I added the vinegar because cabbage can get a little sweeter when you cook it and nothing like a little splash of vinegar will wake up your palate and provide a contrasting flavor to the sugar.

This Warm Cabbage Salad with Bacon and Goat Cheese recipe was originally made in a wok, but I used my large enameled cast-iron skillet. It turned out just fine.

Warm Cabbage Salad with Bacon and Goat Cheese

Warm Cabbage Salad with Bacon and Goat Cheese

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Author: Nikki Miller-Ka of Nik Snacks
This week's Sunday Supper recipe is brought to you by ingenuity and adaptation and hosted by Sue of Palatable Pastime. I'm a member of a group where people post recipes from a particular cookbook weekly. When I saw the original posted, I felt compelled to go right to the kitchen and stir-fry up a bunch of cabbage. And I don't even own a wok. This is a "kitchen sink" version of the original recipe, which is merely a side and not a salad. The origins of this recipe were very peasant in nature: Chinese immigrants in America wanted to recreate dishes from home and had to make due with American ingredients. In my personal opinion, put anything over greens or toss it with vinegar and it becomes a salad. By tossing the finished stir-fried cabbage with a little vinegar, what do you get? Instant salad!

Ingredients

  • 4 slices bacon, cut into 1/2-inch wide pieces
  • 2 teaspoons chopped green onion
  • 1 pound green cabbage, cored, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch wide shreds (about 8 cups)
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons coconut oil or peanut oil
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 teaspoons tamari
  • 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 1 Tablespoon rice wine vinegar
  • 2 Tablespoons goat cheese

Instructions

  1. Spread the bacon pieces in an even layer in a cold 14-inch flat-bottomed wok or 12-inch cast-iron skillet. Cook over medium heat undisturbed 1 minute, or until bacon begins to release its fat.
  2. Using a metal spatula, stir-fry or sauté on medium heat 2 minutes or until the bacon begins to brown and more fat has been released.
  3. Add the green onion and stir-fry/sauté 10 seconds or until onion is fragrant. Add the cabbage and stir-fry 2 minutes or until the cabbage just begins to wilt.
  4. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons oil. Swirl in water, cover wok and cook 30 seconds. Uncover, add tamari, sprinkle on the onion powder, garlic salt and pepper and stir-fry 1 minute more or until cabbage is crisp-tender. Add rice vinegar and stir. Crumble the goat cheese over each serving. Serve.

Calories

177.46

Fat (grams)

14.02

Sat. Fat (grams)

7.17

Carbs (grams)

6.87

Fiber (grams)

2.24

Net carbs

4.64

Sugar (grams)

3.24

Protein (grams)

7.01

Sodium (milligrams)

502.78

Cholesterol (grams)

14.64
Please consult a healthcare professional or dietician about nutritional needs for your diet. I am a communications professional, not a physician.
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About the author

Nikki Miller-Ka

Nikki Miller-Ka

Ms. Miller-Ka is a classically trained chef with a BA in English from East Carolina University and a Culinary Arts Associate Degree from Le Cordon Bleu-Miami.

Formerly, she’s worked as a researcher, an editorial assistant, reporter and guest blogger for various publications and outlets in the Southeast. She has also worked as a catering chef, a pastry chef, a butcher, a baker, and a biscuit-maker. Presently, she is a food editor, freelance food writer, and a tour guide for Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours.

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  1. I'm loving the sound of this salad! Cabbage for the win!!

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  2. Hi Nikki, what an delicious looking salad, love everything about it.

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  3. I wish I had a big plate of this salad in front of me right now. It sounds so flavorful and delicious!!

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  4. Oooh, this sounds wonderful! Love the flavor combination!

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  5. I am loving the flavors in this salad!

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  6. I adore cabbage in salads, especially when served warm. The flavors in this salad sound over-the-top good!

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  7. I love cabbage, and really love cabbage with bacon. There's a Jamie Oliver recipe I used to make that's just to die for. This salad looks delightful too.

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  8. Cabbage is one of my favorite salad greens! This salad looks amazing! Can't wait to try it.

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  9. I love cabbage, but I don't think I've ever eaten it with goat cheese before, this sounds like something I'd like (love vinegar and bacon with cabbage already)!

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  10. Now that's my kind of salad! I love the Goat Cheese added in!

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  11. Cabbage is such a great vegetable to use as a side dish, plus it's really affordable. This looks yummy and I love the idea of the creamy goat cheese!

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  12. Do I even like cabbage - oh you have no idea! I will eat cabbage every single day if I can! I love it fries, roasted or even grilled. I'm pretty sure I would LOVE it in this salad too.

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  13. Oh...this is different and I want to eat it all! And....BACON!!

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  14. Oh yum! This sounds like a healthy comfort feast! I love cabbage (and of course, salad!!) so this is right down my alley!

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  15. Love the bacon and goat cheese combo!

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