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Southern Cabbage with bacon

Southern Cabbage is an easy southern side that goes great with chicken and pork and makes a wonderful addition to a holiday meal. Cabbage is slow cooked until tender in chicken broth flavored with bacon and onion, plus a few red pepper flakes if you want some heat.

Southern Cabbage is one of my very favorite foods ever so I enjoy making it even outside of the holiday season. It is supposed to be a side, but to me it’s a main dish because whenever I make it or see it on a buffet, it’s the only thing I want. I think most cabbage lovers can relate.

This recipe is easy to make and convenient- only 3 ingredients plus a few seasonings are needed.
As the cabbage simmers, the chicken broth reduces, concentrating its flavor. It tastes so goody’all, I eat the cabbage first and then drink every bit of the broth. It’s the best part. You can either slurp it up or sop it up with a piece of cornbread.
Southern Cabbage made with College Inn broth
There’s no better way to cook cabbage than to simmer it in chicken broth with onion and bacon. The cabbage cooks up soft and tender with all of the awesome flavor of the chicken broth and the cabbage adds flavor to the chicken broth as well. It’s a totally symbiotic relationship.
Southern Cabbage
Since most of the flavor of this recipe is coming from the chicken broth, you really need to use a quality one. I choose College Inn Chicken Broth because they make a richer, deeper broth made from the finest all-natural chickens and farm-grown vegetables. College Inn broths are Non-GMO and contain no MSG. A long, slow simmer with flavorful herbs and spices creates a broth that helps make the ordinary special. College Inn Broth has just the perfect flavor for making your dishes family favorites this upcoming holiday season and all year long.
Southern Cabbage
Note: The chicken broth, especially once it boils down some and the flavors concentrate, should add plenty of saltiness together with the bacon. But if you need to, salt to taste at the end.

If you try out this recipe, I’d love to see! Be sure to use #CollegeInnBroth in social media.

Southern Cabbage

Southern Cabbage

4.93 from 27 votes
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 30 minutes
Total: 40 minutes
Southern Cabbage with bacon
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Southern Cabbage is an easy southern side. Cabbage is cooked until tender in chicken broth flavored with onion and bacon.
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Ingredients

Instructions 

  • Cook bacon in a large pot or Dutch oven until crispy. Remove bacon from pot and set aside.
  • Leave about 2-3 tablespoons of bacon grease in the pot. You can save any excess bacon grease for another use.
  • Cook the onion in the bacon grease until soft.
  • Add cabbage, chicken broth, and red pepper flakes. Cover pot and simmer for about 10 minutes, opening it to stir once or twice.
  • Remove lid from pot and cook uncovered for about 15 minutes. Turn up the heat a little so you get a good amount of evaporation.
  • Season to taste with pepper. If desired, add a little salt.
  • Crumble the bacon and mix it into the cabbage mixture. Serve in small bowls with with the broth.

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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44 Comments

  1. Sosha says:

    First time making cabbage, this will be my traditional recipe for it 10/10!!

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  2. Ginette McDonough says:

    Absolutely delicious!!! Can’t wait to devour it over a bed of steamed white rice.

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  3. Sherri says:

    So good! Comfort food at its best!!

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  4. Jacqueline says:

    This recipe turned out amazing! My family all gave me Big Thumbs Up! Thank-You

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  5. Tanya joseph says:

    Looks easy to make I would love to do a roaste sweet potatoes or fried pork chops with it.

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  6. Nina says:

    Very easy to follow and very good flavor. I didn’t cook my cabbage quite as long and omitted the onion. I like a little bite to my cabbage so cut the cooking time a little.

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  7. Madyson says:

    I was wondering what kind of onion you used! Trying to decide between yellow, sweet, or white.

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  8. Tamara C says:

    Very easy to follow and was simply delicious! Thank you.

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  9. Tracie says:

    My family said it was the best cabbage they’ve ever had!

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  10. Lisa says:

    Made the cabbage this evening, very good!

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