Spicy Cabbage Is flavored with bacon, onion, green pepper, and Rotel tomatoes. It can be made in a skillet and it makes a wonderful southern side dish.
Cabbage is one of my favorite side dishes. This spicy cabbage dish goes well with pork chops or baked chicken.
Ingredients Needed
- 4 slices thick-cut bacon– or use 6 slices regular bacon.
- Diced Onion– use sweet, yellow, or white.
- Diced Green Bell Pepper– can use red bell pepper instead.
- Rotel Tomatoes– use “hot” Rotel Tomatoes to make it extra spicy.
- Sugar– just a pinch to reduce the acidity of the tomatoes.
- Chopped Green Cabbage– about 6 cups.
- Salt and Pepper
How To Make Spicy Cabbage
- Cook the bacon and set aside.
- Cook the onion and green pepper in the bacon grease until soft.
- Add remaining ingredients and simmer 10 to 15 minutes or until cabbage is completely cooked down.
- Sprinkle bacon on top and serve.
Add More Flavor
For additional flavor, you can add a few cloves of minced garlic. Add it after the onion and bell pepper are soft and cook for 1 minute before adding the remaining ingredients.
Recipe Tips
- A small to medium cabbage will give you the 6 cups of cabbage needed for this recipe.
- The cabbage cooks in the liquid from the can of Rotel tomatoes. If you need more liquid, add a little water or chicken broth.
- If it is not spicy enough, just serve with some hot sauce.
- Leave the sugar out and you have a delicious low carb side.
- If you want to make it vegetarian, leave the bacon out and cook the onion and bell pepper in some butter or olive oil.
Storage
Leftovers will keep in an airtight container for 4 to 5 days. Reheat in a microwave.
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Spicy Cabbage
Spicy Cabbage Is flavored with bacon, onion, green pepper, and Rotel tomatoes. It can be made in a skillet and it makes a wonderful southern side dish.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 slices thick-cut bacon
- ½ cup diced onion
- ½ cup diced green bell pepper
- 1 (10-ounce) can Rotel tomatoes
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- 5 to 6 cups roughly chopped green cabbage
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Chop bacon and cook in a large nonstick skillet until crispy. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
- Cook onion and bell pepper in the bacon grease for 3 minutes. Add undrained Rotel tomatoes, sugar, cabbage, salt, and pepper.
- Simmer 10 to 15 minutes or until the cabbage is completely cooked down.
- Sprinkle the bacon on top and serve.
Notes
The cabbage cooks in the liquid from the can of Rotel tomatoes. If you need more liquid, add a little water or chicken broth.
Nutrition
Calories: 132kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 369mg | Potassium: 279mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 168IU | Vitamin C: 37mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 1mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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