Southern "New Year's" Smothered Cabbage

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It is a New Orleans tradition to eat black-eyed peas and cabbage on New Years day. Its supposed to bring you luck in the year to come. I personally didn't care for cooked cabbage until I came up with this recipe.

by Malriah·published 2002-04-14

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Vegetable

Servings

(4–6)

Total time

25 min

prep 5 min

Calories / serving

587 kcal

Ingredients (4)

serves

1 head cabbage, slicedcabbage
1 lb bacon, sliced into small piecesbacon
1 onion, choppedonion
salt and peppersalt-and-pepper

Instructions (4 steps)

01In a large pot cook bacon, remove and drain, reserving the fat.
02Add onion to bacon fat and cook for about 3 minutes.
03Add cabbage and drained bacon and saute for 5-10 minutes.
04Salt and pepper to taste.

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Southern &quot;New Year's&quot; Smothered Cabbage

Southern "New Year's" Smothered Cabbage