Savory German Stewed Cabbage with Smoked Meats

So delicious youʼll swallow your tongue! Never get tired of it! German stewed cabbage is a very spicy and aromatic dish! It is prepared from two types of cabbage with the addition of smoked meats. It turns out very tasty, satisfying and unusual.
cook time: 30 min
Miles Denholm
Savory German Stewed Cabbage with Smoked Meats

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

99
Calories
8g
Fat
6g
Carbs
3g
Protein

Ingredients (2 portions)

Basic:

Salt to taste
White cabbage 300 g
Bulb onions 1 pc
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Sausages (smoked) 2 pc
Sauerkraut 200 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make German stewed cabbage? Prepare all products. If possible, take fresh white cabbage from a new harvest. Sauerkraut should be classically salted — without cranberries, horseradish and apples. As for sausages, it can be sausages or some kind of sausages — the main thing is that the product has a smoked taste. Vegetable oil can be any vegetable oil, but since we will be frying with it, use refined types of oils.

Step 2

Step 2
Peel the onion and cut into cubes. You will peel the onion faster and it will be less hot if you first soak it in cold water for 20-30 minutes.

Step 3

Step 3
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan, add chopped onion and fry it over medium heat until golden brown. This usually takes about 5 minutes. Read about how to choose the ideal frying pan, as well as how to choose the right vegetable oil in separate articles, links at the end of the recipe.

Step 4

Step 4
Squeeze the sauerkraut from the brine and add to the pan. Mix everything and fry for about 7 minutes. I would like to note that sauerkraut takes longer to fry than fresh cabbage.

Step 5

Step 5
Add cumin. This can be either ground cumin powder or whole cumin seeds, like mine. In terms of spices and seasonings, I would not recommend adding anything else to this dish. Maybe just a little ground hot pepper.

Step 6

Step 6
Clean sausages, bratwursts or bratwursts. If the shell is natural, then there is no need to peel it. Cut the sausages into circles about 6-8 mm thick. The pieces should be clearly felt in the cabbage, so there is no need to cut them smaller.

Step 7

Step 7
Add the chopped sausages to the pan and fry everything together for about 5-7 minutes. The sausages should brown a little.

Step 8

Step 8
Wash the white cabbage well and remove the top 2-3 leaves — this is where the dirt accumulates. Shred the cabbage in any convenient way.

Step 9

Step 9
Add the shredded cabbage to the pan, stir and fry everything together for another 10 minutes.

Step 10

Step 10
As soon as you put the chopped cabbage in the frying pan, immediately add salt to it. This will reduce the cabbage’s volume faster and make the dish easier to mix.

Step 11

Step 11
In German cuisine, such a dish is considered self-sufficient, but it can be served as a side dish for meat or poultry. Bon appetit!

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