I enjoy making this tasty delicacy whenever my nieces and nephews stay the night. very good with a glass of chocolate milk.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 small head cabbage, thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 6 slices bacon
- 5 tablespoons corn bread mix
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 2 fresh jalapeno peppers, seeded and julienned
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place the shredded cabbage into a large bowl, and sprinkle the sugar over it. This will remove the excess water from the cabbage. Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside, reserving grease in skillet.
- In a small bowl, mix together the cornbread mix and cayenne pepper. Stir into the cabbage until well blended. In the skillet the bacon was cooked in, saute onion and jalapeno in the hot bacon grease until tender. Stir in cabbage, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook until the cabbage wilts, about 15 minutes. Stir in crumbled bacon, and serve immediately.
- When handling hot peppers of any kind , always wash hands or use gloves and do not rub face or eyes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 300 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 23 g |
| Cholesterol | 29 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Protein | 9 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 584 mg |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Fat | 20 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Love this recipe! Sweet & hot & crunchy!
I wanted to try it even though I wasn’t sure about the cornbread mix. It was ok but too much cabbage for the amount of bacon. I loved the jalapenos! They added a nice touch.
Was excellent just the way the recipe called for. Will make this again.
Interesting change from your normal fried cabbage. If you like a little spice, you’ll love this side dish!
Loved it! We added some Ro-Tel tomatoes and green chilies. Gave it a nice kick.
Easy to make your own cornbread mix with equal parts cornmeal and flour – a smidge of salt and sugar and double that amount with baking powder. I didn’t use bacon so instead I browned the onions and fresh garlic in 1/2 stick a butter (gluttonous but tasty). I’ll certainly make this again and thanks ChiliTex for the recipe!
Living in the south someone always have too many homegrown vegetables, right now its cabbage. I’ve always used a basic fried cabbage recipe. I wanted to try something new. But this I do believe will be my all time favorite. I loved it.
made this today and just love it! what a great southern,downhome dish!
Fried some skinless kielbasa and added back into cabbage before serving. I make fried cabbage often, but have never made it with the cornmeal in it. LOVED it. The jalepenos were a great addition too. Thanks!
Awesome!!! Loved the heat it provided, however, next time I make it (and yes there will be a next time) I am cutting the cornbreadmix down by a couple of tablespoons, increasing the bacon and had to add a little EVOO as it was a little dry. I’m not a cabbage fan but this was a very good meal.
Footnotes Caution When handling hot peppers of any kind , always wash hands or use gloves and do not rub face or eyes. Just a suggestion on the footnote: If you put vegetable oil on your hands prior to handling the hot peppers, you won’t feel the burning sensations later!
I really liked this one. I’ve had fried cabbage before but the cornbread mixture addition really changed this. I used turkey bacon and yes you do need to add some more fat to saute this. I added a bit of olive oil. It is pretty spicy, but not overly so.. yum
I made this for my husband and he loved it. The bacon drippings were not enough to cook the cabbage though. I did use 7 slices of center cut bacon and it was less fatty than other cuts. Everything started sticking, so be prepared to add extra butter or oil. Overall a good dish.
Making this, I was unsure about it but it was delicious enough for me to get a heaping 2nds. The corn bread mix gave the dish a nice flavor and texture to to it! Good job!
Pretty darn good… I doubled the recipe and it was quite difficult to make in my biggest skillet. Some of the cornbread seemed to clump due to what I assuming was it not being able to coat evenly b/c of pan size. Regardless, I will probably make again (will not double and try find a small head of cabbage as stated). It was really spicy and a different way for me to prepare cabbage..
I modified this recipe slightly–using about half of the ingredients. Quite tasty and hot!
We loved this one. I was afraid that it was going to be too spicey with the added red pepper. It was a little warm, but not over the top. Gonna make it again tonight.
I found this fried cabbage recipe to be extremely good. It’s the best I ever tasted. This is a recipe Ican assure you that your whole family will enjoy.
I really enjoyed this cabbage, next time I may use 4 slices of bacon to make a little less greasy. My boyfriend, who is quite daring in the kitchen, made mini-eggrolls with some wonton wrappers and the leftover cabbage the next day, and as strange as it sounds, they were fabulous, spicy, little egg rolls.
Awesome!!! Cabbage is not something I would normally make, but my mom gave me some from her garden so I tried this and my husband and I LOVED IT.
This was excellent. As an Ex Texan I find myself missing certain dishes at times…. this is one of them. I added shredded carrots, a few sprinkles of garlic powder and a green pepper while sauteing the onion. I also added Lawry’s Seasoning to the Cayenne/Cornbread mixture.