This dish for fried cabbage and sausage is suitable for a variety of events. You can modify or expand on a recipe like this to make it your own. If you don’t like the flavor of cabbage, bear in mind that the onion, bacon fat, and kielbasa help to mask it a little. You may also add more ingredients or spices to mask the taste.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 25 mins |
| Servings: | 5 |
Ingredients
- 6 slices bacon
- 1 head cabbage, chopped
- 1 large onion, chopped
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 (16 oz) ring kielbasa sausage, sliced thin
Instructions
- Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels and crumble. Reserve drippings in the skillet.
- Cook and stir cabbage and onion in bacon drippings over medium-high heat until cabbage begins to wilt, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir bacon, salt, and pepper into cabbage mixture; cook until cabbage is wilted, 3 to 5 minutes more.
- Stir kielbasa into cabbage mixture and reduce heat to low. Cover the skillet and simmer until cabbage is lightly golden and tender, about 1 hour.
- The longer you simmer, the browner the cabbage will turn, but it will also give it a mushy texture by cooking it too long. This recipe also works excellent with sauerkraut instead of regular cabbage.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 411 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 19 g |
| Cholesterol | 72 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 6 g |
| Protein | 19 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 1119 mg |
| Sugars | 10 g |
| Fat | 30 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
So easy and so good, served with oven bar=b=qued pork ribs. Great meal.
Excellent dinner. I added about a 1/2 cup of brown sugar to the simmering cabbage mixture. This was very tasty.
I’d recommend adding a few cloves of crushed garlic.
This was a delicious and simple recipe! The only change I made was to add a sliced red potato. I will make thisn again!
Good. Probably won’t make it again but it was good.
So easy! And keto friendly!
I make this every couple a months. The only changes I make is using shredded cabbage in a package, cold slaw mix and substitute a tablespoon of Herbes de Provence spice blend for the salt & pepper. The bacon adds enough salt.
I browned the kielbasa in the bacon grease and then added everything else, let it simmer for awhile,only used a half head of cabbage(thought the whole was too much)It smelled and looked delicious, but not very filling, so I did about 5 small potatoes in the microwave,chunked them and added, now that is a meal!
This was delicious! The only adjustments I made were to add crushed red pepper (we like things spicy in our house) at the time I added the salt and pepper and I ended up not covering/simmering for an hour. I left it uncovered simmering for about 15-20 minutes while stirring it frequently to help keep the cabbage somewhat crispy. Definitely will make again!
Delicious!
Our family love Kielbasa and we also loved cabbage so I thought this would be a great meal. I followed the recipe almost exactly, except i only used a little of the bacon grease (per other reviews) it turned out OK but probably not something I will make again.
We loved this dish. It was easy, quick, and tasty. The only thing I added was some dried herbs that gave it a good flavor boost.
What a fantastic comfort food, loved every bite!!!!!
Very easy to make on a work night and so tasty!
Good and easy, everyone wanted seconds and they fought over who got the leftovers.
Added green bell pepper and carrots. Was so good. Thanks
I’ve been making cabbage and Kielbasa for a long time. I’ll use coleslaw mix to save time and the mess. Bacon and onions are in the mix as described. The only difference is that instead of frying, I’ll bake it in a roasting pan @350°. Precook kielbasa let cool, slice thin and layer cabbage, kielbasa onions and season with zesty Italian dressing. Cover with foil and bake for about an hour. You don’t need to precook cabbage. I usually make it using 5 pounds of cabbage and Kielbasa for a large crowd and it freezes well.
I used both kinds of cabbage and added some carrots and it came out superb!
Added a clove of garlic which I cooked with the onions. I also added some small potatoes that I microwaved first and then cooked in the bacon fat thus making it a one pot meal. Otherwise followed the recipe. There was nothing leftover.
It was very good. But I had to try it a lot longer then called for in recipe!
This recipe is better than I thought it would be. I had Kielbasa and didn’t know what to do with it. I added some Italian turkey sausage, 2 apples (peeled & sliced), 1/2 cup apple cider & a dash of ground mustard. I only simmered 15 mins as I don’t like mushy cabbage. It was great! My husband even liked it and he’s not a cabbage fan.