My Mom recently acquired this delicious recipe from a friend of hers and has made it several times since. In fact it’s the kind of recipe that no matter how many times you eat it you want more, at every possible occasion. In fact she served it at Thanksgiving and Christmas and I begged her to make it again for New Years Day, which she obliged, and I am forever grateful. The best part is that she shared the recipe with me, and now I am sharing it with you.
It’s so creamy the cabbage just melds to the cream, top that with bacon and it’s a winner. Not to mention it only has 5 ingredients. Serve this to your family and they will be begging you for more. Just ask my Mom!
Ingredients: 1 large head of cabbage (shredded), 1 large onion sliced, 3 T. cornstarch, salt & pepper, splash of Tabasco (optional), 2 cups heavy cream, raw bacon, chopped (about 7 pieces)
Start off with a large head of cabbage, remove the tough outer leaves and rinse well.
Then cut off the stem
then cut in half length wise straight down the middle
see the center of the stem that will need to be removed
so cut each half in half again
Then place the flat side down and at a angle where the stem is,
go ahead and chop it out and discard
Then simply chop the rest of the cabbage
add all the chopped cabbage to the 9 X 13 casserole, it’s ok if it seems to be overflowing. Cabbage wilts a lot as it bakes.
Then slice a whole onion
and add on top of the sliced cabbage
Then in a separate bowl its time for the creamy goodness.
Start off with 3 T cornstarch
add 2 cups of heavy cream
1 tsp salt and 1/2 tsp black pepper
add a splash of Tabasco (optional) but I think it adds a great depth of flavor
whisk together until smooth and lump free
Then pour evenly over the cabbage
Then dice up 7 pieces of raw bacon
and spread them out on top of the cabbage
Cover with foil and place on a larger pan (just in case of spillover) bake at 350° for 1 1/2 hours. Remove the foil for the last ten minutes to brown the bacon.
when you remove it from the oven it will look like this.
and then you stir it and see all the wonderful creaminess! Enjoy!
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Baked Cabbage1 large head of cabbage (shredded)
1 large onion sliced
3 T. cornstarch
salt & pepper
2 c heavy cream
splash of Tabasco (optional)
raw bacon crumbled (about 7 pieces)
Place cabbage & onion in a buttered, 9 x 12 baking dish.
Mix cornstarch, salt, and pepper….add cream & whisk.
Pour over cabbage.
Top with the crumbled, raw bacon.
Cover with foil and bake @ 350 degrees for about 1.5 hrs.
Remove foil the last few minutes so bacon will brown.
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That sounds yummy! We have lots of cabbage and free bacon from FIL. Only heavy cream is here too expensive – might try with sour cream.
this looks delicious jenna! i love cabbage so i have to make sure to copy this recipe from you!
do the twins eat everything you make? my boys are so picky. the one loves meat and no veggis and the other one loves veggis and no meat lol 🙂
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I have never seen such a thing:-)
Yea I now have the recipe. I told everyone at work about your Mom’s cabbage and how creamy and good it tastes. Thanks for sharing.
I am so going to make that with some roasted chicken on Sunday! Sounds like an amazing sunday treat, and can bake right along with the chicken! YUM!
That looks GOOD! I must try that sometime.
Wow! I am going to try this soon. What easy prep!
Hey, you changed things up in here. It looks great!!!!!
And so does this dish. I never cook with cabbage but this is making me re-think that.
yumm I am trying this one out, I am a newlywed just married Nov 28th 2009…thnaks for the awesome receipe
Goodness that looks wonderful! I will just have to try this!
OH MY GOSH!!! I love coming to your site! You always have the good stuff! I can’t wait to surprise my hubby with this recipe. Thanks for linking to TMTT.
I’m not a huge fan of cabbage but that looks SO good!!! I have a feeling you could take almost anything and make it look delicious!
Sounds good! My mom passed down a tradition of always having cabbage at New Years…I’ve never liked it, but THIS looks like something I would enjoy eating! Thanks for posting!
i have never done baked cabbage. looks delish. we love bacon paired with veggies.
This looks absolutely delicious!
This looks sooooo yummy! I bought some cabbage at Aldi’s on sale and was not sure how I was going to make it yet…now I know 😉
This looks really good. I think I’ll try substituing skim milk for the cream though to make it healthier. I figure the cornstarch should still make it thick enough to be creamy. Cabbage and bacon go so well together.
I hated cooked cabbage as a child but love it as an adult. This recipe might have won me over years earlier!
Thanks for sharing-I can’t wait to try it!
thanks so much this recipe sounds great and I believe it will even please the teens
Mmmmm….cabbage is my favorite. I’m definitely trying this one!
I have everything needed to make this so I will do that tonight. Thanks, Doylene
WOW! I really like cabbage, but almost anything would taste good drenched in heavy cream and topped with bacon. This immediately went to my list of favorites!
Thanks for this great recipe!
Yvonne
This looks and sounds delicious. I hope you are having a wonderful Foodie Friday.
Thank you. I’m going to try it with turkey bacon.
I am going to the grocery tonight just so I can make this tomorrow. I’ve always boiled cabbage–and that means I’m constantly checking the pot to see if the liquid has boiled dry and if anything has burned. The oven will free my mind. Oh, joy! Thank you so much. The step-by-step is awesome!
This looks delicious–can’t wait to try it out. I really liked that I was able to print it out.
Hope you & your babies have a great week!
I made this for dinner last night – everyone loved it. Thanks for sharing this great recipe!
This looked so good that I made it. Yum! (I linked to your recipe.)
I love your blog and althought I only found it yesterday I have searched every square inch of it already so that I didn’t miss anything.
Keep em’ coming.
I’m making this tasty looking recipe tonight! I’m gonna use whole milk instead of the cream. I know I’ll love it, but I’m hoping my kids will love it too. We’ll see!
I particulary don’t care for cabbage but it looked good so I thought I would try it. I made this last night and it was AMAZING!!!
We absolutely love this cabbage!! It is the only way I cook cabbage any more. As a testimate to how good it is, I have made it for “I’m sorry but I don’t eat cabbage” guests on numerous ocassions and I have never had a single person who didn’t have a second helping! Thank you for posting this recipe.
Yes I love hearing this comment, I feel the exact way about this recipe. Everyone loves it, even those none cabbage eaters!! So glad you and your family enjoy it!