Now everyone knows how important the regular use of a product like cabbage is. It contains many minerals: calcium, potassium, phosphorus. The product is also rich in vitamins A and B. In addition, cabbage is considered a low-calorie product, therefore it is ideal for those who are going to slightly reduce weight. It also has some medical indications, for example, with its regular use in abundance, gastric juice is secreted , and therefore it can help people suffering from constipation.
Cabbage, as a rule, is used in many dishes as a constituent product, in a salad or borsch, but it can often be used as a main dish. One of the main is stewed cabbage. You can even cook this dish in different ways.
Each housewife has her own cooking recipe, loved by her homework. If stewed cabbage can not be attributed to something gourmet, and can not be served at the festive table, then he can certainly gather a family at a Sunday home dinner. It also serves as an ideal pie filling. This article will describe several cooking options that perfectly diversify the everyday menu.
For lunch, for example, braised cabbage with egg or meat and sausages is suitable. To cook cabbage with meat, you will need two kilograms of cabbage, sausages and meat, one onion, also pepper and salt. It is necessary to chop onions finely, chop cabbage, the thinner, the better, cut sausages and meat. After that, the onion is fried with meat products and cabbage is added. After frying, products should be stewed under a lid. It takes about two hours to fully cook. Sauerkraut is quite suitable for this dish. Some at the end add a little prune, the dish through it acquires a piquant shade.
Braised cabbage is good with mushrooms. To prepare this dish you will need champignons, also one onion, carrot, a little tomato paste, 150 grams of sour cream, spices and vegetable oil. Onions must be finely chopped, put on a preheated and oiled pan. After a short frying, mushrooms are added, previously boiled, peeled and chopped. After a few minutes of frying the mixture, grated carrots are added, and after another five minutes, tomato paste. Finely chopped cabbage is added to an almost ready-made tomato dressing. Everything is mixed, a small temperature is set, the lid is closed and everything is cooked for about two hours. The dish is salted half an hour before being cooked, at the same time all the necessary seasonings, pepper and sour cream are added. An important point - if bay leaf was added, after cooking it must be removed from the dish, otherwise it will get a bitter aftertaste. Serving such cabbage can be both hot and cold.
Fresh stewed cabbage in pots is considered one of the most delicious dishes, and by the way, it can also be served on the festive table. The roots of this dish come from France, which is why it is called "stewed cabbage in French." First you need to fry the bacon in vegetable oil, cut previously in small pieces. It is necessary to cook it to such an extent that the fat is completely melted. You can add a little ham to the bacon and also fry. After this, the meat should be removed and in the remaining oil, fry the onion, in the amount of two heads. All vegetables that will be part of the dish are finely chopped or rubbed and stewed until almost cooked. All cooked mixture with added cabbage should be put in pots, add spices and put to bake. This dish is quite suitable for the festive table.
As you can see, all cooking recipes are very diverse, so you should not limit yourself to one stewing method. You can even experiment with cabbage.