There are many simple and healthy dishes that even the inexperienced in cooking can cook. Using products available to everyone at any time of the year, you can make a tasty and satisfying dinner for the whole family. Vegetables such as potatoes, cabbage, carrots, mushrooms in combination with chicken and some other ingredients are an ideal set for simple homemade dishes. In this article, we propose to try the classic recipe for stewed cabbage with potatoes and some more interesting ways to cook these vegetables.
Potato with chicken and cabbage - a dish familiar from childhood
Braised cabbage is one of the favorite dishes of Russian cuisine. It is eaten just like that and used as toppings for pies. If you are going to cook the main course, then add potatoes and meat. We will use chicken. Grind the onion and lightly fry it in vegetable oil. Cut 400 grams of chicken (fillets can be used) into small pieces and add to the onion. Next, send to the pan 2 peeled and chopped carrots. Fry for several minutes over high heat, stirring slowly, and then reduce it to a minimum. Meanwhile, chop a small fork of cabbage and cut into cubes a pound of potato. Add to the chicken, salt, pepper, put a couple of bay leaves and pour half a glass of water. Stew under a closed lid, adding water if necessary. If desired, you can use garlic (a couple of cloves) and tomato paste, which Lush mix with water, or juice. The dish will be cooked for about an hour. Serve sprinkled with chopped herbs. The proposed recipe for stewed cabbage with potatoes is the most popular among housewives.
German cabbage with potatoes
Have you thought about how to cook cabbage in a new way? Use the German way. Melt in a cauldron 40 grams of butter and fry the onion on it in cubes until golden brown. Then add 500 grams of sauerkraut with caraway seeds, a spoonful of salt and 0.7 liters of vegetable or chicken broth, simmer over low heat. After an hour, pour 2 tablespoons of cane sugar syrup , and after another half an hour - diced potatoes (4 pieces). If necessary, add more salt and black pepper, as well as several juniper berries and a bay leaf. Continue to simmer until the potatoes are cooked and the cabbage is soft. Eat with sour cream.
Beans - the perfect complement to cabbage
Beans are often added to dishes with potatoes and cabbage: green beans, white and red beans. Green is added almost at the very end of cooking. Dry soak must first be soaked (it is better to do it overnight), and then cook, laying simultaneously with potatoes. Some use canned beans in tomato sauce: they can be added to the dish 5 minutes before turning off the heat. Try to diversify the stewed cabbage and potato recipe described above. It will turn out more satisfying and interesting.
Mushrooms, sausages, or both?
Here are some good ideas for delicious dinners. Fry the onions and carrots, add the chopped champignons and cook for about 10 minutes. Mix fresh chopped cabbage with sauerkraut in a 1: 1 ratio, cut the potatoes into strips or slices. Pour the vegetables to the mushrooms and simmer until tender. Determine the number and proportions of products based on the number of people and preferences. In this recipe for stewed cabbage with potatoes, you can add sausages, sliced in circles, then it is better not to use mushrooms. Focus on your own tastes and combine products the way you like.
All these dishes can be baked in the oven, sprinkled with grated cheese and herbs. Agree that the recipes listed are simple, and anyone can cope with them - there would be a desire!