Roasted Cabbage
I know. Roasted cabbage. BO-RING. But, y’all, this is one of my go-to vegetable side dishes. Seriously we eat this once a week. So I wanted to tell you how to roast cabbage!
First you cut the cabbage into wedges. It’s easiest to cut it in half lengthwise first, then lay each half down and cut each one into four wedges. Sometimes they’re not evenly sized. That’s okay.
Then you drop a little oil on a baking sheet and rub the wedges in it on both sides. Put them cut-side-down on the sheet. Sprinkle generously with salt.
You can stop there and just stick em in the oven.
Or you can do what I usually do and sprinkle them with some cumin seeds, too. Cumin roasted cabbage goes great with Mexican, Indian, Middle Eastern flavors. I make it like that to serve with fish tacos, carnitas, curry, falafel. If you’re making something more on the German/European side of things like schnitzel or Swedish meatballs, add caraway seeds instead.
Any way you season it — or don’t — it’s just really, really good. Roasted cabbage gets sweeter and tender and it’s just my favorite way to eat cabbage. Hope you try it!
PrintRoasted Cabbage
- Yield: 8 wedges 1x
Ingredients
1 head cabbage
2 tablespoons oil
1 teaspoon salt
Optional: 1 teaspoon cumin seeds or caraway seeds
Instructions
Set oven to 450ºF
Cut cabbage into 8 quarters. Leave the core intact to help hold them together.
Pour the oil on a baking sheet and rub both cut sides of each wedge in the oil. Lay them cut-side-down.
Sprinkle with salt and optional spices.
Roast for about 20 minutes, until softened and the outer cabbage leaves are crisp (they are the best part!)
Serve hot
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 wedge
- Calories: 52
- Fat: 3.5
- Carbohydrates: 5
- Protein: 1
If you have leftover cabbage, turn it into a roasted cabbage salad with a little vinegar, honey, salt, grated carrots, chives, and toasted nuts or seeds on top. Like this!
Roasted cabbage salad
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I’m going to have to give this a try. I’m forever buying a head of cabbage for something that only requires half a head and then wondering what to do with the rest
This is a great way to cook it! You can sometimes ask the produce manager to cut a head of cabbage in half for you, too. ?
Love the roasted salad idea! Thanks.
Brilliant. Just to my tastebuds, both the roast and the salad
Might be a silly question, but can you use other types of cabbage for this recipe? Like regular green cabbage, or fancy Savoy, etc. Or would you recommend sticking to red/purple, as shown?
You can use a regular green cabbage, too. I haven’t tried this with Savoy cabbage and I think it might be too delicate but you could try it! It wouldn’t take as long, I don’t think, maybe just 10 minutes?
Finally got around to making this tonight. Used regular green cabbage, salt, pepper, and canola oil. It was amazing! So glad I found your recipe. You’ve got me hooked! ??
Yay! My favorite way to make cabbage, too 🙂