Cabbage and Bacon Recipe

Servings: 4
Prep time: 10 minutes
Total time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

1 head red cabbage
1 small sweet white onion
1 pound thick-cut butcher's bacon
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
2-3 garlic cloves, sliced
¼ cup pine nuts
½ cup tomato-basil pasta sauce
Fresh ground pepper, to taste

Directions

1. On a cutting board, roughly chop cabbage, onion, and 4 to 6 strips of bacon. In a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat, heat 1 tablespoon (15 g) olive oil. When pan is hot, add bacon and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add onion and cook until onion is caramelized and bacon is crispy.

2. In a second pan over medium-high flame, heat remaining olive oil. When hot, add cabbage and cook until soft. While cabbage is cooking, add garlic and pine nuts to bacon-onion pan.

3. When cabbage is cooked to desired texture, add to bacon-onion pan and mix in tomato sauce until heated through. Season with fresh pepper to taste and serve hot. Cheers!

From How-To: Make Cabbage & Bacon with John Ratzenberger