Braised Red Cabbage

Name: Braised Red Cabbage
Ingredients: 1 ounce slab bacon, diced; 1/2 cup julienned red onion (about 1/2 onion); 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced; 6 cups shredded red cabbage (1/2 small head); 1 cup red wine vinegar; 1/2 cup fresh orange juice; 1 Granny Smith apple, julienned; Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper

8 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

1 ounce slab bacon, diced
1/2 cup julienned red onion (about 1/2 onion)
3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
6 cups shredded red cabbage (1/2 small head)
1 cup red wine vinegar
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
1 Granny Smith apple, julienned
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper

Directions

1

Cook the bacon in a Dutch oven over medium heat until just crisp.
2

Add the onion and garlic and sweat until translucent, 8 to 10 minutes.
3

Add the cabbage and stir to coat in the rendered bacon fat.
4

Add the vinegar, reduce the heat to low and simmer until the liquid is reduced by three-quarters and the cabbage is tender, about 12 minutes.
5

Add the orange juice and cook until reduced by half, about 5 more minutes.
6

Remove the cabbage from the heat and fold in the apple.
7

Season with salt and pepper.
8

Serve hot.