How to properly stew cabbage to make it tasty and juicy: tips and recipe

Stewed cabbage is a delicious and satisfying dish that can be prepared with vegetables, mushrooms, and meat. You can add spices, garlic, and prunes for a bright flavor. To make the cabbage juicy, cooks recommend adding apples and sauerkraut.

Cook Yulia shared a recipe for delicious stewed cabbage with mushrooms, meat, sauerkraut, and tomato paste on Instagram.

Ingredients:

• sauerkraut - about 1 liter
• white cabbage - 1/2 pc.
• meat (fatty pork) - 600-700 g
• dried mushrooms - two handfuls
• onions - 1-2 pcs.
• tomato paste - 1-2 tbsp.
• salt, pepper, bay leaf - to taste
• oil
• water

Method of preparation:

1. Fry the meat in a dry frying pan until golden brown, then transfer it to a saucepan.

2. Then pour in water to 2-3 cm above the meat.

3. Add the washed dried mushrooms and cook over medium heat until the meat is soft.

4. Rinse the sauerkraut several times so that it is not too salty.

5. Chop the white cabbage and add to the meat and mushrooms, add water to cover the cabbage and simmer over medium heat, stirring occasionally.

6. At this time, fry the onion until golden brown.

7. Add tomato paste, fried onions, salt, pepper, bay leaf, stir and simmer until all the water has boiled off.