15 Versatile Cabbage Recipes You'll Just Keep Craving

The humble vegetable can be roasted, grilled, stir-fried, or enjoyed raw.

<p>Serious Eats / Eric Kleinberg</p>

Serious Eats / Eric Kleinberg

Cabbage is the backbone of many humble dishes, from fermented kimchi and sauerkraut to crunchy coleslaw and refreshing salads. The vegetable can also be grilled, roasted, or stir-fried for impressive entrées and vibrant sides. Whether you have a head of red, green, Napa, or Savoy, these cabbage recipes will help you put it to good use.

Easy Roasted Cabbage

<p>Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik</p>

Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik

These lightly charred cabbage wedges are sweet and nutty. Our recipe teaches you how to roast them to perfection for a simple and nutritious side dish.

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Homemade Sauerkraut

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Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik

We've got all the techniques and equipment you need to safely make delicious sauerkraut at home.

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Grilled Cabbage With Spicy Thai Dressing

<p>Serious Eats / Eric Kleinberg</p>

Serious Eats / Eric Kleinberg

These grilled cabbage wedges are charred, sweet, and nutty with a crunchy, fresh interior. Everything is drizzled with a Thai-inspired dressing made with fish sauce, dried chiles, lime juice, garlic, sugar, and a ton of herbs

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Baechu Kimchi (Napa Cabbage Kimchi)

<p>Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik</p>

Serious Eats / Vicky Wasik

This kimchi—made with Napa cabbage, ground gochugaru, glutinous rice flour, and other veggies—is at the heart of Korean cuisine.

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Classic Cole Slaw

<p>Serious Eats / Liz Clayman</p>

Serious Eats / Liz Clayman

The secret tip for making creamy, tangy slaw that keeps its crunch is salting the veggies before mixing to get rid of extra water.

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Gỏi Gà Bắp Cải (Vietnamese Chicken and Cabbage Salad)

<p>Serious Eats / Vy Tran</p>

Serious Eats / Vy Tran

This classic Vietnamese salad consists of tender chicken, crunchy cabbage, sweet carrot, pickled onion, fresh herbs, and crispy toppings, served with a gingery sauce. It's the perfect fresh accompaniment to a celebratory dinner, but it also makes a nourishing lunch.

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Galam Plee Pad Nam Pla (Thai Stir-Fried Cabbage With Fish Sauce and Garlic)

Derek Lucci
Derek Lucci

This recipe features tender-crisp cabbage, stir-fried in a ripping hot wok with garlic and fish sauce.

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Kapusniak (Polish Potato, Kielbasa, and Cabbage Soup)

<p>Serious Eats / Qi Ai</p>

Serious Eats / Qi Ai

Layering onions, cabbage, bacon, and sausage in chicken stock make a rich, smoky, meaty soup—and it all comes together in one pot.

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Red Cabbage Salad With Roasted Cipollini Onions

<p>Serious Eats / Emily and Matt Clifton</p>

Serious Eats / Emily and Matt Clifton

Here, crunchy cabbage and bitter chicory are balanced by caramelized cipollini onions. Everything is topped with goat cheese and crunchy walnuts for a vibrant, textural, delicious salad.

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Stir-Fried Lo Mein With Charred Cabbage, Shiitake, and Chives

<p>Serious Eats / Melissa Hom</p>

Serious Eats / Melissa Hom

This lo mein recipe is made with extra veggies so the sweet cabbage, meaty shiitakes, and sharp chives shine.

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Osaka-Style Okonomiyaki (Japanese Cabbage Pancake)

<p>Serious Eats / J. Kenji López-Alt</p>

Serious Eats / J. Kenji López-Alt

Okonomi means "how you want it," and this Japanese pancake is endlessly customizable. Cabbage and scallions are mainstays; from there choose what you want to mix into the batter and top this snack, whether it's pork belly or bonito.

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Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

<p>Serious Eats / Julia Estrada</p>

Serious Eats / Julia Estrada

These tender and moist cabbage rolls are baked in a tomato sauce spiked with beer, bacon, paprika, and caraway.

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Quick One Pot Hungarian Chicken and Noodles With Cabbage

<p>Serious Eats / Yvonne Ruperti</p>

Serious Eats / Yvonne Ruperti

Cabbage and noodles are classic Eastern European fare, but this dish is made even more flavorful and satisfying by cooking noodles in the pot with cabbage, chicken broth, and butter, and adding ground chicken.

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The Best Gyoza (Japanese Pork and Cabbage Dumplings)

<p>Serious Eats / J. Kenji López-Alt</p>

Serious Eats / J. Kenji López-Alt

These succulent dumplings are stuffed with juicy pork and cabbage. The key to cooking them is a three-stage process that yields a crispy wrapper and moist filling.

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Spicy Cabbage Salad With Fish Sauce Dressing

<p>Serious Eats / Shao Z.</p>

Serious Eats / Shao Z.

If you're looking for a refreshing, crispy salad to accompany your rich main dish, look no further. This salad is a riff on som tum, with the same umami and tart notes traditional green papaya brings, but made with green apple, carrot, and cabbage instead.

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