Popular recipes for snacks from cabbage with meat

Our ancestors the Slavs from time immemorial extinguished and ate cabbage with meat, as this dish was simple, and finding the necessary ingredients was not difficult. But over time, ancient recipes have significantly changed, and now they use not only ordinary white cabbage, but also its other varieties or even a pickled vegetable. The only requirement that has remained unchanged is the order of preparation. First you need to cook meat or minced meat, and then add cabbage and spices. Today we present to your attention several different recipes that will help diversify your daily diet.

Stewed cabbage with meat and tomato

This recipe is quite simple, but its difference from traditional is in the use of tomato paste or sauce, which adds extra color and piquancy.

So, you will need these products:

• pork (it is better to take a neck) - 500 g
• cabbage - 600 g
• onions - 2 pcs.
• tomato sauce - 1 glass
• vegetable oil
• salt and pepper

The preparation should be as follows:

1. First, chop the onion and fry it until it is clear. While the vegetable is being passaged, wash and dry the meat, then slice it in small pieces.
2. To fry too long it is not necessary, as the pork neck prepares quickly enough and starts up a lot of juice.
3. Cabbage should be chopped or cut into medium plates and added to the meat. It is better if the dish is cooked in a skillet with a thick day.
4. The dish should be stitched for about twenty minutes, after which tomato, salt, pepper is added to it and let to steam under the closed lid for five minutes.

On a note! Try not to extinguish the cabbage for too long, otherwise it will lose its shape and become like a porridge.

Cauliflower with meat

Although this vegetable is considered not quite traditional, this does not mean that it can not be used in dishes that are familiar to us all.

Ingredients:

• Pork or beef - 500 g
• Cauliflower - 500 g
• Onions - 1 pc.
• Sour Cream - 1 glass
• Salt and ground pepper

How to cook properly?

First you need to prepare all the products. Wash meat, dry and cut into portions. Cut cabbage on inflorescences, and chop the onion finely.

On a heated frying pan fry first onions, then add meat to it and cook for about seven to ten minutes. Then add cabbage and simmer for twenty minutes.

After that add sour cream, salt and pepper and continue cooking for another five minutes under the closed lid.

A few tips from experienced chefs

Before you start cooking, be sure to try the raw cabbage to taste. It can be bitter, and if it is not previously scalded with boiling water, the dish will have an unpleasant aftertaste.

Do not be afraid if all of your cabbage does not fit into the cooking container in one go. While fretting, the vegetable settles down, and you can gradually add all the new batches.

Carefully follow the salt. If the cabbage leaves themselves seem to you to be under-salted, try sipping. The vegetable is able to give excess salt to the liquid, so there is a risk of spoiling the dish.

Using our simple recipes and adhering to simple recommendations, you will certainly prepare a delicious cabbage with meat, which is sure to please your household.