Jamaican Cabbage

Description

Great Jamaican-style cabbage. Great with jerk chicken or pork.

Ingredients

  • 1 head cabbage
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil, or as needed
  • 1 small onion, thinly sliced
  • ½ chopped green bell pepper
  • 1 green onion, sliced
  • 2 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1 whole Scotch bonnet chile pepper
  • 1 teaspoon salt (Optional)
  • 1 cup shredded carrots
  • ¼ cup white vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons white sugar

Instructions

  1. Peel tough outer leaves from cabbage
  2. core the head
  3. and shred cabbage.
  4. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat; Raise heat to high. Stir onion
  5. green bell pepper
  6. and green onion in the hot oil and cook until vegetables have softened
  7. about 5 minutes
  8. stirring often. Stir thyme
  9. Scotch bonnet pepper
  10. and salt into onion mixture.
  11. Mix shredded cabbage and carrots into onion mixture until thoroughly combined
  12. cover skillet
  13. and reduce heat to medium-low. Cook until cabbage has started to soften
  14. about 10 minutes
  15. stirring occasionally. Uncover skillet and stir vinegar and sugar into cabbage mixture; cook and stir until cabbage is tender
  16. about 3 more minutes. Discard Scotch bonnet pepper and thyme sprigs before serving.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 40 mins

Servings: 6

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