FRIED CABBAGE WITH SAUSAGE
This recipe for Fried Cabbage with Sausage is so easy and so good. Great for a busy night and reheats well too. Super versatile dish!
If you love cooking with cabbage you should try our Cajun Cabbage Jambalaya. No, it’s not a traditional jambalaya but it’s delicious and has great reviews.
❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE
We love this recipe for a few reasons but one is it’s super easy to make and it’s also versatile. It comes together really quickly and it reheats well. You an make this in under 30 minutes and add any vegetables you like and switch up the sausage as well.
🍴KEY INGREDIENTS
- Butter
- Cabbage
- Green pepper
- Onion
- Polish sausage (can use smoked sausage), I use Hillshire Farm.
- Can of diced tomatoes
- Salt
- Pepper
- Hot sauce, optional
SWAPS
You can swap out the smoked sausage in this recipe. You can use turkey smoked sausage for a lower fat and higher protein. You could also use chicken sausage. This dish is super versatile, if you are using summer vegetables from your garden, I think zucchini would be great in this too.
🍽️HOW TO MAKE
The most time consuming part of this dish is chopping up all the vegetables. Once you have that done this dish comes together really quickly!
COOKING STEPS
Step 1
Melt butter in large skillet. Add cabbage, onion, and green pepper and cook on medium high for about 5 minutes stirring to keep from sticking to pan.
Step 2
Add remaining ingredients, cover and simmer for 20 – 25 minutes.
⭐TIP
When buying cabbage select the ones with the greenest leaves on the outside. Dark green leaves mean more flavor. Once you cut a head of cabbage it starts losing its Vitamin C content. This is why it is better to shred cabbage yourself for your recipes instead of buying it already shredded. Uncut cabbage will keep up to 2 weeks in a perforated plastic bag, once cut, wrap in plastic wrap but use within a few days for best flavor and nutrients.
OTHER RECIPES WITH CABBAGE
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STORING, REHEATING & SERVING SIZE
This dish is stored in the refrigerator and you can reheat it in the microwave or toss it back in the skillet on lower heat. It makes 6-8 servings.
Fried Cabbage with Sausage
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter
- 1 small head of cabbage chopped
- 1 small green pepper chopped or cut into strips
- 1 small onion chopped
- 1 pound polish sausage sliced into round pieces (can use smoked sausage)I use Hillshire Farm.
- 1 15 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- few drops of hot sauce optional
Instructions
- Melt butter in large skillet. Add cabbage, onion, and green pepper and cook on medium high for about 5 minutes stirring to keep from sticking to pan. Add remaining ingredients, cover and simmer for 20 – 25 minutes.
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Love the cabbage and sausage dish my husband loved it. It was so tasty. I’m glad that you put that recipe on this page.
Made it this evening using smoked turkey sausage and fresh cherry tomatoes instead of canned. Super delish. Easy to make. Served with fresh sweet cornbread. Yum! Thank you!
I just made this with green onions and garnished with bacon. WOW!!! It was great. Thanks
What great additions! So glad you enjoyed this recipe. Have a wonderful weekend 🙂
Quick, easy, delicious recipe. I didn’t have cabbage for this batch so I quartered brussel sprouts. It was just as wonderful. We truly enjoy the tomato addition. Home made corn bread makes this such a comfort meal.
Made this just now and it is delicious. Used stewed tomatoes and its wonderful!
One of our favorites. The only tweak is to use Andouille sausage. Thank you so much for this recipe – it immediately went into the ‘rotation’ at our house!
Made this hid dinner tonite and it was soooo goood!!!! I added a little bit of medium salsa to mine and fried cabbage in bacon grease. It wS perfect !!!
Just want to say,this recipe is DELISH!
I have made other cabbage recipes and I have to say that they tasted nothing like this one. I absolutely loved this recipe and my family did as well.Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much Latoya.
Can sliced potatoes be added if so when should I add them?
I would add right before you cover and simmer but may take longer for this to cook since potatoes will take longer.
I doubled this for a church dinner by using a large cabbage and a large sweet onion. There was 1 cup left. I like to slightly brown my smoked sausage before adding it. I found petite diced tomatoes with garlic and olive oil. Do not drain. Excellent dish to share.
Did you double the tomatoes and the sausage?
Mary, I kept all other ingredients per recipe. It was not dry.
I make this but use no butter. Just sauté the sliced sausage first and remove to another plate, add in all the other veggies , and I use sliced onion and green or red pepper, along with 1/4 cup of water, or the diced tomatoes with no water added. It is delicious!!
Do you drain the tomotoes
No, you don’t drain the tomatoes.
My recipe a little different. No butter but I do fry 4 or 5 strips of bacon then remove bacon and fry the cabbage in the bacon greese. I also pre cook the sausage and add it to the cooked cabbage with the bacon at the end. Jiffy Corn bread goes well with this one.
Beth, yes it is the same.
Ms. Southern Ladies; I have to say this was delicious! Made no changes and the husband had three bowls, father had two and Mom and I had one. A favorite added to the list. Thank you.
I made this dish , but i used bratwurst instead. Should i have cooked the sausage first. I didn’t but i made sure it was done before i ate it. Next time i will use smoked sausage.
This is just as good leaving out the butter and tomatoes, using 1tableoon of bacon drippings, little water, cover and steam. Brown lean polish sausage in another skillet then Steve on top.
I Have made this several times and have tweaked it just a bit, as much as I LOVE butter the family complained it was to much so now I do a little butter and a little olive oil that seems to cut back on the greasiness for my family. Thanks for a great recipe!
I just got done making this. LOVE IT .!!! its a must try
I am going to try this
can you used red cabbage?
I make this a lot and use Kielbasa Turkey Sausage. I put new potatoes, carrots and onion in it. We have corn bread, cottage chesse an fried apples. it is so good.
Wow! This dish is fabulous. I made it tonight for dinner with rice and hot water corn bread baked in the oven. My husband loved it. Thank yu so much for sharing it Southern Lady
This is absolutely delicious! I used a little olive oil instead of the butter and added some grated carrots. Wow! I pinned it on Pinterest and it is. truly a keeper! Thanks
I just made this and it is wonderful….I added a little brown sugar and it is devine!! Thanks Judy
Oh my gosh, I just found this site because a friend of mine sent me the link to the Zucchini Hoecakes recipe, which I went and bought the stuff for today. Now I have to make this cabbage recipe for Sunday dinner this week! I’m having a great time skimming through all of your recipes. Thanks for not only the recipes, but giving us print-friendly versions as well.
I’m eager to try your cabbage n sausage.
Love cabage pototes sauage
This was a hit at our house will make it often
I’ve made this 2 times in the past month. I love it ! I cut up cherry tomatoes, and add a little baccon grease to the pan when melting the butter. Next time I will also add baccon pieces along ith the sausage. So yummy !!
Do you drain the diced tomatoes or add them juice and all?
Add juice and all.
Thinking of Patty working 12 hour shifts, we do this in the slow cooker and it is amazing for sure, then it is ready when we are…. Maybe even a double batch…
I have made this and we loved it so much that I am making it for our large family Thanksgiving dinner! I always try to come up with something new that I know my family will eat! I’m sure this will be a big hit!
I am having this foe diner tonight. t looks real good.
I made the cheese onion and bacon bread to go with the sausage and cabbage dish. Bet they will be great together. Cant wait for supper time. Thank you Southern Lady. Your recipes are wonderful and oh so comforting.
This is a great recipe,how long will it keep if you leftovers?
At least a couple of days.
I work 12 hour continuous shifts at my job. I try to cook a few meals at a time on my days off so it’s easier for my handicapped mother, especially on the weekends. I just made this today for part of our weekend meal menu. It was AWESOME!!! I look forward to trying more of your recipes.
Thank you so much Patty. So happy my recipe worked for you. Hope you can find more you like as well. Have a great weekend and thanks for your great comment.
I fix this at least once a month, but i also add fried choped bacon and sliced carrots & sliced hot hungarian peppers with boiled egg noodles to it as well…delish! Old fashioned Polish dish:)
OOO Thanks for your advice! I bet this would be good with some egg noodles! I’m adding that to mine! 🙂
I can’t wait to try this…it looks sooo good! I just love cabbage so this is right up my alley! 🙂
This is awesome!
This recipe is delicious! So easy, and my husband loves it too!
I’ve made this twice and skipped the green peppers and added boiled potatoes. Served it with chunky applesauce and cornbread. We all loved it! Thanks! Pat (married to a Corbin boy)
Hi Pat, Happy y’all are enjoying this recipe. Those Kentucky boys know how to eat! lol.
Made this tonight it was delish! I used a can of Rotel in place of tomatoes because it was what I had on hand.
Do you know the nutritional values? Thanks!
Hi Tiffany, I think you might be able to find some sites on the internet where you put in the ingredients and it will give you the nutritional value of the recipe. You might try that. Hope this helps.
I can’t wait to make this for dinner tonight! Only I’m using a hot sausage instead of hot sauce. I usually make fried cabbage with bacon, and have never tried the bell pepper in it. But this recipe sounds so yummy! Thanx!! 🙂
I just tried this and it is wonderful…however being the bacon lover that I am I cooked off about a half pound of bacon and added it right at the end so it wouldn’t be soggy. yummy!!!!
being polish i have made this for years in various ways. BTW–if you can get it(i live in the Houston area), try Kountry Boy Sausage or Chappell hill both made in Brenham. you’ll never go back
chappell hill sausage is the best!
I think I may have cooked mine too long! Didn’t look as appetizing but flavors were GREAT! I added bacon an some bacon grease to mine.
loved the fried cabbage and ”sausage””
Thank you, Betty! Happy you enjoyed this recipe.
YUM!
I use bacon grease, apples and mix in collard greens. Even kids love it.
Cant wait to make this !!!
Making this for supper tonight sounds wonderful!
We made this today and it was realy good.
I love all this. I am in hog heaven.
as much as I adore the taste of butter, when I made this I used olive oil instead, solely because I am really trying to watch what I put in my body but the dish still came out fantastic! One of my husbands friends came over unexpectedly and just couldn’t stop talking about how good it was, in fact he made me promise to teach him how to make it! LOL
tryed it tonight but added zuccini since i dont like green peppers and added stick carrots…..had it with sweet cheeder cornbread and boiled red potatoes …. talk about good
I made this last night with a skillet of cornbread. I added a couple of grated carrots to increase the vitamin content! The consensus was DELICIOUS!! Really am. Enjoying going thru your recipes and trying new ideas! Thanks for your page! :-))
Do you drain the tomatoes?
I don’t drain the tomatoes but you can if you want.
no do not drain the liquid is needed
We made this and it is a super yummy dinner.
We just love all your recipes. Thanks for sharing them with us all.
Glad you enjoyed this, Patty. Thanks for dropping by and commenting on this recipe.
Sounds
…..great. Wouldn’t that be delicious on hot dogs or brats at a picnic. I can taste it now. Oops, my fingers are working faster than my head! You’d have to eliminate the sausage and put it in the hot dog roll, or put the whole mixture in the bun.. I’d better stop now, think I need another cup of coffee :).
This recipe was absolutely delicious!!! My 5 year old niece does not really care for cabbage, but she had two helpings of this. I will definitely fix it again!!!
I fixed this tonight for dinner and we loved it!
Yum, yum, this is such a tasty dish. Have made it before and now I am making it your way, thanks.
I made this for supper last night with a pan of cornbread and it was wonderful. Another go to recipe. Thanks for the quick and easy recipe.
I am so glad you enjoyed the recipe, Beverly. Thanks for your nice comment.
is polish sausage the same as what I know as Kielbalsa?