Easy Southern Cabbage Recipe

smoked ham hocks

🥗Healthier: turkey ham hocks

💰Cheaper: smoked sausage

Turkey ham hocks reduce fat while maintaining flavor.

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade vegetable stock

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Homemade stock enhances flavor without extra cost.

Welcome to the channel and introduce the dish: Southern Braised Cabbage.

List the ingredients: green cabbage, smoked turkey leg (cut in half), onion, garlic cloves, bacon grease, and spices.

Slice the onion into small strips and set aside.

Prepare the cabbage by removing the outer leaves, cutting it in half, and removing the core.

Cut the cabbage into about 1-inch strips and wash it.

Heat bacon grease in a Dutch oven.

Add the sliced onions to the bacon grease and cook until softened.

Add chopped garlic cloves and salt to the onions.

Add crushed red peppers for spice, if desired, and mix well.

Add the smoked turkey leg to the pot.

Pour in water almost to the top of the smoked meat and add more salt.

Let the mixture cook and render down, stirring occasionally.

Season the broth again with pepper, granulated garlic, and more salt after it has rendered halfway down.

Add the rinsed cabbage to the pot, stuffing it down into the broth.

Cover the pot and let the cabbage wilt and cook down.

Continue to toss the cabbage to ensure it absorbs the broth flavors.

Cover again and let it cook until the cabbage is tender to your liking.

Optionally shred the turkey and add it back into the dish or leave it whole for serving.

Plate the cabbage and serve with cornbread and fried pork chops.

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