Kielbasa with Cabbage & Apple | Perfect Fall Weeknight Meal

kielbasa

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: pork sausage

Turkey sausage reduces fat content while maintaining flavor.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Vegetable broth is lower in calories and can be homemade.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is often less expensive and has a neutral flavor.

Start by making cuts in the kielbasa to give it some definition.

Place the kielbasa in a preheated cast iron skillet without oil to get color.

Cook the kielbasa until it has a nice crust, then flip it and remove it from the skillet.

Melt butter in the same skillet and add sliced onion, cooking until it starts to brown.

Add salt and cracked black pepper to the onions while they cook.

Stir in mustard seed and caraway seeds into the onions.

Add dijon mustard to the skillet and mix it in with the onions and spices.

Prepare the savoy cabbage by cutting it into quarters and removing the core, then slice it into pieces.

Add the sliced cabbage to the skillet with the onions and spices, stirring to combine.

Let the cabbage sauté until it reduces in volume.

Prepare one apple by slicing it and removing the core, then add it to the skillet.

Pour in apple cider vinegar over the cabbage and apple mixture.

Cover the skillet to trap steam and let the cabbage and apple braise together.

Return the kielbasa to the skillet and mix everything together.

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