How I Make Incredible Braised Red Cabbage

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is heart-healthy and suitable for vegan diets.

apple cider vinegar

🥗Healthier: white wine vinegar

💰Cheaper: distilled vinegar

White wine vinegar offers a similar tangy flavor.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Honey adds natural sweetness with a unique flavor.

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade broth

💰Cheaper: water

Homemade broth enhances flavor without additional cost.

Start with a Pink Lady apple and grate it using a regular cheese grater until you reach the core.

Add the grated apple to a large saucepan with 125 mL of apple cider vinegar, 60 g of brown sugar, a small cinnamon stick, and a pinch of salt.

Place the saucepan on medium heat and stir the mixture to dissolve the sugar into the vinegar.

Once steam starts to rise from the pan, reduce the heat to low and cover the pan, cooking for 10 minutes.

While the apple mixture cooks, prepare the red cabbage by removing the outer two layers and cutting it into quarters.

Remove the root from each quarter and slice the cabbage into thin strips, ensuring even size for even cooking.

Transfer the chopped cabbage to the saucepan with the apple mixture, adding 100 mL of water and another pinch of salt.

Cover the pan and increase the heat to medium-high to produce steam for wilting the cabbage.

After 5 minutes, stir the cabbage and reduce the heat back to low, covering it again to simmer.

Check the cabbage every 10 minutes, stirring and adding more water if the bottom of the pan is dry.

After 25 minutes, the braised red cabbage should be ready with a deep purple color and a glaze from the apple and cinnamon syrup.

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