This steamed cabbage hits the spot once I want a easy, wholesome, scrumptious aspect dish. It’s quick and genuinely so scrumptious due to our lime butter!
We love cabbage on Impressed Style, and this easy steamed model is a go-to recipe! It’s extremely fast (beneath 20 minutes) and excellent on the aspect to virtually any important dish.
Steaming cabbage makes it tender and candy, however the true magic occurs if you add our easy lime butter, which takes the flavour to the subsequent stage! For extra cabbage inspiration, discover a few of our different favourite cabbage recipes, like simple sautéed cabbage with lemon and garlic, this reader favourite fried cabbage with bacon, or Adam’s ham and cabbage soup.
Key Elements
- Cabbage: I used inexperienced cabbage in our images, however you’ll be able to steam different kinds of cabbage with none adjustments to our recipe. Contemplate savoy, napa, purple cabbage, or pointed cabbage (like Hispi)
- Butter: I take advantage of salted butter, however unsalted is okay! Simply regulate with a bit extra salt to style earlier than serving. For a vegan choice, use plant-based butter.
- Lime: Cabbage and lime are such a improbable mixture, however you’ll be able to at all times substitute lemon!
- Inexperienced Onion: Additionally referred to as spring onions, these prepare dinner rapidly and assist to taste our lime butter.
By the best way, you probably have a steaming basket, nice! It really works completely for this recipe. For those who don’t have a steaming basket, no worries in any respect! You’ll be able to nonetheless make scrumptious steamed cabbage by pan-steaming it as an alternative. I’ve shared tips on how to do both (with a basket or not) within the recipe beneath! Hope you adore it!
Steamed Cabbage with Lime Butter
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My household loves this simple steamed cabbage! It’s extremely simple, and we love the easy lime butter! If in case you have one, a steaming basket set inside a bigger pot makes steaming cabbage very easy. That stated, you can also make this recipe with out one. You’ll be able to simply steam the cabbage in a deep skillet as an alternative. Simply add the cabbage proper after rinsing it beneath chilly water (so it’s nonetheless moist), add a few tablespoons of water, pop on the lid, and prepare dinner. Control it, and add a splash extra water if the skillet appears dry.
4 Servings
You Will Want
Half of a medium cabbage, about 1 pound
2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons lime zest
1 inexperienced onion, finely sliced
Juice of half a lime
Salt and contemporary floor black pepper
Instructions
1Prep the cabbage: Take away the core and reduce the cabbage into quarters. Then, slice every quarter into skinny strips about 1/2-inch extensive. Add to a colander and rinse with cool water.
2Steam the cabbage: If utilizing one, add the cabbage to a steaming basket set over about 2 inches of water. Or, should you wouldn’t have a steaming basket, add the cabbage (nonetheless moist from rinsing) and a couple of tablespoons of additional water to a deep skillet.
3Cowl with a lid, place the pot or skillet over medium-high warmth, and prepare dinner till steamy, cut back the warmth to medium-low, and steam for five to 7 minutes. Test it sometimes to see how tender/tender it’s turning into. If the pot or skillet is dry, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water.
4Make lime butter: Whereas the cabbage steams, soften the butter in a saucepan, add the whites of the inexperienced onion, prepare dinner for 1 minute, flip off the warmth, after which stir within the lime zest, pepper, and salt. Put aside.
5Serve: Toss the steamed cabbage with the lime butter, add a spritz of lime juice, and season with salt and pepper.
Adam and Joanne’s Suggestions
- Storing: Maintain leftover steamed cabbage in an hermetic container within the fridge for as much as 5 days. It’s regular for it to launch a bit of additional moisture because it sits.
- What to serve this with: I really like this subsequent to poached salmon, lemon dill baked salmon, crab muffins, pulled pork, and easy roasted rooster!
- The vitamin information offered beneath are estimates.
Vitamin Per Serving
Serving Measurement
1/4 of the recipe
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Energy
82
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Complete Fats
5.9g
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Saturated Fats
3.7g
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Ldl cholesterol
15.3mg
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Sodium
105.2mg
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Carbohydrate
7.3g
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Dietary Fiber
3g
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Complete Sugars
3.8g
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Protein
1.6g
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