Braised Red Cabbage
German-style red cabbage slowly braised with apple, vinegar, onion, and warm spice until tender and glossy.
⏱ 70 min total🔪 20 min prep🔥 50 min cookEasyServes 8German
Ingredients
- •1 large head red cabbage, thinly sliced
- •2 apple, peeled and diced
- •1 medium yellow onion, sliced
- •3 tbsp unsalted butter
- •1/3 cup red wine vinegar
- •2 tbsp brown sugar
- •1 cup water
- •1/8 tsp ground cloves
- •1 tsp salt
Directions
- 1Melt butter in a large pot and cook onion for 5 minutes.
- 2Add red cabbage and apple and toss until coated.
- 3Add vinegar, brown sugar, water, cloves, and salt.
- 4Cover and simmer gently for 40 minutes, stirring twice.
- 5Uncover and cook 5 minutes more until glossy.
- 6Taste and adjust the sweet-sour balance before serving.
💡 The flavour improves after resting, making this an excellent make-ahead side.
Cook this with Miamzi 👨🍳
Miamzi knows what's in your kitchen — it checks this recipe against your ingredients, adds what's missing to your grocery list, plans your week, and invents new dishes from what you already have.
Create your free kitchen →From the Miamzi community recipe library.