Very tasty stewed cabbage with sausages

Country kitchen

Braised cabbage is a rather filling dish, and it also provides the body with the healthy fiber found in vegetables. This is why it's so popular and has so many different cooking options.Cabbage is prepared with meat, prunes, carrots, with or without tomato paste, but the simplest, fastest, and most delicious version of the dish is before you.

Braised cabbage with sausages is a unique "bigus" dish made with readily available ingredients in just half an hour. Try this recipe with step-by-step photos, and you'll be pleasantly surprised by its simplicity!

Ingredients:

cabbage – ¼ of a large head;
sausages – 5-6 pcs.;
onions – ½ a large onion;
tomato paste – 2 heaped tablespoons;
salt – to taste;
vegetable oil for frying;
black peppercorns – 7 pcs.;
sugar – 1 tbsp without a slide;
garlic – 2-3 cloves;
bay leaf - a few leaves

How to cook stewed cabbage with sausages

Place a frying pan on the stove and turn the heat to medium—the pan just needs to be hot at the beginning of cooking. Pour at least 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil into the bottom of the pan. While it's heating, peel the onion and slice it into half rings. If you're using one small onion, you can slice it into whole rings. Transfer the onion pieces to the pan and fry until translucent, stirring occasionally.

chop the onion and put it in the frying pan

Meanwhile, chop the cabbage on a cutting board and crush it well with your hands. This "trick" will break the cabbage pieces and release their juices, resulting in a more tender dish.

Don't over-fry the onion: after all, it still needs to fry along with the cabbage. So, as soon as the onion becomes translucent, add the cabbage, stir, and continue frying the two ingredients together.

Place the tomato paste in a small bowl or cup, add 200 ml of water, and stir until smooth. Pour this sauce into the pan with the cabbage. Season with salt, add sugar, and stir. Cover the pan and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring frequently.

After 15 minutes, remove the lid from the pan. Press the garlic cloves through a press directly into the cabbage, along with the bay leaf and black peppercorns. Stir the cabbage with the seasonings, add more water if needed, and cover the pan again.