This steamed cabbage hits the spot after I want a easy, wholesome, scrumptious aspect dish. It’s quick and genuinely so scrumptious because of our lime butter!
We love cabbage on Impressed Style, and this easy steamed model is a go-to recipe! It’s extremely fast (underneath 20 minutes) and ideal on the aspect to nearly any primary dish.
Steaming cabbage makes it tender and candy, however the actual magic occurs once you add our easy lime butter, which takes the flavour to the following stage! For extra cabbage inspiration, discover a few of our different favourite cabbage recipes, like straightforward sautéed cabbage with lemon and garlic, this reader favourite fried cabbage with bacon, or Adam’s ham and cabbage soup.
Key Substances
- Cabbage: I used inexperienced cabbage in our pictures, however you may steam different kinds of cabbage with none adjustments to our recipe. Take into account savoy, napa, crimson cabbage, or pointed cabbage (like Hispi)
- Butter: I take advantage of salted butter, however unsalted is ok! Simply modify with a bit extra salt to style earlier than serving. For a vegan possibility, use plant-based butter.
- Lime: Cabbage and lime are such a implausible mixture, however you may all the time substitute lemon!
- Inexperienced Onion: Additionally referred to as spring onions, these prepare dinner shortly and assist to taste our lime butter.
By the way in which, if in case you have a steaming basket, nice! It really works completely for this recipe. In the event you 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 a substitute. I’ve shared do both (with a basket or not) within the recipe under! Hope you like it!
Steamed Cabbage with Lime Butter
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My household loves this straightforward steamed cabbage! It’s extremely straightforward, and we love the easy lime butter! When you have one, a steaming basket set inside a bigger pot makes steaming cabbage very easy. That mentioned, you may make this recipe with out one. You’ll be able to simply steam the cabbage in a deep skillet as a substitute. Simply add the cabbage proper after rinsing it underneath 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 minimize the cabbage into quarters. Then, slice every quarter into skinny strips about 1/2-inch large. 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, in case you should not have a steaming basket, add the cabbage (nonetheless moist from rinsing) and a pair 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, scale back the warmth to medium-low, and steam for five to 7 minutes. Test it sometimes to see how gentle/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 Ideas
- Storing: Hold 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 desserts, pulled pork, and easy roasted rooster!
- The vitamin info offered under are estimates.
Vitamin Per Serving
Serving Dimension
1/4 of the recipe
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Energy
82
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Whole 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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Whole Sugars
3.8g
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Protein
1.6g
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