Cabbage Dinner Recipe

Slow Cooker Kielbasa Cabbage Confetti
Beautiful, Easy, Low-Carb
This Dish Has It All
Call It Irresistible

This cabbage dinner recipe is super easy, even a beginner or a kid can make it.  The slow cooker Kielbasa cabbage confetti is so beautiful and filled with vibrant colors.  Bet you can't resist it.  Wait till you try it....it is even more than irresistible.

Cooked Kielbasa is the staple in my household.  Everybody in our family loves it.  Because of its flavor, I always like to pair it with vegetables, such as One-Pan Baked California Blend Vegetables with Kielbasa or Fruity Kielbasa Kebab.

Prep Time: 20 Minutes   Cooking Time: 2-2.5 Hours   Serving: 4-6

The first time when I made this dish, I only used regular cabbage and Kielbasa.  Man, oh man....I was addicted already.  But it seemed like there was not enough.  The volume of cabbage shrank significantly.  Plus, it would be nice to have some beautiful colors.

So, I decided to use red cabbage and carrots the next time which, as a result, the Slow Cooker Kielbasa Cabbage Confetti recipe was born. 

CHEF NOTES

Like other red vegetables, such as red onion, radishes, red chard and so forth, red cabbage, starts to discolor after staying in the crock pot more than 3 hours.  Besides, the color will get on other vegetables and Kielbasa.  So, if there is any leftover from this recipe, you will see regular cabbage and kielbasa turn to purplish red.

If you want to stay away from this situation, feel free to skip the red cabbage entirely and stick with regular cabbage.

Cabbage Dinner Recipe and Instructions

Ingredients

1 head Cabbage (about 1-1.25 lbs / 454-567g; cored and sliced to 1/4" / .6cm wide "noodles")
1 head Red Cabbage (about 1-1.25 lbs / 454-567g; cored and sliced to 1/4" / .6cm wide "noodles")
1 lb (454g) Kielbasa (sliced about 1/3-1/2" / .8-1cm thick)
1 bag (10 oz / 283g) Carrot Matchsticks
2 cups (14oz / 403g) Chicken Broth
1 pinch Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Cut cabbage into halves and cut the halves into quarters
   
2. Slightly tilt your knife to cut the core out
3. Turn cabbage 90 degrees to cut across the leaves; repeat this step for the rest of the cabbage
4. Coat slow cooker insert with no-stick cooking spray (I use a 6-quart (10lb / 5kg) crock pot)
5. Transfer cabbage confetti into the slow cooker, then top with Kielbasa slices, crushed red pepper and add chicken broth (After putting everything in, it does look like it overflows.  But trust me, the cabbage will shrink significantly.  The liquid will not boil over.)
6. Cook on high heat for 1.5-2 hours or until desired doneness
7. Add carrot matchsticks into the slow cooker and cook for another 20-30 minutes
8. Stir twice in between to prevent vegetables close to the inner wall of the insert get burned
9. Salt and pepper to taste and serve immediately

Cabbage Dinner Recipe Steps with Photos

Slightly tilt your knife to cut out the core from a quarter of the cabbage

Core is out. Turn cabbage 90 degrees. Cut side faces yourself to cut against the leaves.

Cored and cut cabbage

Transfer cabbage confetti to slow cooker

Cored and cut red cabbage (same step as green cabbage)

Transfer red cabbage confetti to slow cooker (on top of green cabbage)

Slice cooked Kielbasa

Transfer Kielbasa to slow cooker (on top of all cabbage confetti). It does look like it is overflowing. But wait....

Look at this pot of yummy good stuff 2 hours later. It shrank a lot.

Slow Cooker Kielbasa Cabbage Confetti - Add carrot matchsticks the last and cook another 20-30 minutes

Salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately. ENJOY!

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