This wonderful vegetable has been undeservedly forgotten by many, but you can cook many different dishes from it, both complex and simple, budget. Let's look at how to stew cabbage in a pan to make it tasty.

How to stew cabbage in a saucepan

Even such a simple product has its secrets and If you want a delicious stewed cabbage to be on your table, you should definitely consider all the nuances of cooking.

  • A fresh vegetable is necessarily washed, the topmost leaves are removed from it, since it is they who collect all the external dirt.
  • Then the stump is removed from the head, and it itself is divided into several parts and finely chopped.
  • It is no longer a young vegetable that is best suited for stewing, and it is desirable that it be a late variety.
  • When stewing, do not forget that during cooking the volume of cabbage is noticeably reduced.
  • The chopped vegetable is poured with a small amount of water or broth to stew well and not burn to the dishes.
  • How to stew cabbage? The average time is about 20 minutes, but it is better to determine readiness by softness and color.

Meat recipe

Properly stewing cabbage with meat in a pan is no more difficult than just a vegetable. The result is much richer and more aromatic.

Product Composition:

  • 300 grams of meat;
  • a small package of tomato paste;
  • 0.6 kg of cabbage;
  • one carrot and onion;
  • spices to taste.

Cooking process:

  1. Rinse the meat, chop into small pieces, rub well with spices and let lie for about 20 minutes.
  2. Grind the vegetables and send them to fry until golden brown, then mix with tomato paste, pickled meat and cook for another half hour on low heat.
  3. Rinse the cabbage, chop finely, put in a saucepan, pour water so that it covers only half of the contents, immediately season with spices and stir for 20 minutes.
  4. It remains only to mix meat and vegetables with cabbage and hold for another 10 minutes until tender.

Hearty Potato Dish

Probably everyone knows the cabbage stewed with potatoes in a pan. Despite all its simplicity, the dish comes out quite tasty. You can do it no worse in a saucepan.

Product Composition:

  • 600 grams of potatoes;
  • 0.4 liters of water;
  • spice;
  • a small head of cabbage;
  • 10 milliliters of vegetable oil;
  • 100 grams of tomato paste.

The process in stages:

  1. First, chop the cabbage, send it to the pan, fill it with the indicated amount of water, season it with selected spices, turn on a low heat and, as soon as the ingredients begin to boil, detect 45 minutes.
  2. At this time, peel and chop the potatoes, it must be sprinkled with selected spices, mixed with tomato paste and lightly fry.
  3. We are waiting for the cabbage to soften, add the remaining components of the dish to it and simmer for another 20 minutes.

How to deliciously stew sauerkraut

Product Composition:

  • two glasses of water;
  • various seasonings;
  • 0.7 kg of sauerkraut;
  • 20 milliliters of vegetable oil;
  • a spoon of tomato paste;
  • bulb.

The process in stages:

  1. First you need to soften the vegetables a little in the pan. To do this, fry the chopped onion for a couple of minutes in oil, put the cabbage to it and after 3-4 minutes send everything to the pan and fill it with water.
  2. Sprinkle the ingredients with seasonings and cook for about 20 minutes, not forgetting to make the fire smaller and cover the container.
  3. It remains only to mix vegetables with tomato paste and hold on the fire for the same amount of time. Before serving, optionally sprinkle cabbage with a small amount of sugar.

Cooking with minced meat

Product Composition:

  • spices to taste;
  • a small head of cabbage;
  • four tablespoons of tomato paste;
  • one onion;
  • 300 grams of minced meat.

The process in stages:

  1. Finely chop the cabbage, send it to the pan, fill it with water, but so that it covers only half and simmer it for 15 minutes over low heat until it becomes almost soft.
  2. At this time, fry the chopped onion in a pan first, and then add the minced meat to it, knead it, season with spices and tomato paste. We fry no more than five minutes, it is necessary that the meat turns white.
  3. We shift the minced meat to the cabbage and continue cooking for another 10 minutes.

With the addition of zucchini

Product Composition:

  • seasonings;
  • 50 grams of tomato paste;
  • one onion and carrots;
  • 0.25 liters of water;
  • one medium squash;
  • one small head of cabbage;
  • a spoonful of vegetable oil.

The process in stages:

  1. Zucchini peeled from skins and seeds, cut into small pieces.
  2. Grind onions with carrots, put in a pan and fry a couple of minutes in oil, then add the prepared zucchini to the same place.
  3. We wash the cabbage, chop, put it in a pan, fill it with a glass of water, send fried vegetables to it, immediately season with spices, tomato paste, mix everything well.
  4. We bring the dish to readiness by making a low level of heating and closing the pan with a lid for about 30 minutes or until the ingredients are soft.

Rustic with sausages

Product Composition:

  • bulb;
  • a spoonful of vegetable oil;
  • 0.6 kg of cabbage;
  • two tablespoons of tomato paste;
  • 200 grams of sausages;
  • spices to taste.

The process in stages:

  1. We clean the onion, turn it into small squares and put it on the bottom of the pan, where a little vegetable oil was poured in advance. We fry a couple of minutes until the onion becomes a beautiful golden color.
  2. After that, we spread the cabbage to it, which, of course, was washed and finely chopped, mixed and stewed for about 20 minutes over low heat. If necessary, if the vegetables are burnt, you can pour a little water.
  3. After this time, season with spices, add tomato paste and continue cooking until the cabbage is completely soft.
  4. Sausages cut into round slices are not too thick and fry on both sides in a pan until golden brown.
  5. We mix cabbage with sausages and serve the dish while it is still hot.

As you can see, there is nothing complicated in stewing cabbage. And such a light dish can become both an independent dinner, if cooked with an additive, and a delicious side dish.