Every housewife has a situation when a small piece of meat is left in the refrigerator.
What can you cook with it?
For cutlets for the whole family is not enough, and gravy with potatoes or pasta is no longer desirable.
Let's cook stewed cabbage with meat in a slow cooker - an easy and healthy dinner.
Stewed cabbage with meat in a slow cooker - the basic principles of preparation
When you have such a smart machine in your kitchen as a crock-pot, you can quickly and easily cook stewed cabbage with meat.
Cabbage in a slow cooker will not burn, and it will turn out fragrant and juicy. In addition, this cooking method will save all the useful properties of the vegetable.
Unlike other methods, this one does not require a lot of oil, which means that the dish will not be greasy.
The dish is prepared with different types of meat: pork, poultry, lamb and beef.
In addition to the usual white cabbage, you can stew broccoli, Brussels sprouts or cauliflower.
The meat is washed, then cut into small pieces and lightly fried. Then finely chopped onions are added to it and continue to fry until golden brown.
Cabbage is chopped into thin strips. Cauliflower or broccoli are sorted into inflorescences and pre-boiled.
Cabbage is added to the meat, mixed, seasoned with salt, aromatic herbs and spices. You can add tomato paste or ketchup. Stew cabbage with meat until tender. Cabbage can be fried, and only then add to the meat.
In addition to onions, you can add other vegetables to the dish. The dish is cooked for about forty minutes. You can put out longer, and then you get a dish like from a Russian stove.
Recipe 1. Braised cabbage with meat in a slow cooker
Ingredients
600 g of cabbage;
sweet pepper pod;
pork - 250 g;
1 carrot;
tomato paste - 150 g;
onion - 70 g.
Cooking method
1. Wash pork under running water, soak lightly with a towel and cut into oblong slices. Wash the peeled vegetables. Chop the carrot into thin strips. Chop the onion finely.
2. Turn on the "Frying" program. Pour a little bit of oil into the container and wait until it warms up. Put the meat and chopped vegetables in the butter. Stir and fry all together, without closing the lid, for a quarter of an hour.
3. Meat and vegetables should be covered with a delicious crust. Chop cabbage with a thin, short straw and put in the meat. Lightly fry, stirring constantly, until the cabbage becomes softer and decreases in volume.
4. Now add the tomato paste and pour in a little boiled water. Put the slow cooker into the "Extinguishing" mode and cook for half an hour, closing it with a lid. Serve stewed cabbage with meat and brown bread.
Recipe 2. Stewed broccoli with meat
Ingredients
50 ml of sunflower oil;
800 g pork tenderloin;
6 g of salt;
1 medium carrot;
2 bay leaves;
large onion;
2 pinches of ground black pepper;
1 large tomato;
4 cloves of garlic;
a pound of broccoli;
50 ml of soy sauce.
Cooking method
1. Wash the pork tenderloin and soak for half an hour in cold water. Peel and wash all vegetables. Disassemble broccoli cabbage for inflorescences.
2. Wash the meat in warm water and pat dry with a disposable towel. Cut it into medium sized pieces. Turn the slow cooker into the "Frying" mode. Set the timer for 35 minutes. Pour a little vegetable oil into the bottom of the container and warm it well. Put the pork in a pan and cook the meat without covering it for a quarter of an hour. Stir the meat from time to time.
3. Grate the carrots coarsely. Chop the onion finely. Transfer the vegetables to the meat, mix and continue cooking for the same amount of time. Remember to periodically mix the meat.
4. Wash the tomato and cut into cubes. As soon as the beep sounds, add tomato and broccoli to the multicooker container, season everything with ground black pepper, chopped garlic and salt. Put a couple of bay leaves. Pour an incomplete glass of boiled water into the container, close the lid and turn on the "Extinguishing" program. Set the timer for an hour. You can serve stewed cabbage with meat in a slow cooker as an addition to any side dish.
Recipe 3. Sicilian stewed cabbage with meat in a slow cooker
Ingredients
half a head of cabbage;
sunflower oil;
a pound of lamb fillet;
sea salt;
three potatoes;
black pepper;
eggplant;
three cloves of garlic;
bulb;
half a glass of dry white wine;
50 g of raisins;
parsley - a bunch;
lemon zest - 5 g.
Cooking method
1. Wash raisins and pour warm water over it for ten minutes. Peel the vegetables.
2. Rinse the lamb, dry it with a napkin and cut into bars three centimeters thick. Transfer the meat into a deep bowl. Add to it the lemon zest, crushed garlic, 80 ml of vegetable oil and season with black pepper and salt. Mix everything thoroughly with your hands and marinate the meat for half an hour.
3. Wash the eggplant, cut into small cubes, put in a suitable dish and pour salt and cold water. Leave on for 20 minutes. Then drain the water and rinse the eggplants, squeeze slightly and place on a towel.
4. Cut cabbage into large squares. Chop onions and potatoes. Rinse the parsley, dip in a cloth and finely chop.
5. On the slow cooker, turn on the "Frying" program. Pour a little oil into the container and heat it well. Put the potatoes in the bowl and fry it for five minutes, now add the meat along with the marinade and onions, mix and cook for another five minutes. The last to lay eggplant, cabbage and fry for five minutes.
6. Pour wine into the container. Close the unit cover and turn on the "Extinguishing" mode. Cook the dish for 25 minutes. At the end, add finely chopped parsley, season with black pepper and salt.
Recipe 4. Braised Cauliflower with meat in a slow cooker
Ingredients
kg of cauliflower;
sunflower oil - 80 ml;
a pound of chicken breast;
tomato juice - 150 ml;
bulb;
one carrot.
Cooking method
1. Wash and chop the peeled onion with a thin quarter of the rings. Turn the slow cooker into the “Baking” mode and pour a little oil into the container. Wait until it warms up well and put the onion in it. Passer it until golden brown.
2. Wash chicken breasts, dab with a napkin and cut into medium pieces. Put the meat in the onion, mix and continue cooking.
3. Disassemble the cauliflower for inflorescences and send it to the container for meat with onions. Set the timer for 35 minutes. Do not mix or salt the dish at this stage of cooking!
4. As soon as a beep sounds, pour tomato juice into the contents of the bowl. Season with salt, season with spices and close the lid. Turn on the Extinguishing program. Set a timer for 50 minutes. Arrange the finished dish on plates and decorate with chopped herbs.
Recipe 5. Braised cabbage with meat and corn in a slow cooker
Ingredients
sunflower oil;
kg of cabbage;
iodized salt;
carrot;
pork - 400 g;
black pepper;
canned cabbage - a can;
tomato paste - 30 g.
Cooking method
1. Wash my pork tenderloin under a stream of warm water, dry and cut into small pieces. We chop the peeled onion in small pieces. We clean the carrots, wash and large three. Cabbage in tiny thin, short stripes.
2. Turn on the "Frying" mode and pour quite a bit of sunflower oil. We warm it up well. We transfer the meat to the container and fry it, constantly mixing, for ten minutes.
3. Then we lay prepared vegetables and corn for meat, season everything with black pepper and salt and mix. We turn on the "Extinguishing" program and cook for forty minutes. We spread the finished dish on portioned plates and serve with fresh bread.
Recipe 6. Braised Brussels sprouts with meat in a slow cooker
Ingredients
half a kilogram of beef tenderloin;
sea salt;
carrot - 100 g;
coriander seeds;
onions - 100 g;
curry and white mustard;
celery root - 100 g;
800 g of Brussels sprouts.
Cooking method
1. Wash the beef tenderloin, cut off excess fat, film and dampen with a napkin. Cut the meat into fairly broad strips. Sauté beef in hot oil until golden brown. Peel and wash the vegetables. Chop onions, celery root and carrots in large slices.
2. Put the onion in a pan with meat and fry everything together until the onion softens.
Transfer the meat to the capacity of the multicooker. Smooth and lay on top of it slices of celery and carrots.
3. Pour the contents of water. The liquid should completely cover the ingredients. Turn on the Extinguishing program and simmer together for about forty minutes.
4. Wash and dry Brussels sprouts on a paper towel. Put it in the capacity of the multicooker for a quarter of an hour until ready. Season with spices and salt. Transfer the stewed cabbage with meat in a slow cooker to a serving dish and serve with sour cream.
Stewed cabbage with meat in a slow cooker - tips and tricks
Cooking times may vary, depending on the model of your slow cooker.
If you do not have the "Frying" mode, you can fry meat in the "Baking" mode.
Stew the cabbage by closing the multicooker lid so that it cooks, as in a Russian oven.
You can pre-marinate the meat to make the taste of the dish even more interesting and brighter.
