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Cabbage Guisado (Ginisang Repolyo)

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Cabbage Guisado (Ginisang Repolyo)

Savoy Cabbage, photo by PH Morton

This is a delicious meal for any given day except meat-free Friday if you are a practicing Catholic 🙂

Anyway without further ado, the recipe for this dish is easy-peasy.

pork strips, Photo by PH Morton

 

Ingredients:

  • 1 pointed cabbage, sliced thinly (use any of your favourite cabbage variety)
  • 3-6 cloves garlic (i love garlic), peeled and chopped finely
  • 1 medium onion, peeled and chopped
  • 2 large tomatoes, chopped
  • 200g pork belly, sliced
  • 1 cup water
  • 150g shelled king prawns or shrimps
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 14g butter
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce (less or more, according to taste)

Method of preparation:

  • Using a large frying pan or a wok, heat the olive oil with the butter.
  • Saute the garlic until brown and fragrant.  Do not burn to prevent any bitter taste.
  • Add the pork belly pieces and stir-fry until golden and sizzling all over.
  • Tip in the onion and tomatoes and cook until soft and juicy.
  • Add the water and bring to a boil.  Turn down the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
  • Stir in the sliced cabbage and the shelled prawns.
  • Season with the fish sauce.
  • Cook until the cabbage is tender but there is still bite to it.

Enjoy!

This makes for a  happy bunny’s complete menu with just some boiled rice. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Brassica: Cabbage

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Cabbage

I love cabbage.  I even love growing them in the garden, though they do take a lot of time to look after because creepy crawlies also love cabbage. 🙁

There are of course people who can’t stand them.  Probably it has more to do with the smell of a day old cooked cabbage, just guessing as I don’t really have a problem with the aroma.

helpful tipsTo minimise the aroma given off by the boiled cabbage, add a whole walnut to the cooking liquid.

Brassica: Cabbage
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Below are photos of sweetheart cabbage, they are my favourite.  It is the easiest to cook, crunchy and tastiest, I think.
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Here are some quotes and saying mentioning this green leafy vegetable:

Cabbage served twice is death.
– Greek Proverb

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Cauliflower is nothing but a cabbage with a college education.
– Mark Twain

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“Some prefer carrot while others like cabbage”
– Irish Saying

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Cabbage, Apple and Raisin Slaw

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Cabbage

Cabbage, Apple and Raisin Slaw

This salad is lovely; it is crunchy with the natural sweetness of raisins and tartness of apples.  It goes well with pork chops or grilled chicken. And it is so very easy to make, good to make for the buffet party.

Ingredients:

3 cups shredded raw, green cabbage
1 cup diced pared and cored apples
1/2 cup seedless raisins
3/4 cup mayonnaise

Method of preparation:

Using a lovely clear glass bowl (any bowl actually 😉 I just prefer to use a clear glass bowl to show off the colours and textures of the ingredients), put together the cabbage, apples, raisins and toss them thoroughly in mayonnaise.

Chill for 30 minutes.

Toss again and serve.

So yummy.