Classic recipes
Braised cabbage with minced meat
Braised cabbage is a real classic everyday dish: simple, cheap, filling and still really tasty when cabbage, onions and minced meat slowly braise together. It is precisely this simple kitchen logic that makes the dish so strong.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 20 minutes
- Fry and start: approx. 15 minutes
- Braising time: approx. 30-40 minutes
- Total: approx. 1 hour
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 4 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 480 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 27.5 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 15.7 g
- Fat
- ≈ 31.9 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 2 onions · ≈ 200.0 g
- 2 tbsp oil or lard · ≈ 27.3 g
- 2 tbsp tomato paste · ≈ 30.0 g
- 200 ml vegetable or meat broth · ≈ 200 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
- 1 small pinch of sugar · ≈ 0.5 g
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 1 small white cabbage, approx. 1 kg
- 500g mixed minced meat
- 2 onions
- 2 tbsp oil or lard
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 200 ml vegetable or meat broth
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika powder
- 1 pinch of caraway seeds, optional
- Salt
- pepper
- 1 small pinch of sugar
- To serve: boiled potatoes or mashed potatoes
Instructions
- Quarter the white cabbage, remove the stalk and cut the cabbage into fine strips. Dice onions.
- Fry the minced meat in hot oil in a large pot or roaster until crumbly and vigorous.
- Add onions and fry until translucent. Stir in tomato paste and roast briefly.
- Add the cabbage little by little and let it collapse again and again. This takes about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Pour in the broth, add paprika powder and a little caraway if desired.
- Cover and simmer everything over a low to medium heat for 30 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Finally, season with salt, pepper and a small pinch of sugar and serve with potatoes.
