Fried Cabbage With Bacon {Whole30, Paleo, Keto}
A speedy 10-minute low-carb dish, Fried Cabbage With Bacon is a stir-fry recipe that everyone will love! This delicious side dish is Keto, Paleo, and Whole30 compliant.
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Fried Cabbage and Bacon comes together in about 10 minutes which makes it perfect for a busy weeknight. This side dish is stupidly easy and wickedly cheap. But tell everyone it took forever so that they are impressed by you and feel guilty for not cooking.
If you practice the incredibly hip and sexy art of meal prep, then definitely shred/cut the cabbage ahead of time. Also, you’d be the smartest person ever if you were to bake a batch of bacon over the weekend to use in this recipe.
Where Do You Get Whole30 Compliant Bacon?
We love getting back from Butcher Box, but if you need more compliant options, check out this post on Whole30 Bacon Brands.
How to Make Fried Bacon With Cabbage – Step by Step
I’ll walk you through it, but you’ll also find a printable and detailed recipe card at the bottom of the post.
You’re going to start by heating a large skillet over medium heat. Add your bacon. The candy bar of meats.
Drizzle in the sesame oil, then add the cabbage, celery, and onion, and saute until the cabbage has softened and is starting to reduce in volume. Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper.
What Are the Health Benefits of Cabbage?
Besides being delicious and a fabulous addition to most dishes, cabbage also has some amazing health properties.
- It is a significant source of vitamin C. Feel a bit “citrused-out” and not sure you want to eat one more orange? Cabbage is loaded with vitamin C and contains 44% of your daily needs in only 3.5 oz. Like a boss.
- Fiber. Your body needs fiber to function and feel balanced. Cabbage has 3 grams of dietary fiber and is way yummier than a bowl of boring cereal.
- Vitamin K (72% of your daily needs) and Vitamin B6 (10% of your daily needs) are also found in the humble and tasty cabbage.
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Fried Cabbage with Bacon WEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS
One serving has 4 WW Freestyle SmartPoints.
Now a quick note about this super tasty dish. This is not something you make on a first date when you want to impress someone. Why? Let’s recap: Cabbage. Onion. Bacon. Those are not first date foods. Those are “I’ve seen you when you have the stomach flu and I still love you” foods.
And I do believe that is why they call this comfort food.
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A 10-minute low-carb dish, Fried Cabbage With Bacon is a stir-fry recipe that everyone will love! This delicious side dish is Keto, Paleo, and Whole30 compliant.
- 4 strips bacon, cooked and chopped
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1/2 onions, sliced
- 2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
- 1/2 head green cabbage, shredded
- garlic salt and pepper to taste
Heat a large frying pan over medium heat.
Add bacon. If using uncooked bacon, stir frequently until all pieces are almost cooked through. If using precooked bacon, heat ein the skillet enough for the bacon to warm through.
Add sesame oil, onion, celery, and cabbage and saute for ~4 minutes, or until the cabbage has softened and is starting to reduce in volume.
Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper.
To make this a speedier weeknight side dish, pre-slice the cabbage, celery, and onion ahead of time.
Using bacon you have already cooked and chopped means you can get this ready in 10 minutes tops.
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This post was originally published in March 2012. It’s been updated with reader feedback, the recipe has been clarified and made printable, and new photos have been included.
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I have been looking for ways to find joy each day to help counteract the less than positive news reports during the pandemic. Trying this recipe out was pure joy. It was the star of the show of our St. Patrick’s Day dinner. Sorry, not sorry, corned beef. Thanks for the delicious recipe, Sarah!
Awww, love to hear this Melissa!!! Though I do feel badly for the poor corned beef. 🙂
This was amazing! I thought it sounded great, but my husband had concerns – he doesn’t like onions. He said he didn’t even notice the onions and he kept going back for more! I will definitely make this again and again. Thanks!
Who-hoo, so glad you both liked it Brenda!! It’s so dang simple and tasty.
As an aside, not liking onions would make me so sad!
I make this all the time I love it. MIL fried cabbage! Always a favorite❤️
Good food from a good lady, huh? 🙂
I made this recipe but added precooked, sliced turkey kielbasa for a complete, one pot meal in about 15 minutes. Delicious! 🙂
I love the addition of kielbasa! We used to eat that all the time growing up and I loved it.
I saved a half head of cabbage leftover from our (early) Jiggs dinner just for this recipe! Haven’t made this since last March-can’t wait!
Well, now I must google Jiggs dinner because I’m so intrigued!
Happy cooking!
I made this tonight after visiting an old school butcher on a road trip. Bought perfectly cut bacon and followed your recipe…freaking awesome! Oh and while I was making this I also followed your instructions and baked a pan of bacon for tomorrows breakfast. Thank you!
Look at you meal planning like a ninja Myra! Glad you enjoyed it. And how cool is it you found an old school butcher?
We just made this today with a spare head of cabbage that got lost in the fridge post St. Patrick’s Day. It turned out great! The ratio of bacon to cabbage is the key. We had made a dish similar to this before but didn’t quite achieve the excellent outcome, until now! We also cut the cabbage and onion into smaller pieces so the onions carmelized and the cabbage became one with the bacon.
Delicious. Will be having this again!
So glad to hear you three liked it Erin! Bacon is king in most dishes and I’m glad you all nailed the ratio.
“Cabbage. Onion. Bacon. Those are not first date foods. Those are “I’ve seen you when you have the stomach flu and I still love you” foods.”
….and this is why I love your blog. I even read the whole dang thing and I like cabbage as much as you like mayo!
I just pictured cabbage covered in mayo and both of us puking in a corner!
I just made almost the same dish this past weekend. Instead of leaving it crunchy, I cooked it until the cabbage was soft, browned and sweet. So good! I am pinning your version to try it a new way.
Ohhhh so like it carmelized? Sounds yummy!