How to keep bacon crispy
To keep your bacon chewy, crispy, and delicious in this recipe but still give the dish tons of bacon flavor, it’s essential to keep it crisp and then remove it to the side while the cabbage cooks.
If you add bacon to the pan and leave it in, it can become soft and soggy, harder to eat, and, frankly, less flavorful.
Make sure to just leave bacon grease in the pan after you remove it so that you can get all that smoky, meaty flavor instilled in your cabbage while you cook it!
Add the bacon to the pan after much of the cabbage’s moisture has cooked out, or it will absorb the water from the cabbage.
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Ingredients
- 4 strips of bacon thick-cut, diced
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 onion diced
- 6 cloves of garlic diced
- 1 head of cabbage diced
- 1 teaspoon Celtic sea salt
Instructions
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Cut bacon into thick pieces, fry until crisp. Remove from pan and set aside.
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Heat butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat until melted and foamy.
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Add the chopped onions to the skillet; cook until soft and translucent, about 4 minutes. Stir to prevent sticking or burning.
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Add garlic to skillet, cook until fragrant and soft, about 3 minutes.
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Add cabbage to the skillet and toss well to coat with butter.
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Season generously with salt.
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Allow cabbage to reduce by half, about 10 minutes, occasionally stirring as it cooks to prevent burning and allow it to cook evenly. Add the bacon to the pan.
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When the cabbage has lost much of its bulk and begins to turn shiny, slightly translucent, and has lovely golden brown bits, it is ready to serve.
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Serve immediately.
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Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to four days, three months in the freezer.
