Preferably for plain old green cabbage, since I bought half a head on a whim without a plan.

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    18 days ago

    It’s called halushki, or something similar. It’s supposedly of Hungarian origin, but I have no idea if that’s true, it’s a thing my wife’s family makes up north. I learned to make it for her, and it’s amazeballs

    1 (16 ounce) package medium-wide egg noodles
    1 cup butter, divided
    2 large onions, chopped
    2 small heads cabbage, cored and cut into 1-inch pieces
    salt and ground black pepper to taste
    1 tablespoon water, or as needed (optional)

    1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

    2. Cook noodles uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tender but still slightly firm, about 5 minutes. Drain well.

    3. Melt 1/2 cup butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat; cook and stir onions until translucent, 5 to 10 minutes.

    4. Cook and stir remaining butter and cabbage into onions until cabbage is softened but not browned, 5 to 8 more minutes. Season with salt and black pepper.

    5. Place cooked noodles and cabbage mixture in a large roasting pan and stir gently to combine. Sprinkle with more salt and black pepper if desired.

    6. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown on top, 30 to 40 minutes.

    Now, that’s the original version. However, it can be amped up.

    Let the onion go a little longer, until it just starts to brown at the edges. When the cabbage is in, let it start to caramelize a little in the skillet. The original gets plenty brown on top, but you miss it on the lower layers unless you get them started in the pan. And it’s that caramelization that makes the dish so over the top good. Well, that and the giant glob of butter.

    You can even do it in the skillet all the way tbh. Just keep it stirred up every few minutes. You can also just put the whole thing in the oven if you’re using a skillet where that’s safe. Cast iron ftw in that regard.

    You can, optionally, mince or slice some garlic and add it in right before the cabbage. I tend not to because the base recipe is already deeply rich in flavor, but it’s good that way too.

    It’s so rich and filling that it’s a meal. You might think, oh, that’s a great side dish. No. You’ll want to eat it by the bowl full. It’s a bomb of goodness that merits betting being enjoyed by itself. That being said, a side of kielbasa with some spicy mustard is not a bad thing.

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      3 days ago

      BTW I gave this a go, damn that was a lot of butter 😆. I think I might have under-salted everything, it was decent but not the flavour fest I was hoping for.

      The second day I warmed up leftovers in a wok with chilli powder, more salt and pepper, and browned it up a bit and that was pretty good. I didn’t have kielbasa or spicy mustard, maybe next time.

      It reminded me of southern fried cabbage without the bacon, so I’m assuming the kielbasa brings a similar tone to the dish.

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        3 days ago

        Ikr? It’s a butter bomb for sure lol.

        It does need salt to taste. I tend to push the browning right up to the limit of what the cabbage can handle, so using salted butter is enough for us.

        And yes, the kielbasa absolutely brings a similar flavor to fried cabbage. Better, imo, though don’t tell my Irish granny that lol.

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          3 days ago

          I’ll give this another go some day, with much more browning the cabbage and add kielbasa if I can find it.

          But for now I have many more recipes in this thread to try 🙂

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      18 days ago

      That does sound good, and pretty easy to do. I like it, thanks for the suggestion!