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Cabbage recipes that aren’t just coleslaw

Bland, uninteresting cabbage? Think again.

Roast pork neck, sweet and sour sauce, vegetable salad

Alicia Taylor (main)

Cabbage isn’t the most glamorous vegetable. But with a little care and creativity, the humble vegetable is transformed into something special. With our excellent recipes, a cabbage recipes is no longer just a simple side dish (although we do admit we love a coleslaw at a barbecue).

We have dishes that range from easy cabbage recipes primed for weeknight dinners made in 30 minutes to fried cabbage recipes that simply bring out the sweet bitterness of the cruciferous brassica.

You can make a comforting bowl of cabbage soup with chicken and bread, or challenge yourself to make David Chang’s kimchi over the weekend. Plus, we have recipes for cabbage with XO sauce, stuffed cabbage rolls, traditional Ethiopian and Sri Lankan recipes with cabbage, and simple shredded cabbage salads.

Here are our best cabbage recipes.

Photo: Chris Court

Southern-style pork with warm chow chow

Photo: John Paul Urizar

Quail in tarragon with winter rémoulade

Photo: Alicia Taylor

Roast pork neck, sweet and sour sauce, vegetable salad

Charred cabbage with XO sauce
Photo: Adam Gibson

Analiese Gregory’s charred cabbage with XO sauce

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Dinish (Ethiopian potato, cabbage and carrot stew) by Saba’s Ethiopian Restaurant

Cabbage, celeriac and pear salad
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Cabbage, celeriac and pear salad

Cabbage with sake, brown butter crumbs and bacon
Photo: William Meppem

Cabbage with sake, brown butter crumbs and bacon

Photo: Mark Roper

Dainty Sichuan’s wawa cabbage (chow wawa cai)

Photo: John Paul Urizar

Charred cabbage with chestnuts and prawns

Photo: William Meppem

Stuffed cabbage leaves

Epocha's roast chicken, braised Savoy cabbage, prune and butter sauce
Photo: Ben Hansen

Epocha’s roast chicken, braised Savoy cabbage, prune and butter sauce

Photo: Babiche Martens

Monique Fiso’s roasted cabbage with XO sauce

Photo: Chris Court

Pork and cabbage pot-stickers

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Karen Martini’s cabbage, pea, mint, chilli and parmesan salad

Photo: William Meppem

Neil Perry’s potato and cabbage gratin

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Yemenite pickled cabbage and chickpea salad

Photo: William Meppem

Pork with cabbage, apple and mustard

Chicken, cabbage and bread soup
Photo: Chris Court

Chicken, cabbage and bread soup

Black beans and cabbage
Photo: William Meppem

Black beans and cabbage

Cabbage and fennel slaw
Photo: Prue Ruscoe

Cabbage and fennel slaw

Photo: Phillip Castleton

Okonomiyaki with shredded cabbage, daikon and fried noodles

Photo: Chris Court

Japanese cabbage salad

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Shaved cabbage, fennel and ham salad

Photo: William Meppem

Speck, cabbage and pea soup

Photo: Chris Court

Automata’s roasted red cabbage with bonito butter

Photo: William Meppem

Stuffed cabbage leaves

Photo: Chris Chen

Bread and cabbage soup with fontina and thyme

Photo: William Meppem

Restaurant Hubert’s kimchi gratin

Photo: Rob Shaw

David Chang’s kimchi

Whole roasted cabbage cake
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Miznon’s whole roasted cabbage cake

Photo: Ben Dearnley

O Tama Carey’s cabbage mallung

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