Dirty Cabbage With Ground Beef and Cajun Seasoning

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Cabbage, ground beef, and Cajun seasoning come together in one pot for a warm dinner with onions, bell peppers, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, and an optional dash of hot sauce. It is a straightforward cabbage recipe that builds in stages, starting with seasoned ground beef before the cabbage joins the pot.

Watch How to Make It

The seasonings are divided between the beef and the cabbage, so each part is seasoned during the cooking process. Bacon grease or olive oil can be used here, with additional bacon grease added later in the recipe.

Why You'll Love This Recipe

This recipe brings ground beef, cabbage, onion, garlic, red bell pepper, and yellow bell pepper into the same pot. Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, Cajun seasoning, and chicken seasoning are added at different points, rather than all at once.

The hot sauce is optional, so it can be included as written or left out. Once the cabbage is tender, the dish is served warm.

Ingredients You'll Need

The edible ingredients include a head of cabbage, ground beef, onion, garlic, red bell pepper, and yellow bell pepper. The recipe also uses bacon grease or olive oil, with bacon grease appearing again later in the cooking process.

Cajun seasoning and chicken seasoning are each used in two additions. Worcestershire sauce and brown sugar are stirred in before the cabbage is added, while hot sauce remains an optional ingredient.

How To Make It

In a large pot, add 1 tablespoon of bacon grease and allow it to melt. Add the onion, ground beef, minced garlic, 1 tablespoon of Cajun seasoning, and 1 tablespoon of chicken seasoning.

Cook until the onions are tender and the ground beef is fully browned. Drain any excess grease.

Add both bell peppers and cook for an additional 2 minutes. Stir in the Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, hot sauce, and remaining bacon grease.

Bring the mixture to a boil, then add the cabbage. Season with the remaining Cajun and chicken seasonings, stirring well to combine.

Reduce the heat and cook for 20-25 minutes, or until the cabbage is tender, stirring occasionally. Serve warm.

Serving & Variations

Serve the cabbage warm once it has cooked until tender. The optional hot sauce can be included with the Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, and remaining bacon grease before the cabbage is added.

The recipe provides two fat options at the start: bacon grease or olive oil. The later addition is listed as remaining bacon grease, so follow that ingredient choice and amount as written when preparing the dish.

Wrapping Up

This is a one-pot cabbage and ground beef recipe with the seasonings added across the cooking process.

Recipe created by Cookinwithbabe for Trust Me Try It.

Dirty Cabbage With Ground Beef and Cajun Seasoning

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Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 1 head cabbage
• 1 lb ground beef
• 2 tbsp Cajun seasoning
• 2 tbsp chicken seasoning
• 1 tsp hot sauce optional
• 3 tbsp bacon grease or olive oil
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 1 clove minced garlic
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• 1 yellow bell pepper, diced
• 1 red bell pepper, diced

Instructions

• In a large pot, add 1 tablespoon of bacon grease and allow it to melt.
• Add the onion, ground beef, minced garlic, 1 tablespoon of Cajun seasoning, and 1 tablespoon of chicken seasoning.
• Cook until the onions are tender and the ground beef is fully browned.
• Drain any excess grease.
• Add both bell peppers and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
• Stir in the Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, hot sauce, and remaining bacon grease.
• Bring the mixture to a boil, then add the cabbage.
• Season with the remaining Cajun and chicken seasonings, stirring well to combine.
• Reduce the heat and cook for 20-25 minutes, or until the cabbage is tender, stirring occasionally.
• Serve warm.